Several state senators are urging Governor John Bel Edwards to call a special session this month to fix a one-billion dollar revenue shortfall for next fiscal year. Edwards is waiting on House Republicans to get behind tax bills to make up the shortfall. Port Allen Senator Rick Ward says legislators need to agree on a plan at the State Capitol…
Workers are seeing a difference in their paychecks. The federal tax reform bill has kicked in, giving the average worker an additional one-point-six-percent more in take home pay. But not everyone is seeing the increase just yet. Co-owner of Metairie based Crescent Payroll Solutions Sanders Offner says some of the income tax bracket changes are just getting to some employers…
Investors are jittery after the largest one day point drop in the history of Dow Jones. Matt Doyle gets advice from a pair of financial advisers…
Search crews recovered the body of a St. Martinville man from Bayou Amy this morning in St. Martin Parish. LDWF enforcement agents and the St. Martin and Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Offices recovered the body of 54-year-old Richard Pellerin. Officials were notified about a capsized vessel found in the Bayou. Upon recovery there was no personal flotation device found on the body.