The House Labor Committee has rejected legislation that would have increased the state unemployment benefit from 247 to 347 dollars a week.
The panel heard testimony from struggling unemployed workers. Montrell McGraw is a furloughed hotel worker and says at 247 dollars a week he has to make tough choices.
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Just six weeks after Lake Charles was battered by Laura’s extreme winds the city endured over a foot of rainfall from Hurricane Delta flooding many homes.
Mayor Nic Hunter says Delta was two categories weaker than Laura but a much wetter storm.
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A bill that would result in a loss of construction funding for local governments who decide to reduce their police department’s budget by ten percent advances out of the House. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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