Wallis Watkins
Wallis Watkins is a Baton Rouge native. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Philosophy from Louisiana State University in 2013. Soon after, she joined WRKF as an intern and is now reporting on health and health policy for Louisiana's Prescription.
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For the fourth year in a row, an effort to increase the minimum wage in Louisiana was unsuccessful Tuesday.
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A bill to raise the state’s gas tax was shelved Monday, as the bill’s author, Representative Steve Carter (R-Baton Rouge), pointed to the difficulty of...
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A House committee will get its turn Monday on a bill that would exempt diapers and feminine hygiene products from state sales tax.
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A House committee rejected a proposal Thursday to let local governments set their own minimum wage, opting to keep that power in the hands of the state.
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A bill that would ban abortions in Louisiana once a fetal heartbeat has been detected is one step closer to final passage, after the House Health and...
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A Louisiana Senate committee advanced a bill Tuesday that would set a minimum age limit for marriage in the state. But which age remains unclear.
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The Louisiana House has rejected a bill that would allow convicted felons to qualify for jury duty after a five year cleansing period.
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Despite pushback from the House, Governor John Bel Edwards is sticking by his original funding proposal for K-12 education, which includes a $1,000...
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The debate over next year’s budget is headed to the Senate, after the Louisiana House easily passed the bill Thursday. But K-12 education funding...
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Louisiana will not be the 38th and final state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, which would prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex.