One state lawmaker wants voters to decide whether to raise the minimum wage from $7.25 an hour. Business groups have said, let the market determine wages, but Baton Rouge Senator Regina Barrow says $7.25 is not a livable wage…
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Barrow’s proposed constitutional amendment would set Louisiana’s minimum wage to $10.25 an hour, and it would task a state agency to adjust it annually based on the consumer price index.
The McNeese Men’s basketball team is headed back to the NCAA Tournament for a third consecutive season after beating Stephen F Austin 76-59 in the Southland Tournament Championship game. Coach Bill Armstrong took over for Will Wade and keeps the streak of Big Dance invitations going, but Armstrong credits the players…
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Armstrong becomes the first coach in Southland history to earn an NCAA Tournament bid in his first season as a Division One head coach.
Small businesses reported higher sales in February according to the monthly survey conducted by the National Federation of Independent Business. NFIB State Director Leah Long says small businesses are starting to see stronger sakes and she’s eager to see how the Louisiana Legislature can continue to help small businesses…
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The One Door policy helps those individuals on government assistance receive job training and placement.
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has charged two crawfish farm workers for allegedly killing whooping crane in Evangeline Parish. Corporal Tib Guillory says many of these birds are tracked, because there is not a lot of them in the wild. He says this particular whooping crane’s transmitter stopped sending data on February 28th…
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The whooping crane was fatally shot in Evangeline Parish and the two men face civil restitution totaling 15-thousand dollars.