The House Criminal Justice Committee voted nine to four to kill a proposal to legalize marijuana in Louisiana. New Orleans Representative Candace Newell was upset she didn’t have the chance to voluntarily defer the bill, with the hopes of bringing it back before the session ends…
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We were expecting a debate this afternoon in the Senate Labor Committee on a bill to increase the state’s minimum wage to ten dollars an hour starting on January 1st. But the proposal was removed from today’s agenda late yesterday afternoon. Jeremy Alford of La Politics-dot-com says there’s strong opposition to raising the minimum wage from $7.25 an hour…
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No word on when the bill will be heard.

The House Commerce Committee has approved legislation that would cut the minimum number of training hours down from 15-hundred to 12-hundred to a get a cosmetology license. Jeremy Aydell, who owns several Sport Clips, says he has 25 job openings at this site and this legislation could help…
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But there were salon owners who testified against the bill, claiming 15-hundred training hours is needed to produce a professional haircut. More debate will take place on the House floor.

The 37th Annual Festival International De Louisiane begins today and runs through Sunday in downtown Lafayette. Marketing Director Carly Viator Courville says there will be great art, food, and its a cultural melting pot of diverse music
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One of the headline acts is Louisiana’s own Lauren Daigle.