Governor John Bel Edwards appeared before the Senate Labor committee this morning to support a bills that would raise the minimum wage, mandate equal pay for women, and allow employees to openly discuss pay with other employees without retribution. Edwards says the gender pay gap in Louisiana is a disgrace.
Cut 14 (11) “truly offensive.”
New Orleans Senator JP Morrell’s equal pay bill that would expand the Louisiana Equal Pay Act to private employers.
A new survey by LSU shows Louisiana residents are not particularly happy with state government as it stands now. Michael Henderson with the Manship school at LSU says they have been doing the same survey since 2003 and found something interesting that they have not seen in the past.
Cut 11 (:11) “fellow residents.”
Spicy comments were made during the postgame press conferences following LSU’s 84-76 win over UL Lafayette in the first round of the NIT. Tigers Coach Will Wade took exception to what Cajuns Coach Bob Marlin said before the game, Marlin says he stands by the comments he made on Monday when he said the Cajuns should have hosted the game, because they had the better season and had more wins…
The man convicted in the road rage shooting death of former NFL player Joe McKnight was sentenced to 30 years in prison today. 56-year-old Ronald Gasser was facing 40 years for his manslaughter conviction. Legal Analyst Tim Meche believes it’s a fair sentence.
McKnight was one of the best high school football players in the country coming out of John Curtis High School in 2006. He starred at USC and played for three seasons in the NFL.