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Louisiana lawmakers vote to remove lunch breaks for child workers, cut unemployment benefits ( www.nola.com )

A Louisiana House committee voted Thursday to repeal a law requiring employers to give child workers lunch breaks and to cut unemployment benefits — part of a push by Republicans to remove constraints on employers and reduce aid for injured and unemployed workers....

New study highlights stark racial wealth gap in the New Orleans area ( www.nola.com )

A new report from the Data Center is shedding disturbing light on income and wealth disparities in the New Orleans metro area, showing that on average white households have an astounding 13 times more net worth than their Black counterparts and nine times that of Latinx households....

Louisiana lawmakers vote to remove lunch breaks for child workers, cut unemployment benefits ( www.nola.com )

A Louisiana House committee voted Thursday to repeal a law requiring employers to give child workers lunch breaks and to cut unemployment benefits — part of a push by Republicans to remove constraints on employers and reduce aid for injured and unemployed workers....

Louisiana abortion ban preserved after lawmakers kill bill to call public vote ( www.nola.com )

Nearly two years after Louisiana launched one of the strictest abortion bans in the nation, legislators have killed an effort to let voters decide whether to do away with the ban and enshrine the right to abortion in the state constitution....

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