A mother and son were killed from a possible tornado that swept through Ruston early this morning. Responders say the two victims died after a tree fell on their home in Lincoln Parish. The twister left behind extensive damage, especially in Ruston. State Police Troop F spokesperson Michael Reichardt says the clean up effort will take some time…
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Louisiana Tech also sustained damage to their dorms and athletic facilties. But university president Les Guice is celebrating the fact that everyone on campus avoided the worst…
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Governor John Bel Edwards will talk about state assistance in a press conference this afternoon.

A proposed consitutional amendment to raise the minimum wage to nine-dollars an hour on July 1st, 2020 received approval from the Senate Labor Committee. Business organizations oppose the legislation. NFIB Louisiana director Dawn Starns says a mandated wage increase would negatively impact small businesses and result in a net loss of 36,000 jobs in the state.
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The measure heads to the Senate floor. A minimum wage hike proposal died in the upper chamber last year.

Heading to the House floor is legislation to legalize hemp production in Louisiana. During discussion of the bill in the House Ag committee. Jennings Representative John Guinn was questioning Ag Commissioner Mike Strain on when hemp production became illegal in America…
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The 2018 Farm Bill now allows states to regulate the production of industrial hemp.