Community activists are calling on lawmakers to pass a law allowing local governments the right to set their own minimum wages. Step Up Louisiana member Pamela Bourgeois says such a move would empower local municipalities to raise the 7.25 minimum, and reinvigorate their economies by putting more money in a larger number of peoples hands.

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A 1999 law bars local municipalities from setting pay and benefit standards, instead leaving that up to the state.

Former Vikings running back Latavius Murray has reportedly agreed to a four year deal with the Saints, likely signaling the end of Black and Gold standout RB Mark Ingram’s tenure in New Orleans. Reports indicated that several teams were pursuing Ingram at a price point that would have been untenable for a team with limited cap space. Murray ran for 578 yards and 6 TDs last year.
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Governor John Bel Edwards spoke to the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education this morning to urge them to include a one-thousand dollar teacher pay raise as part of their public education funding request to the legislature. Edwards is also proposing a 500-dollar increase in pay for school support workers and if re-elected the governor pledges to push for additional raises…

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Edwards has made teacher pay raises his number one priority in the upcoming legislative session.
State lawmakers are hearing from supporters of the death penalty today, including Attorney General Jeff Landry and victims’ families, at the state capital. Louisiana currently has over 70 inmates on death row. Landry says the lack of executions is denying justice to victims’ families.

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