One lawmaker wants to let voters have the final say on the minimum wage. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Gas prices increased a few more pennies over night to a statewide average of $3.23 for a gallon of regular gasoline. According to AAA, gas prices are 33-cents higher than this time last week and 72-cents higher than a month ago. The International Energy Agency says it will release 400 million barrels of oil from strategic reserve, but analysts say that will not help bring gas prices back down.
Two men are cited for allegedly shooting and killing a whooping crane in Evangeline Parish last month. LDWF agents cited 36-year-old Logan Thrasher of St. Landry and 33-year-old Manuel Luis of Mexico for violating the migratory bird treaty act in killing the bird. Wildlife and Fisheries Corporal Tib Guillory says whooping cranes are federally protected.
Louisiana could soon have a recreational alligator hunting season. There’s a commercial alligator hunting season, but Franklin Senator Robert Allain says with the number of alligators increasing in the state, he would like to open alligator hunting to recreational hunters.
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According to the bill that’s heading to the senate floor, recreational hunters would not be allowed to shoot alligators; it would be hook and line harvesting from land.