Governor John Bel Edwards monthly call-in radio show will take place on affiliates of the Louisiana Radio Network this afternoon at 2pm. He announced yesterday an agreement on a criminal justice reform package that seeks to lower the state’s highest-in-the nation incarceration rate. Edwards says the plan will reduce the state’s prison population over the next decade by 10-percent…:
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The Governor also supports the bill that would raise the state’s minimum wage from $7.25 to $8.50 which is being heard now in Senate Labor. Ruston Representative Rob Shadoin says he would be hesitant to support such an increase because he believes it would hurt a lot of small businesses…:
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But supporters say this modest increase could be huge for families trying to make ends meet.

A crew wearing masks removed the statue of P.G.T. Beauregard last night in New Orleans. It took workers about 7 hours to get the statue, which was one of three declared a public nuisance by the City Council, off of its base.

Governor Edwards responded to the House approved bill that seeks to protect Confederate monuments in the state. He said its divisive and in all his time with the legislature has never seen lawmakers on both sides so passionate about an issue.

A North Louisiana teenager has turned himself in to police after allegedly setting a dog on fire. Halen Doughty has more…:
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