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Business

COVID-19 bill must drop minimum wage hike, arbiter decides

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate parliamentarian dealt a potentially lethal blow Thursday to ... Read more

Business

House votes to expand legal safeguards for LGBTQ people

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-led House passed a bill Thursday that would enshrine ... Read more

Business

Australia passes law to make Google, Facebook pay for news

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s law forcing Google and Facebook to pay for ... Read more

Business

The Latest: Tennessee probe finds wasted vaccines

By The Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — More than 2,400 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in Tennessee’s most populous ... Read more

Business

Unfriended no more: Facebook to lift Australia news ban

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Facebook announced Tuesday that it would lift a ban ... Read more

Business

The Latest: Mexico receives shipment of Sputnik V vaccine

By The Associated Press MEXICO CITY — Mexico has received its first shipment of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 ... Read more

Local News

Cassidy working on bipartisan COVID relief bill

John Guidroz U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy said he continues to work with lawmakers in Congress on bipartisan legislation ... Read more

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Cassidy working on bipartisan COVID relief bill

John Guidroz U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy said he continues to work with lawmakers in Congress on bipartisan legislation ... Read more

Local News

Calcasieu projects in construction legislation

BATON ROUGE — Several Calcasieu Parish projects are included in the state’s capital construction bill, House Bill 2. ... Read more

Editorials

Bill reroutes support for public defenders  

The American Press Legislation increasing the amount of public defender money going from the state office to local ... Read more