Minimum Wage

Lawmakers on the House Labor and Industrial Relations Committee rejected two bills to create a state minimum wage. And they rejected a proposal to ban discrimination against employees on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation.

State lawmakers will consider dozens of policies this week, including a bill that would require the Ten Commandments be displayed in every classroom.

For the fourth year in a row, an effort to increase the minimum wage in Louisiana was unsuccessful Tuesday. Senator Troy Carter (D-New Orleans) told…

A House committee rejected a proposal Thursday to let local governments set their own minimum wage, opting to keep that power in the hands of the state. A…

The Senate Labor committee advanced a constitutional amendment Thursday that would ask voters to increase the minimum wage in Louisiana, something…

Governor John Bel Edwards marked the beginning of the 2019 legislative session Monday addressing members of Louisiana’s House and Senate. Before laying…

As 2018 draws to a close, Governor John Bel Edwards says he’s pleased with the progress that’s been made, and he remains optimistic about the future of…

Louisiana is one of five states in the nation that doesn’t have a minimum wage law of its own. Instead, it sets the same rate as the federal government,…