Tax & Budget
Tactic Against Federal Debt Finds Overwhelming Support in Louisiana House
With not a single opponent, Louisiana’s House of Representatives has endorsed the National Debt Relief [...]
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Plan To Clear Unfunded Liabilities Passes House Comfortably
Rep. Kevin Pearson's retirement reform bill passed the Louisiana House by a comfortable, bipartisan [...]
Read moreConcealed Taxes Without A Popular Vote
HB 531, which was passed unanimously by the House, would create the Lafayette Parish Redevelopment [...]
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Revenue Desperation Pushing States to Institute Amazon Tax
HB 641 - better known as the Amazon tax - would reclassify out-of-state companies as in-state if they [...]
Read moreHouse Poised to Attack Pension Liabilities with Alternative to Jindal Plan
As an alternative to the pension reform legislation favored by Gov. Bobby Jindal, the House Committee on [...]
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Guest Commentary: Louisiana Income Tax Repeals Practical and Desirable in Near Term
Sadow: "With little disruption Louisiana could wipe out its corporate income tax in a little over a [...]
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Lawmaker Foresees “All Out War” on State Spending with House Resolution
Louisiana's House of Representatives voted to pass Rep. Brett Geymann's Resolution 27 on Monday, which is [...]
Read moreUpdate: Debt Relief Amendment Sails Through Committee
North Dakota Senator Curtis Olafson (R - Edinburg), who flew in to testify as national spokesman, was met [...]
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Nation’s Incarceration Leader Seeks to Fight Crime While Saving Dollars
Louisiana’s stand as the nation’s leader for incarceration is the target of five new bills from the [...]
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