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News  |  Frank Corder  • 
October 25, 2023

Presley sings familiar Democratic tune with call to raise minimum wage ahead of election

Federal data shows 17,000 workers in Mississippi, or 2.5% of the state's hourly workforce, are making at or below minimum wage. That number has declined from 9.5% in 2010.
News  |  Frank Corder  • 
October 25, 2023

Louisiana’s Mike Johnson elected new Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives

The four-term Bayou State Congressman is the fourth speaker nominee to come out of the House Republican Conference since Kevin McCarthy was ousted in early October.