Senator Bill Cassidy is lauding the signing of the trillion-dollar-plus infrastructure bill by President Biden on Monday.
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Cassidy says the infrastructure bill will deliver to improve the lives of people in Louisiana.

When it comes to Louisiana politics, there’s still some surprise that Constitutional Amendment one did not pass. It would have created a centralized sales tax collection system. House Speaker Clay Schexnayder authored the legislation…
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The state currently has 54 tax collection entities making it complex for businesses and individuals to maneuver through and a lawsuit was filed yesterday declaring Louisiana’s system as unconstitutional based on a Supreme Court ruling in 2018.

A task force established to come up with solutions to Louisiana having the highest auto insurance rates in the country finds that rates are on the rise again. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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New registration fees are in place for motorboats. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries say they went into effect Monday as a result of legislation approved this year. For boats smaller than 15-feet and eleven inches the fee is 36-dollars, for boats larger than 40-feet, the registration fee is now 99-dollars.