This week the White House announced a new overtime rule regarding pay for salary employees. The Obama administration says starting December 1st individuals who work more than 40 hours a week must make at least 47-thousand dollars a year. LSU economist Stephen Barnes says employees should like this new rule…
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The organization that represents small businesses says this will result in entry-level management positions disappearing and those employees falling back into hourly jobs.

According to gas-buddy-dot-com, the statewide average price for a gallon of regular gasoline is up to a $2.05 that’s a six-cent increase over the last week. But Gasbuddy’s Greg Laskoski says prices in Louisiana are still down almost 40-cents from this time last year…
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Governor John Bel Edwards has signed into law two pro-life meaures, one of them would require a woman to wait 72 hours instead of 24 hours before they can get an abortion after visiting a clinic and the second new law says all doctors that perform abortions in Louisiana are board certified…
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That’s Louisiana Right to Life Legislative Director Deanna Wallace.

A reason why John Bel Edwards is a pro-life governor is his daughter Samantha. Mr. Edwards and his wife Donna were told Samantha would be born with spina bifda, but they decided against an abortion. Tomorrow Samantha gets married to Jonathan Ricau and the governor couldn’t be prouder…
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The reception will take place at the governor’s mansion.