The Senate Labor committee passed a bill that would raise the minimum wage to eight dollars an hour on January 1st and 8.50 an hour beginning January 1st, 2020. The vote was 4-3 along party lines. Governor John Bel Edwards appeared before the panel and says right now, $7.25 can barely buy you enough to eat.
Cut 15 (11) “not enough.”
The Senate panel also approved bills to promote equal pay. Dawn Starns, state director of the National Federation of Independent Business, spoke out against that legislation…
cut 16 (10) “…base it on”
The bills head to the Senate floor for more debate. Previous attemps to raise the minimum wage have failed in the legislature.

The annual LSU survey on how the state’s doing has just been released. Jim Shannon has a look.
Voicer 2 (31) “I’m Jim Shannon.”

It was an electric and tense atmosphere inside the PMAC last night as LSU defeated UL Lafayette 84-76 as the Tigers advanced to the second round of the NIT. Cajuns Coach Bob Marlin said before the game the two schools should meet more often on the hardwood and he still believes that…
cut 6 (10) “….good thing”