Legislation to allow gun owners to conceal carry without a permit is set to be debated in the House Criminal Justice Committee today. Governor Edwards has opposed the bill in the past as he believes the training component of getting a permit is important. But McCormick says you can be trained for free by a family member…
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McCormick believes his bill will help people protect themselves from violence and crime.

A bill to establish the Louisiana Center for Safe Schools under the umbrella of GOHSEP advances from Senate Finance. The center would be a single point for schools to get funding for safety programs, training, and bleeding control kits should the unthinkable happen. Clayton Baden, a senior at Buckeye High School testified in favor of the bill…
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The Washington Post reports there has been 88 school shootings in the United States in the last two years.

According to The Conference Board, job satisfaction is an all-time high with 62-percent of US workers surveyed saying they are satisfied with their current job. UNO Professor Mark Rosa says the survey shows employees working remotely or sometimes at home are more satisfied
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The Conference Board says job satisfaction has been rising steadily for over a decade.

LSU Health New Orleans will graduate new members into the health care workforce on Thursday. The school reports nearly 900 students completed degree requirements this academic year. Interim Chancellor, Doctor Steve Nelson, says it’s imperative for all parts of the state to have well-trained healthcare providers because when you’re in an accident or need immediate care you’re going to be taken to the closest emergency room.
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Governor John Bel Edwards will deliver the commencement address.

The Conference Board says the percentage of workers satisfied with their job is as high as it’s ever been since they started surveying employees in 1987…
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The House Appropriations Committee has rejected a bill that would have boosted the pay of state lawmakers. Legislators currently make 16,800 dollars. Critics are concerned about the optics of legislator pay going up.

The House Criminal Justice Committee is scheduled to take up a bill today to allow citizens to carry a concealed weapon without a permit. Oil City Representative Danny McCormick says his bill won approval from the full House last year, before it stalled out in the Senate in the wake of the Uvalde, TX school shooting…:
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Senate Finance has approved legislation that would establish the Center for Safe Schools within the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness. The legislation would require schools to hold shooting drills during high traffic or passing times in the hallways. Baton Rouge McKinley High School student Daniel Price says due to the lack of practice in school drills, he’s not confident in the school’s ability to counter active school threats…..
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A proposal to raise legislators’ annual salary from 16,800 to 39-thousand dollars was killed in House Appropriations. Meanwhile, the Louisiana Senate approves a bill that would require libraries to create a card system that requires a minor’s parent or guardian to select whether the minor is permitted to check out sexually explicit material.

A bill to let you carry a concealed weapon without a permit is scheduled for debate today in the House Criminal Justice Committee.
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Are you happy with your job? Most people are…that’s according to a Conference Board survey that found 62-percent of US workers are satisfied, which is an all-time high. UNO Business Professor Mark Rosa says when opportunities are limited, employees tend to have lower expectations and feel more satisfied with their jobs.
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Workers who voluntarily switched jobs since the pandemic began report higher satisfaction in almost all aspects of jobs.

The pandemic highlighted the importance of well-trained healthcare providers and on Thursday almost 900 students from six professional health schools will graduate from LSU Health Sciences New Orleans. Interim Chancellor Dr. Steve Nelson says the majority of the school’s graduates tend to stay in Louisiana for their residency.
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The majority of the students graduating are doctors of medicine, followed by nursing, then allied health.

Louisiana Hospital Association CEO Paul Salles says inflation played a role in last week’s announcement that Ochsner is laying off 770 employees at it’s facilities in Louisiana and Mississippi. Salles says more hospital systems could do the same as hospitals do not have the ability to raise prices like other industries…
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If you haven’t filed your state income taxes today is the deadline. Deputy Revenue Secretary Luke Morris says filers will receive an automatic six month extension if they don’t submit their returns, but you still have to pay what you think you may owe….
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You can pay online at revenue-dot-louisiana-dot-gov/LaTaP.

Does altitude play a role in weight loss? Researchers at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center are looking to answer these questions through a new study. Teiko Foxx has more.
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There are just four more regular season games left for the second ranked LSU baseball team and their bullpen is a mess. The Tigers blew a nine-run lead yesterday and lost to Mississippi State 14-13 in ten innings.

Meanwhile, LSU softball will host a regional this week, the second seed is the Lady Cajuns from U-L Lafayette.

Governor John Bel Edwards is urging the Louisiana Senate to provide teachers with a two-thousand dollar pay raise in the state budget…
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The Republican controlled House did not contain funding for teacher pay raises in its budget plan. Instead, the lower chamber proposes paying down teacher retirement debt, which would free up dollars for local school systems to provide funding for higher teacher salaries.

A bill waiting for a vote on the Senate floor would create a health care workforce fund. The Louisiana Hospital Association supports the legislation. President and CEO Paul Salles…
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Today is the deadline to file your 2022 state income taxes. Deputy Secretary of Revenue Luke Morris says if you have not filed and need an extension, you no longer have to file with the state to get one…:
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But it’s not an extension to pay and you must send the Department of Revenue at least part of what you think you owe today.

LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center is embarking on a $2.3 million study to determine if altitude plays a role in weight loss. Lead Researcher Claire Berryman says to determine whether low oxygen levels in the air can help obese individuals lose weight , they will have participants sleep in a tent with oxygen levels equivalent to 85-hundred feet…
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Berryman says the study’s goal is to determine whether sleeping in low oxygen tent leads to increases in energy expenditure, decreases in appetite, and greater body weight loss.