Louisiana Senate rejects equal pay, minimum wage bills
 

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The Louisiana Senate failed to pass three bills working to close*gender-based pay disparities and lift families out of poverty by increasing the minimum wage by*$1.25 from the current federal minimum of $7.25.

New Orleans Democratic Sens.*J.P. Morrell and Troy Carter sponsored a package of bills ? one*extending equal pay protections to women working with state contracts, another establishing a state minimum wage of $8.50 by 2020, and other prohibiting employers from firing employees for discussing wages.?