The House Labor Committee will hear a number of bills Thursday seeking to increase the minimum wage in Louisiana, but passage of any is far from assured. Three bills would raise the minimum for all workers, another for state employees and a fifth for tipped employees. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says the majority GOP committee won’t be friendly to the idea…:
Cut 13 (10) “…Kathleen Blanco.”
The House Education Committee approves a bill to ban corporal punishment in public schools. Metairie Representative Stephanie Hilferty says children should not be physically punished by their principal or teacher…
The same bill failed a full House vote last year.
The House Criminal Justice Committee approves legislation that would require convicted drunk drivers who had a blood alcohol content of .15 to have an interlock device system installed on their vehicle for two years. An interlock prevents individuals from starting a vehicle if they have been drinking. Bill author and recovering alcoholic Covington Representative Mark Wright knows individuals with a problem are chronic drunk drivers…
Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre owns a company that sells interlock devices and there are concerns his business could profit from the legislation. The Ethics Board has ruled that Webre cannot sell his interlock devices in LaFourche and Thibodaux Representative Bryan Fontenot says if lawmakers have questions they should ask Webre directly…
Cut 14 (11) “…about Craig Webre.”