New Iberia Police are investigating a double homicide that claimed the lives of two 16-year-olds New Iberia Police Sgt Daesha Hughes says when police arrived they found the two teens lying in the roadway Sunday night.
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Both were pronounced dead on the scene and their identities have not been released.
Republicans are asking Senate Democrats to cancel President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial because Trump will have already left office by the time the trial begins. House Minority Whip and Metairie Congressman Steve Scalise says Congress needs to be investigating how the January 6th attack on Capitol Hill went so far, and whether Congressional leaders turned down additional security that day…
The Biden Administration will push to implement a federal minimum wage of 15 dollars an hour, up from the current federal minimum of 7.25 an hour. Louisiana is one of five states to not raise its minimum above the federal. The National Employment Law Project reports 27 states and municipalities have increased their minimum to 15 an hour. Louisiana Budget Project head Jan Moller says it hasn’t resulted in overall job losses…
The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry opposes the increase. VP of Governmental Relations Jim Patterson says it would result in lost jobs and increasing the minimum wage would hurt American companies’ ability to compete internationally, thus result in higher prices for goods and services.
It is likely the increase would be phased in over a number of years, but an exact timeline has not yet been revealed.