Lawmakers will once again debate equal pay legislation after the legislative session convenes on Monday. Opponents argue it would place an undue burden on businesses and open companies up to expensive litigation. But the bill’s author Shreveport Representative Barbara Norton says a recent report shows the state ranks 48th in pay equality…
cut 10 (12) “….opportunities”
This legislation has failed to gain much traction in the legislature, despite support from the governor.

Strong storms are rumbling across the state today. Phil Grgisby with the National Weather Service says the potential for severe weather will continue the rest of the day….
cut 14 (10) “…tornadoes’
Rain chances are also high this weekend.

The latest report from the Louisiana Survey shows many residents are wrong when it comes to how much they pay in taxes. Director of LSU’s Public Policy Research Lab, Dr. Mike Henderson, says 46% of the respondents say the state income tax rates are higher than they were four years ago, and 32% say the rates are higher than last year, but the state income tax rate hasn’t changed in years…
Cut 3 (10) “…simply not true.”
Henderson says their survey also found that people thought they paid much more in gasoline taxes than they actually pay.

A suspected impaired driver has been charged with vehicular homicide after his seven-year daughter was killed in a single vehicle wreck in the Donaldsonville area last night. State Police Trooper Taylor Scrantz says 25-year-old DeVontae Sanders had three unrestrained kids in the car.
Cut 7 (10) “…local hospital”
The ages of the children that survived are three and four-year-olds and they were sent to separate hospitals with critical injuries.