At a luncheon in front of Jefferson and Orleans Parish West Bank officials today, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards stated emphatically, that he is not interested in revenue neutral proposals, that despite a major budget hole, he was committed to funding ports and roads and bridges—projects that are very important to many in the audience.

At City Council chambers yesterday, Tulane Professor and Dean of the School of Continuing Studies Richard Marksbury perfectly captured the absurdity of the effort to remove Confederate monuments in New Orleans. He pointed out that using the “poorly written,” “ill-conceived,” and “dangerous” city nuisance ordinance, the statue of Andrew Jackson, at the heart of Jackson Square, the most iconic spot in New Orleans and the most photographed site in the Gulf South, should be removed.

Today, Governor John Bel Edwards will be speaking to a relatively conservative group, the West Bank Business Association.  

Unquestionably, should he discuss legislative action to ensure increased minimum wage and equal pay could present a brushback.

U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez promoted the today's news release of the March 2016 Employment Situation report released today:

Donald Trump said he was stunned, shocked and livid about how elections are run way down in the Bayou State.  He minced no words in giving his assessment of what happened in the recent Louisiana presidential primary.  “ It tells you what a crooked system we have and what a rotten political system we have.  I won Louisiana, but what’s going on in the Republican Party is a disgrace.”