SB 153 Archives - Louisiana Budget Project

May 23, 2017

Trump’s dangerous budget

Its official release is set for this morning, but details of President Trump’s first executive budget have been emerging since last week and the news is not good for low-income Americans or Louisiana.

Number of the Day

$72 billion - amount cut from disability programs in President Trump’s budget — primarily from Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income, which provides income assistance to poor seniors and people with disabilities. (Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)

May 18, 2017

Minimum wage, LGBT bills advance

For the second year in a row, the Senate Labor Committee agreed to establish a minimum wage in Louisiana for the first time.

Number of the Day

212,000 - Number of Louisiana workers who would get a pay increase if Louisiana’s minimum wage is raised to $8.50 per hour (Source: Economic Policy Institute analysis of U.S. Census Current Population Survey data)

April 13, 2017

Colleges plead for investment

State lawmakers got an earful about the negative impact of higher education budget cuts from leaders of Louisiana’s colleges and universities during a hearing Wednesday.

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$8.50 - Louisiana minimum wage proposed by Sen. Troy Carter’s SB 153. In a recent interview, Gov. John Bel Edwards said of the proposed change: “I don’t understand the opposition.” (Source: The Advocate)