Business leaders support a higher gas tax if they know how the dollars are being spent. Halen Doughty has more on the coalition that will be known as Build It…
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Rough job news in Ruston. LifeCare Specialty Hospital of North Louisiana is closing its doors and all employees will be laid off by June. The Louisiana Workforce Commission says the closure will affect all 167 employees and the first employees will be released April 15th.

Governor John Bel Edwards is once again asking lawmakers to increase the state’s minimum wage and guarantee equal pay for equal work. Both measures failed in last year’s session. Political analyst Clancy Dubos says raising the minimum wage is never easy…:
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Some say the equal pay bill has even less of a chance at passing than raising the minimum wage.

46 cadets gradudate from the State Police Training Academy this morning. During the ceremony, cadets will receive their golden Louisiana badge, but their training isn’t over just yet. Sgt Jared Sandifer says they will team up with a senior trooper to learn more about the profession…
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This is L-S-P’s 95th Cadet class.