Por: The Advocate Politics September 17, 2022
Despite huge budget and political hurdles, a key House committee Tuesday began to study the possibility of eliminating Louisiana's individual and corporate income taxes.Rep. Richard Nelson, R-Mandeville, whose resolution earlier this year prompted the review, noted that growing states like Texas and Florida have no income taxes.The fact that Louisiana does, Nelson said, is one of the fundamental issues holding us back.We have an opportunity... + full article
ABC News USA Business September 17, 2022
Buying an electric vehicle for the first time may be harder than ever these days.The choices are no longer Tesla, Tesla, Tesla. There are pickup trucks, SUVs, crossovers, sedans, sports cars and hatches available from nearly every automaker. Seventy-two models (battery, plug-in... + más
Our Views: Our wretched roads won’t get better if we don't pay more at the pump | The Advocate
Letters: Electric vehicles should be taxed to pay for roads | The Advocate
The Advocate USA Business September 17, 2022
Ascension Parish has established a new district that would divert tax revenue from new and expanding industry to improve roads in the parish's east bank industrial corridor along the Mississippi River.Even as projects in neighboring St. James run into legal and regulatory... + más
Prairieville traffic fix on hold while Ascension Parish, DEMCO fight over power lines. | The Advocate
Why LSU says traffic after Mississippi State game will be better than snafu after Southern | The Advocate
Baton RougeDr. Yash Shah has joined Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Health as a pediatric neurologist.Shah provides clinical care to general pediatric neurology patients and those with epilepsy. He is accepting new patients at Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Health... + más
New hires at Woman's Hospital, Our Lady of the Lake Children's Health | The Advocate
Hogs for the Cause pledges $2.5 million for Hogs House on campus housing at children's hospital | The Advocate
Shortly after the Biden administration announced its $1 billion Build Back Better economic development challenge in July 2021, staffers at Greater New Orleans Inc. got to work.They began researching potential projects that could not only earn the federal funds, but put them to... + más
South Louisiana wins $50 million federal grant for ‘green hydrogen’ initiative | The Advocate
Video fills in details on alleged Georgia election breach | The Advocate
The Advocate USA Crime September 17, 2022
St. James Parish doesn't have to pay nearly $864,400 in back sales taxes and legal interest to Nucor Steel, the ending a six-year legal battle.It's a win for a rural parish government and school system that have been reeling financially in late 2020. But it's a... + más
Last-minute challenge slows rollout of broadband in rural Louisiana parish | The Advocate
Thousands of old warrants clog Baton Rouge's justice system. Here's how some want to change that. | The Advocate
The Advocate USA Opinion September 17, 2022
Wish you were buying things at the price of 32 years ago? Don’t we all, but we all also know that we’re not going to get as much for our money.And that goes for road repairs in Louisiana, the Potholes-a-Million State.To the surprise of no one, from the Legislative... + más
Bill Cassidy pitches the benefits of the infrastructure bill that he supported | The Advocate
Tax dollars in Ascension industrial zone to go toward road work to relieve traffic backups | The Advocate
The Advocate USA Politics September 17, 2022
Revenue from Louisiana's gasoline tax is insufficient to meet the state's road and bridge needs, Legislative Auditor Michael Waguespack said in a report issued Tuesday.Waguespack noted that the state's 20-cents-per-gallon gas tax has not been changed since 1990... + más
Louisiana lawmakers consider eliminating state income tax, 'Build a better mousetrap' | The Advocate
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