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 young child has been found dead in a drainage ditch in Morehouse Parish. According to authorities, the child is an eleven-year-old, who was last seen by family members on Saturday. A witness says the child’s body was found near the Baron Ballpark in Bastrop. Police believe the child was a victim of the flash flooding that occurred in the area over the weekend. The investigation is ongoing.