People looking to eat healthy might be surprised to find out one of their best bets might be a crawfish boil. Not counting cocktails, corn, and potatoes… crawfish comes out to a pretty balanced, low calorie meal. Nationally regarded Baton Rouge chef Holly Clegg says the mudbug is the perfect lean meat. Clegg says don’t blame the crawfish’s calories if you fry it or cover it in cream, and she says at a boil, the only downside might be what you put in your mix.
She says ounce for ounce boiled crawfish has half the calories of roasted skinless chicken breast.
Baton Rouge Senator Dan Claitor wants to settle the argument over whether voters should have the opportunity to elect someone who is over 70 years old.
Claitor says he has heard some opposition from long time legislators about the constitutional amendment that would make individual over the age of 70 ineligible to run for the legislative…
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The Florida school shooting is inspiring two school safety bills from a Louisiana US Representative. Matt Doyle reports.
New Orleans Democrat Senator Troy Carter has filed a bill to raise the state minimum hourly wage to $9.50 for businesses with more than 50 employees by August 2019. 18 states started the year with increased wages and an additional 19 states adopted higher wages in 2017.
Louisiana has never had a state minimum wage and business groups have been successful in the past to squash the idea.
Dawn Starns with the Louisiana National Federation of Independent Businesses says to look at the example of other cities and states that have adopted higher minimum wages.
Starns says raising the minimum wage is not enough to help the working poor and the legislature needs to focus more on programs that will truly change their lives for the better…