Louisiana has posted the largest gain of any state in the Tax Foundation’s 2027 State Tax Competitiveness Index. Louisiana Revenue Secretary Jarrod Coniglio says the state has moved up nine spots to 23rd overall.
Coniglio says the improvement is the result of the tax reform package approved in 2024. One of the major changes that went into effect in 2025 was a flat three-percent income tax rate.
Republican Governor Jeff Landry is up re-election next year and he could face several Democratic challengers. Gary Crockett says he’s in. The man who beat him out for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination, Jamie Davis, is seriously considering a run after coming close to beating Julia Letlow last week. Another Democrat considering a run is Alexandria State Senator Jay Luneau.
The 63-year-old is a lawyer in Alexandria and adjunct professor at Northwestern State. He’s been in the Louisiana legislature since 2016.
Louisiana is receiving three million dollars from the USDA that will be used to hire technicians and deploy traps to trick the pigs into being captured. That’s according to Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, who says the funds will be used in 27 parishes in the Red River and Mississippi River Basins…
Cut 15 (07) “…swine”
Strain says there are 700 to 900-thousand feral pigs, many of them are causing damage to crop fields, costing farmers around 100-million dollars every year.
The US Drought monitor this week shows that nearly one-fifth of the state is suffering from exceptional drought conditions. North-central Louisiana, west of Alexandria and a portion of southwest Louisiana are all considered in exceptional drought. LSU Climatologist Jay Grymes says there is a chance we’ll see rain on Sunday and Monday…
Cut 11 (09) “…right back up”
Heading out to a high school game tonight? It will get chilly, low temperatures for a majority of the state will be in the 30s on Saturday.