Bills on minimum wage, LGBT non-discrimination move to full state Senate for consideration

By Caitie Burkes

The Senate Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations favorably moved two bills by Sen. Troy Carter, D-New Orleans — one to increase the state’s minimum wage to $8.50 an hour by 2019 and the other to enact a non-discrimination policy for Louisiana employees who identify as LGBT.

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