Minimum Wage

Republican lawmakers in the Louisiana House have stalled a bid to give municipalities the authority to set their own minimum wage rates.The proposal by…

A renewed effort to boost the minimum wage paid to Louisiana workers edged ahead Thursday in the Senate, with tougher hurdles to passage than prior wage…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana school board has approved a $15 minimum wage for its food service workers.NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune reports the Orleans…

Minimum wage increase, pay secrecy, and equal pay for women legislation all died on the Senate floor last night. The bills were a major part of Governor…

The regular session begins today less than a week after the special session crashed and burned. Fiscal cliff negotiations will be put on hold while a slew…

New Orleans Democrat Senator Troy Carter has filed a bill to raise the state minimum hourly wage to $9.50 for businesses with more than 50 employees by…

After pleas from Monroe city workers for the administration to reward them for their hard work, the city council has approved two items aimed at starting…