During his last State of the State address, Governor John Bel Edwards highlighted legislation, he’s supporting in the 2023 regular session. Among the bills is to raise the minimum wage, something he’s fought for every year during his two terms.
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Edwards also says he is supporting paid family and medical leave legislation and equal pay legislation for men and women who do the same work.

Former Louisiana Attorney General Richard Ieyoub has died at the age of 78. He served as the state’s A-G from 1992 to 2004 and during a recent appearance on Talk Louisiana with Jim Engster he discussed a settlement he reached with tobacco companies that netted the state four-point-six billion dollars for education and health care…
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While A-G, he also established the state’s first special unit targeting sex offenders.

Campaign finance reports are due Monday for those running for office this fall and the USA Today Network is reporting gubernatorial candidate Stephen Waguespack will report 900-thousand dollars in his personal campaign finance account and two political action committees supporting him have combined to raise more than two-point-two million dollars.

A new study out of Tulane finds record breaking rates of sea-level rise along the U-S Gulf and Southeast coasts since 2010. Teiko Foxx has more…
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