The Senate Labor Committee voted three to two for a bill to set the state’s minimum wage at $15 an hour beginning in 2022. New Orleans Senator Troy Carter says we owe this to frontline workers, many of them make close to the minimum wage which is currently $7.25 an hour.
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It’s unclear if the legislation has enough support to pass the Louisiana Senate.

A study by US Drug Test Centers shows 8 percent of Louisianans admit to using marijuana within the last month, a 30 percent increase since 2015. CEO Dr. Jonathan Baktari says that gives the state the 29th highest rate of use among adults. He says judging by results in other states that number would rise should Louisiana legalize weed…
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The Louisiana House approves legislation that would allow the people to vote on an amendment centralizing Louisiana’s sales and local tax collection system. The legislation has strong support from the state’s business community and was brought by Speaker Clay Schexnayder.
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The proposal heading to the Senate creates an eight-member board to oversee tax collections.

The LSU Presidential Search Committee has selected eight candidates to interview next week as the search heats up for a new president of the LSU System. Governor John Bel Edwards discussed the search on his monthly talk show…
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Edwards’ Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne and U-L System President Jim Henderson are among the finalists.