Louisiana sales tax holidays are no more until 2025.
The tax holidays were slashed in a measure passed in the third extraordinary session of the Louisiana Legislature, which was aimed at quelling the state’s budget woes. […]
By the mid-1980s, gas prices were at record lows as foreign oil flooded the marketplace and Louisiana, having collected millions in severance taxes during the preceding decade, was now facing massive budget deficits. […]
Our new governor is suddenly achieving some accomplishments. After several months in which a stalemate threatened, he finally got a compromise on the budget and taxes that gave us hope for the future. […]
How does $250,000 sound? That was the one-night take for U.S. Sen. John Kennedy at a recent New Orleans fundraiser. […]
A handful of bills extending half of the expiring fifth penny in the state sales tax structure have been filed for this year’s third special session, which was convened Monday and is slated to conclude June 27. […]
After last year’s catastrophic hurricane season and Subtropical Storm Alberto kicking off this year’s Atlantic hurricane season before it began, the need to be prepared is clear. […]
The deteriorating Gulf Coast of Southeast Louisiana is getting worse by the day according to recent reports from some of the major news outlets in the country. […]
In what House Speaker Taylor Barras, R-New Iberia, called a “new development,” members of the Black Caucus derailed Monday’s planned House votes when its membership demanded that a change in income tax brackets be included in any compromise that survives this ongoing special session. […]
Louisiana’s hopes to restore our fragile Gulf of Mexico coast in the future took a setback recently when estimates of the revenue the state will receive from the federal government’s Gulf energy royalties will likely be cut dramatically. […]
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