Beginning next year parents who send their kids to private school will receive an increase of $5,000 to $6,000 tax break per child in Louisiana. The governor signed the legislation that Metairie Representative Laurie Schlegel authored.
The current deduction costs the state about $22-millon annually and that will increase to $24.2 million in 2024.
The Major League Baseball draft began with two LSU players from the National Championship team, pitcher Paul Skeens was the first by the Pittsburgh Pirates, and center fielder Dylan Crews was the second pick by Washington Nationals. Crews says as a kid he followed the Nats ever since the former number one overall pick was Bryce Harper…
Will they or won’t they return for a veto override session is the looming question. Since Governor Edwards rejected a bill to ban transgender procedures on minors in Louisiana the probability has increased, they’ll return. “LaPolitics.com” publisher Jeremy Alford says the transgender bill veto could also open a floodgate of override efforts…:
Cut 12 (11) “…by the Governor.”
Votes from lawmakers on their willingness to return for an override session are due Thursday.
And ground has been broken on a project that will result in high-speed, affordable, and reliable internet for 91-hundred households and 535 small businesses in Avoyelles Parish. Connect LA director Veneeth Iyengar says Swift Telecom is expected to complete the project next summer.