A new rule from the White House that goes into effect on December 1 would require employers to pay workers who make less than $47-thousand a year overtime if they work more than 40 hours a week. LSU Economist Stephen Barnes says for the most part, workers should enjoy this.
Governor John Bel Edwards has signed two pro-life bills into law, one measure increases the wait time for a woman to receive an abortion to 72 hours and the second requires doctors performing abortions to be board certified. Louisiana Right to Life Legislative Director Deanna Wallace says the legislation increasing wait time gives women more of a chance to reach out before being forced to have an abortion if they don’t want to have one.
Motorists can expect to see prices at the pump up more than 6 cents from the prior week, as we get closer to Memorial Day. Senior Petroleum Analyst Gregg Laskowski says even though we’re seeing these increases, prices in Louisiana are still down almost 40 cents from this time last year…:
Laskoski says prices haven’t been this low since 2008.
Authorities say someone crashed a stolen 18-wheeler in Caddo parish early this morning. Caddo Parish Sheriff Spokesperson Cindy Chadwick says the 18-wheeler was stolen from a truck stop in Texarkana, Arkansas, just before the crash, and the theft is still under investigation. She says the driver who stole the 18-wheeler has not been located.
Chadwick says she doesn’t understand why someone would steal an 18-wheeler because it would not be very low key.