Por: The Boston Globe Opinion September 19, 2022
I was interested to read that Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, contributed $1 million to oppose a tax initiative designed to support education and transportation ( Business, Sept. 13). Ironically, the initiative on the November ballot would essentially benefit the people who attend his football team’s games.It flummoxes me why unimaginably wealthy individuals like Kraft; John Fish, of Suffolk Construction; a top executive at... + full article
Bleacher Report USA Sports September 19, 2022
It was easy to miss amid all the excitement of the big Saul Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennadiy Golovkin boxing match, but the UFC was also back in action Saturday with UFC Fight Night 210, a decent card out of its Apex facility in Las Vegas.The headlining spot went to two world-class... + más
UFC Legend José Aldo Reportedly Retires from MMA, Released from Contract | Bleacher Report
Former UFC fighter Elias Theodorou dies at age 34 | 10 WBNS
The Advocate USA Business September 18, 2022
Melanie Bronfin has joined the board of directors for the Bureau of Governmental Research.Bronfin is the founder and former executive director of the Louisiana Policy Institute for Children, an independent source of data, research and policy proposals related to young children.... + más
BRAC announces first class for minority business accelerator, LSU AgCenter gets $1 million grant | The Advocate
With School Board election maps in legal limbo, Baton Rouge may just use the old one. | 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
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
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... + más
Louisiana's gas tax cannot meet state's road and bridge needs, audit says | The Advocate
Our Views: Our wretched roads won’t get better if we don't pay more at the pump | The Advocate
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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