Louisiana Radio Network news, I’m Matt Doyle

Baton Rouge Representative Steve Carter is planning on filing a constitutional amendment that would allow regions of the state to make their own decisions about gas taxes and how they’re spent on road construction. Carter says the state’s degrading infrastructure is a threat to the economy, specifically in urban areas like his Baton Rouge district…

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Louisiana has not increased the gas tax since 1990.

The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index is the highest it’s ever been to start off 2018. The survey talked to small business. NFIB State Director Dawn Starns says a judicially defeated Labor Department overtime rule in particular was part of the excitement…

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The rule would have required business to pay overtime to 4.6 million workers who work more than 40 hours a week, but who are not paid time and a half on overtime hours.

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Governor John Bel Edwards is asking President Donald Trump to maintain Louisiana’s protections for medical marijuana, in the face of a push from Attorney General Jeff Sessions to crack down on state legalization. Edward’s sent the president a letter in support of Senator Fred Mills 2016 law allowing the regulation of cannabis for medical use. Mils says…

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An apparent Tallulah home invasion resulted in one fatality and two injuries, and has led to a series of charges against a 21-year-old Corey McGowan. Madison Parish Deputies arrived on scene Sunday night and found a 17-year-old Robert Taylor dead. Investigator Brandon Wiltcher says the shootout started after Taylor and McGowan knocked at the homeowner’s door…

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McGowan was charged with home invasion, armed Robbery, and attempted first degree murder.