On a 16-to-2 vote, the House Ways and Means Committee advanced a bill that would apply sales taxes to 41 services currently not taxed. This would generate 500 million dollars in tax revenues and help offset the loss of tax dollars from a proposed cut to income taxes. New Orleans Representative Mandie Landry was one of the two “no” votes; she rattled off several services that would be taxed because of this legislation…
Louisiana Revenue Secretary Richard Nelson says the plan also calls for the elimination of sales taxes on prescription drugs…
The measure could receive a vote on the House floor by the end of the week.
Change is on the way in the weather here in Louisiana. LSU Public Health Climatologist Barry Keim says a cold front is going to drop temperatures considerably; and with those low overnight temperatures will come lower daytime high temperatures, making for an absolutely delightful weekend.
Two women are found dead inside a home in Lake Charles in an incident believed to be either a murder-suicide or a double suicide. The women are identified as Dahlen Semar and Madison Guillory, both 23 years old. Sheriff Stitch Guillory – no relation to one of the victims – says 24-year-old Gabriel Williams was the one who contacted authorities, and he provided false and misleading information to deputies.
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Williams was arrested and booked into the Calcasieu Correctional Center; his bond is pending.