Posted by James Plummer on June 14, 2009Cigarette Tax Goes to the Full HouseAlthough he promised to raise taxes only on “the wealthy,” President Obama’s first [...]Read more
Posted by James Plummer on June 1, 2009Expensive Grandstanding in the HouseThe state House Appropriations Committee late last week passed a $2.5 million annual tax on Internet [...]Read more
Posted by Kevin Kane on May 11, 2009Louisiana’s Commission on Streamlining GovernmentOne of the bills to watch in this legislative session is SB 261, the companion piece to Bobby [...]Read more
Posted by Trent Hill on April 26, 2009Smoker’s Tax Burns Hole in Louisiana WalletsAs most everyone knows by now, the federal smoker’s tax went up last week. The tax charged to [...]Read more
Posted by Kevin Kane on April 8, 2009Louisiana Tea Parties and MoreGreta Perry has posted a comprehensive list of Tea Parties in Louisiana. And if you are seeking a way to [...]Read more
Posted by Kevin Kane on April 7, 2009Larry Reed on Louisiana StimulusI had planned to comment on this amusing piece from the New York Times, but Lawrence Reed beat me to the [...]Read more
Posted by Kevin Kane on April 6, 2009The NY Times Knows BestRecently the New York Times editorialized against Governors Bobby Jindal and Rick Perry for threatening [...]Read more
Posted by Trent Hill on April 6, 2009Taxing FunLouisiana Representative Robert E. Billiot, a Democrat from District 83 in Jefferson Parish, recently [...]Read more
Posted by Trent Hill on March 23, 2009State Treasurer John Kennedy on Louisiana’s BudgetIn a recent speech to the Houma Rotary Club, Louisiana State Treasurer John Kennedy has called for the [...]Read more