Two people are dead, a mother and her son, from a powerful tornado that swept through Ruston in the early morning hours. National Weather Service forecaster CS Ross says at least an EF-3 tornado struck Ruston just before two A-M…
The Louisiana Tech campus is recovering from significant damage suffered from the tornado.
Tech President Les Guice says thankfully the tornado skirted the edge of the core academic buildings, but the residential halls weren’t so lucky.
Most of the campus still has power, but classes have been canceled today to allow students to recover, and check in on family.
Following a 5-1 vote, a constitutional amendment that aims to raise the minimum wage in Louisiana to $9 an hour on July 1, 2020, is headed to the Senate floor, where the effort died last year. New Orleans Senator Troy Carter says a bump in the minimum wage would show that the state is serious about helping its working poor.
Cut 10 (12) “…government to survive.”
Governor John Bel Edwards has sought an increase in the minimum wage since taking office in 2016.
A bill to legalize the growing and processing of Industrial hemp is on it’s way to the full House after unanimously passing in the House Agriculture Committee. Gonzales Representative Clay Shexnayder says hemp is a highly profitable, and renewable crop.