A bill that would raise the statewide minimum wage to $10 an hour failed in House Labor Committee on a 9-5 vote. President of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry Jim Patterson opposed the bill he says there are very few non-government workers making less than 10-dollars an hour…
Thirty out of fifty states have a minimum wage greater than the federal minimum wage. Bill author, Alexandria Representative Ed Larvadain (Larva-dane), says lower wages are contributing to the state’s depopulation.
Cut 12 (06) “…other locations.”
The last federal wage increase was in 2009. Arkansas raised its minimum wage to eleven dollars an hour this year. The minimum wage in Louisiana remains $7.25 an hour.
House Education approves legislation requiring high school students to take a financial literacy class to graduate. Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley says the course will provide students with life skills to understand economics…
Cut 14 (09) “…day-to-day basis”
The course would be given in 11th and 12th grade and the bill heads to the House floor for debate.
Minden Rep Wayne McMahen bill to make it legal to have your pet’s cremated remains to be buried with you passed unanimously in the House. Amite Representative Robby Carter questioned if the size of one’s pet is an issue.
House Bill 248 passed in the House 98-0 and heads to a Senate committee.