A bill to require businesses to guarantee equal pay has passed out of the Senate Labor committee despite opposition from the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry. LABI small business director Renee Amar says they have a problem the legislation fails to allow for salary differences given market changes…
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The measure is heading to the Senate floor. The senate approved an equal pay bill last year, but the proposal died in the House.

A Zachary man has been arrested after making threats against law enforcement on Facebook. The post referenced the DOJ’s decision not to bring forth charges against the officers involved in the Alton Sterling case, saying “It’s time Baton Rouge u didn’t learn from the police killing.” State Trooper Bryan Lee says State Police was informed about the post made by 38-year-old Thallemus Thomas.
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Thomas is charged with terrorizing.

The full house has sent a 28-billion dollar spending plan for the next fiscal year to the Senate. The governor and democrats are not happy with it, because it appropriates 235-million dollars less than what the state treasury is expected to receive, which could mean deep cuts for the department of health. House Appropriations Chairman Cameron Henry says it will be up to agency heads to determine where the cuts would occur.
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The House budget plan was approved on a vote of 63-to-40. It also fully funds TOPS and it will go before the Senate, where more changes are expected to be made.

Louisiana’s Congressional delegation voted along party lines for the American Health Care Act, which passed the house on a vote of 217-213. The state’s Republican U-S Representatives voted for the measure that would replace the Affordable Care Act. Democrat Cedric Richmond says the bill make its easier for insurance companies to deny basic coverage.