Efforts to raise the state’s minimum wage failed to get the support of the House Labor Committee. Jeff Palermo has the story…:

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The numbers are in and last weekend’s New Orleans French Quarter Festival – the first in two years – attracted over 825-thousand persons. The festival was the first held since 2019, due to the COVID pandemic hitting the next year. The festival was a real boon for businesses still facing challenges caused by the pandemic

A bill to require automatic refunds to a customer if their cable or internet is out for more than 24 hours during a declared disaster is dead for the session. The Senate rejected the proposal on a 23-15 vote. Houma Senator Mike Fesi is concerned this proposal could actually result in higher cable and internet bills…:

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Others felt the bill could threaten efforts to establish broadband internet access in all 64 parishes.

Highway 190 through Pointe Coupee Parish is re-opened, after a huge crash involving multiple big rigs shut it down. The wreck happened before dawn on the Morganza Spillway. State Police says the lanes were re-opened before noon.

An Ascension Parish sheriff’s deputy is under arrest for possessing child pornography. 24-year-old Brandon Morris was arrested after a joint investigation by state’s Cyber Crimes Unit, Homeland Security and the APSO. He’s been a deputy about 8 months, and has been fired from his job. Morris is currently behind bars.