It’s the first full day of the 2019 legislative session and for the first time since Governor John Bel Edwards took office, state lawmakers are not dealing with a significant budget deficit. Edwards says a two-billion dollar budget deficit has turned into a surplus
But the state’s Republican party says Governor Edwards eliminated the budget deficit by signing the largest tax increase in the state history.
The latest release from the 2019 Louisiana Survey shows 81% of Louisiana residents support raising the minimum wage to $8.50 an hour. Director of LSU’s Public Policy Research Center Dr. Mike Henderson says support for a hike dropped to 59% when proposing a $15 an hour minimum wage.
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Governor Edwards is pushing a constitutional amendment to increase the minimum wage to nine-dollars an hour in 2020.
Gas prices continue their usual climb during the spring months. Jeff Palermo has an update on where we stand…
A prank call to 911 results in a juvenile being charged with terrorism. Multiple agencies responded to Buckeye Junior High in Rapides Parish in reference to a possible gunshot victim at the school. Within minutes, authorities arrived to the campus and following a search of the area, found no one injured. Through an investigation, sufficient evidence was found to establish a suspect.