A mother and son were killed when a powerful tornado ripped through Ruston early this morning causing significant damage to the city…
Cut 1 (31) “I’m Jeff Palermo”

La Tech president Les Guice says many trees are down on campus, dorms are damaged and the baseball, softball and soccer stadiums are unusable…
cut 16 (11) …traumatic”

A proposal to raise the minimum wage to nine dollars an hour on July 1st, 2020 advances out of the Senate Labor Committee. New Orleans Senator Troy Carter is the author of the measure and he had the President and CEO of Ochsner Health System Warner Thomas speak in favor of the measure. Thomas says Ochsner raised its minimum wage to 12 dollars an hour…
cut 11 (10) “…has been”
The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry is in opposition. Vice president of government relations, Jim Patterson, applauds businesses who raised their minimum wages, but not all businesses have the resources to do it..
Cut 13 (08) “…be able to.”
Despite the opposition the measure heads to the Senate floor after five to one vote in favor.