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• EBR Mayor establishes Equal Pay Commission to tackle local gender pay gap

  December 22, 2021 4:59 AM

  BATON ROUGE - The gender pay gap is an ongoing problem in the United States; a ccording to Bureau of Labor Statistics data , in 2020, women’s annual earnings were 82.3% of men’s, and the gap was even wider for many women of color. In Baton Rouge, local officials... more »

• Governor Edwards, First Lady host equal pay summit

  March 9, 2017 5:26 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Governor John Bel Edwards and First Lady Donna Edwards hosted the Louisiana Equal Pay Summit on Friday morning. The summit was held in collaboration with the Governor's Office on Women's Policy. And we're off. @LEDLouisiana Secretary @DPiersonLA talks about how equal pay is good... more »

• State Rep. says he will not apologize for stripper weight amendment Play Video

  May 19, 2016 2:04 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The state representative who proposed banning strip clubs from hiring dancers weighing more than 160 pounds said Thursday he will not apologize for his amendment. Republican Rep. Kenneth E. Havard proposed an amendment that would limit employees to be "between twenty-one and twenty-eight years of age... more »

• Equal pay, minimum wage bills pass committee after Edwards testimony Play Video

  March 31, 2016 12:07 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Gov. John Bel Edwards testified in the Senate Labor Committee Thursday morning in support of equal pay for women and raising the state’s minimum wage . Edwards spoke in favor of Senate Bill 269 that would raise the minimum wage from $7.25 to $8 in 2017 and... more »