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Gov. John Bel Edwards released the following statement on the release of the Capital Outlay Bill, HB 2, to fund construction projects across the state of Louisiana. With limited funding available due to the looming fiscal cliff, the Edwards’ Administration is seeking to fund smaller projects that have been in the program for years using surplus state funds, rather than the more costly, traditional approach of bonding the projects for 20 years.

Gov. John Bel Edwards released the following statements on the Senate Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations vote to advance both minimum wage and equal pay bills to the floor of the Senate. Both are issues Gov. Edwards has supported since serving as a state legislator and are in line with an overwhelming majority of Louisianans who believe there should be an increase in the state minimum wage and equal pay for equal work in Louisiana.