The Louisiana House approves legislation that would reduce the number of weeks a person can receive unemployment in a 12-month period. Jennings Representative Troy Romero proposes to reduce the maximum number of weeks from 26 to 20, which drew opposition from New Orleans Democrat Wilford Carter
The bill says if the unemployment rate is below five-percent the max duration of benefits would be limited to 12 weeks.
House Education approves a bill to require daily recess of at least 15 minutes for public school students between kindergarten and fifth grade. Houma Representative Beryl Amedee says it’s good for a child’s physical and mental health…
Amedee says 11-percent of schools have dropped recess.
State Police release police bodycam footage from the April 23rd officer-involved shooting of 33-year-old Joseph Taylor. LSP Trooper Melissa Matey says Shreveport Police Officer Anthony Visciotti and the other officers are on administrative leave while their investigation continues…:
Cut 6 (08) “…analyzed and reviewed.”
Taylor was pulled over for swerving and video footage shows him refusing to get out of the vehicle along and he was found to be armed with a Glock 9mm.
Labor quality surpassed inflation as the top concern in the latest Small Business Optimism Survey. NFIB State Director Dawn McVea says 24 percent of ‘Mom and Pops’ say filling job openings with qualified workers is their top concern followed by inflation at 23 percent.
McVea says finding qualified applicants has been an issue since the pandemic.