10:30 LRN Newscast

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That’s the approach one New Orleans lawmaker is taking in proposing a minimum wage increase. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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Republicans and pro-business lobbyist groups have been successful in defeating minimum wage hike proposals in previous years. They argue a higher minimum wage will result in job losses and higher costs for consumers.

 

A Saint Bernard Parish lawmaker has filed a bill for the upcoming session that says once a governor serves two terms, he or she can not run for a third term. The legislation would mean Bobby Jindal and John Bel Edwards could not run for governor again. Republican Mike Bayham says Louisiana should not have to recycle its governors…

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Edwin Edwards and Earl Long served more than two terms as governor in the state’s history. It’s already against state law to serve more than two consecutive terms as governor.

After a chilly night last night, high temperatures will be returning to around the 80-degree mark for the foreseeable future. Todd Fontenot with the LSU Ag Center says that means the supply of crawfish will go up, and prices will go down…

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