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Louisiana civil service leader defends state worker raises

by Associated Press
| August 21, 2020 12:03 AM

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's civil service director Thursday sought to discourage state senators from criticizing $57 million in state worker pay raises handed out during the coronavirus outbreak, saying the comments damage efforts to recruit and retain employees.

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