An effort being supported by the Louisiana trucking industry due to truckers being upset over trial attorneys demonizing the industry could cap number of billboards in the state. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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The latest installment of the Louisiana survey finds that 81-percent of Louisiana residents support an increase in the minimum wage from the current $7.25 an hour to $8.50 an hour. Governor Edwards is pushing a constitutional amendment that would increase the minimum wage to 9 bucks an hour in 2020.

The Biomedical Research Foundation of Northwest Louisiana has broken ground on a new biomedical research complex in Shreveport that will add 25 new jobs to the area. Officials say the Center for Molecular Imaging and Therapy will use new technology to help develop diagnosis and therapy for chronic diseases like cancer, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Economic Development Secretary Don Pierson….
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31 of the 105-members of the state house of representatives are term-limited and can not run for their seat again this October. Shreveport Representative Barbara Norton is one of several House members looking to serve in the upper chamber…
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Norton has already announced that she will seek to become the next senator that represents District 39, which is currently occupied by Senator Greg Tarver, who has yet to announce if he’ll seek re-election.