In the two months after hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Louisiana legislators received more than $100,000 in extra income for attending briefings and other meetings related to the storms. A review of legislative files revealed legislators received another $50,000-plus in travel expenses to attend the meetings. Lawmakers get so-called per-diem payments for attending committee meetings and conducting other state business between legislative sessions. Lawmakers received $113 a day for September meetings they attended. The payment went up to $115 a day in October. Records also show that the hurricanes derailed the out-of-state travel plans of some legislators. But others went anyway,...