Jeremy Alford: Sales tax becomes a snag as session nears end
Wed, 06/02/2021 - 11:08am
With roughly a week to go until the regular session can be adjourned, lawmakers are tying up loose ends.
State
Tax overhaul legislation advances
Tue, 06/01/2021 - 11:07am
By DAVID JACOBS
The Center Square
The Louisiana Senate’s tax policy committee on Monday advanced three key pieces of a complex income tax overhaul.
Lake Charles digs out after another storm
Mon, 05/31/2021 - 12:27pm
Residents of Lake Charles, Louisiana, are now picking up the pieces from a fourth significant weather event in less than a year.
Governor asks for flood disaster declaration
Sun, 05/30/2021 - 12:30pm
Gov. John Bel Edwards asked President Joe Biden on Friday to declare a federal disaster after severe weather and flooding earlier this month killed five people and damaged at least 2,000 homes.
Committee kills retrials for people convicted by split juries
Fri, 05/28/2021 - 10:43am
A Louisiana House committee turned back an attempt Thursday to grant new trials to prisoners convicted by nonunanimous juries.