Tax reduction issues dominate debate
BATON ROUGE — Legislative committees advanced bills Monday to eliminate a key corporate tax, reduce sales taxes and extend tax incentives...
Parishes could get more severance taxes
BATON ROUGE — The House Ways and Means Committee advanced a proposal for a constitutional amendment that would sharply increase the cap...
Income tax proposal off the table this session
BATON ROUGE — State Rep. Richard Nelson suspended his proposal to eliminate the state income tax after discussing it this week with...
TOPS participation in decline; where did they go?
BATON ROUGE — State officials are trying to figure out how to remedy a decline in TOPS scholarship participation throughout the state....
Public safety tops appropriations panel talk
BATON ROUGE — The House Appropriations Committee discussed Tuesday expanding the budgets for youth, corrections and public safety...
Edwards calls for more spending
BATON ROUGE — Gov. John Bel Edwards joined lawmakers at the start of the regular session Monday to outline his agenda in his final state...
