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Sales tax holidays gone until 2025

The American Press <p class="p1">Louisiana’s three state sales tax holidays may not return until 2025, but there is ... Read more

Jim Beam

Failed session one for books

{{tncms-inline alignment=”center” content=”&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&quot;Nobody won this one, and taxpayers will pay a heavy price for the failure.&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; ... Read more

News

Still no budget for Louisiana

BATON ROUGE — Lawmakers were deadlocked on the budget as the regular session drew to a close Thursday, ... Read more

News

Nine criminal justice bills sent to Gov. Edwards

BATON ROUGE — Nine of 10 criminal justice reform bills have been sent to Gov. John Bel Edwards ... Read more

News

Legislators butt heads over budget in final hours

<p class="p1">BATON ROUGE — With one day left in the legislative session and lawmakers seemingly at an impasse ... Read more

Jim Beam

Session extremely unproductive

The Legislature at its 2017 fiscal session, with one major exception, may have chalked up a record number ... Read more

Area officials, lawmakers balk at bills benefiting camp in Calcasieu Parish

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Area officials, lawmakers balk at bills benefiting camp in Calcasieu Parish

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Jim Beam

Governor enjoys rare victory

BATON ROUGE — To say the legislative program of Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards hasn’t fared well during ... Read more

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