How Louisiana tax burdens might shift under Gov. Landry’s …
Oct 9, 2024 · The chief proponent of Gov. Jeff Landry’s plan to revise Louisiana’s tax structure is touting what he considers some of its more progressive aspects, but some critics say the plan overall would benefit the wealthy at the expense of regular Louisiana taxpayers.
What Louisiana constitutional amendments are on the ballot? PAR ...
Oct 7, 2024 · Nov. 5. Amendment 1 What it says: “Do you support an amendment to require that federal revenues received by the state generated from Outer Continental Shelf alternative or renewable energy production be deposited into the Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund?”
Crisis calls from LGBTQ+ youth spiked by 700% after Election Day
Nov 9, 2024 · These pleas for help are not happening in a vacuum. They are the result of a political environment that has brought transphobia into the political mainstream, especially from Trump’s campaign. The former president’s campaign spent over $20 million on ads portraying trans people as harmful to society or attacking Vice President Kamala Harris’ support of …
Redistricting returns Cleo Fields to Congress to represent Louisiana
Nov 5, 2024 · Almost three decades after redistricting forced him out of the U.S. House of Representatives, Cleo Fields will return to Washington, D.C. He claimed an outright win Tuesday in the newly redrawn 6th Congressional District that favored a Black Democrat.
Louisiana may have reached trigger for a personal income tax cut …
Sep 25, 2024 · Landry has been hoping to use the state’s existing budget challenges to usher in a tax system rewrite. In general, the governor wants to move to a single income tax rate, that would be lower for many households, in exchange for attaching the …
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson easily wins reelection in Louisiana
Nov 5, 2024 · The 2024 election cycle was also the first for Johnson as one of the GOP’s chief fundraisers. From July through September, he hauled in more than $19 million for his own campaign and $8 million more for other Republican incumbents and candidates, according to federal election records.
The coming storm: Public corruption investigations in New Orleans
Oct 9, 2024 · New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell speaks to Gov. Jeff Landry at a news conference Sept. 13, 2024, on the recovery from Hurricane Francine at Signature Aviation in Kenner.
2 Democrats, Republican join race for Louisiana’s new majority …
Jul 17, 2024 · 1st Congressional District. U.S. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-Jefferson, signed up by proxy to run for reelection Wednesday. Republican political consultant Jason Hebert turned in Scalise’s election paperwork to the Louisiana Secretary of State on behalf of …
Candidates sign up to run in new majority-Black Louisiana …
Jul 17, 2024 · Two state appellate court judges and a Baton Rouge government administrator signed up Wednesday to run for a newly-created majority-Black seat on Louisiana’s Supreme Court.
America’s electric vehicle transition is well underway — but not in ...
Oct 11, 2024 · The slow pace of adoption in Louisiana has had the unintentional effect of allowing public EV charging infrastructure to catch up in the state.. Almost 2,700 DC fast chargers, which can fully charge an EV battery in as little as 20 minutes, were installed across the U.S. during the second quarter of 2024.
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