Nearly a third of small business owners nationwide say inflation is their single most important problem in operating their business. That’s a slight decrease from a previous survey conducted by the National Federation of Independent Businesses. NFIB State Director Dawn McVea says inflation remains a serious challenge for small businesses
LSU Ag center horticulturist Heather Kirk Ballard is urging us to plant more trees to absorb greenhouse gasses. A single tree can pull 48 pounds of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere in one year. She says people in Louisiana tend to cut trees out of fear of hurricane damage.
Fast growing trees that resist strong winds include nutall oaks, river birch, and sycamores.
The President and CEO of Ochsner Health is leaving Louisiana to run a hospital system in California. Warner Thomas has led Ochsner for the last decade and during that time the size of the health system tripled. Thomas says Ochsner’s current C-F-O Pete November will take over as the new CEO in six weeks…
Cut 12 (08) “..flourish.”
Thomas is joining Sutter Health, based in Sacramento, California.
The House Ways and Means Committee has started looking at the possibility of eliminating the state’s income tax, without producing major cuts in state spending. The panel met yesterday and heard from the Department of Revenue. House Ways and Means Chairman Stuart Bishop says there’s a lot of work ahead…
Cut 15 (11) “…a very big task.”
Expect a bill to eliminate the state’s income tax to be introduced in the next legislative session.