A proposed increase to the state’s minimum wage has won the approval of the Senate Labor Committee. Michelle Southern has more…
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The House has passed a bill that would deny state funding to cities that are considered to be more lenient on illegal immigrants. The so-called Sanctuary Cities bill failed to pass the lower chamber last week, but it was rewritten so it no longer needed a two-thirds vote to pass. It now heads to the Senate.

A proposal to eliminate the death penalty in Louisiana failed to muster enough votes to get out of the House Criminal Justice committee. It had the support of Baton Rouge Senator Dan Claitor, who made the argument death penalty cases are costly and it doesn’t reduce the murder rate….
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But the proposal failed on an eight to nine vote.

Governor John Bel Edwards says the possibility of another special session is increasing, becauses legislators have failed to advance proposals to address a billion dollar shortfall next year…
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About three weeks left in the session and the majority-Republican House has approved just one tax bill that would address that looming deficit.