The Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus believes white supremacy is behind legislation seeking to protect confederate monuments. Halen Doughty has more…
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On a nine-to-seven vote, the House Ways and Means committee approved a bill that would increase the state tax on a gallon of gasoline by 17-cents. Lake Charles Representative Stephen Dwight voted against it…
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Supporters say a higher tax will fund highway improvements. The gas tax hike proposal now heads to the full House.

Governor John Bel Edwards announces an agreement on a criminal justice reform package that seeks to lower the state’s highest-in-the nation incarceration rate. Edwards says the plan will reduce the state’s prison population over the next decade by 10-percent.
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The state senate approved major provisions of the reform package on Tuesday.

Tomorrow, the Senate Finance committee will debate legislation that seeks to raise the state’s mininum wage from $7.25 an hour to $8.50 an hour by January 2019. The proposal faces opposition from Republicans. West Monroe Senator Mike Walsworth says minimum wage and living wage are two different things…
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Supporters say working people deserve an honest day’s pay for an honest’s day work.