Debate is underway at the State Capitol on Governor Jeff Landry’s tax plan that seeks to lower income taxes for all workers but sales taxes would be added to 41 activities currently not taxed. Landry went before the House Ways and Means Committee today, urging them to pass his plan…
State Representative Matthew Williard, a Democrat from New Orleans, is concerned Landry’s tax plan will result in less available tax dollars for the state to spend. He’s concerned about future tax cuts…
The House Ways and Means Committee approved the bill to reduce the personal income taxes on a 15 to 3 vote. The measure could go before House Appropriations, before a vote on the House floor.
It looks like Louisiana’s record of never having a hurricane making landfall in the state in the month of November will remain intact, at least for the time being. Earlier this week, the National Hurricane Center had Hurricane Rafael turning north in the Gulf of Mexico and straight towards Louisiana, albeit weakening to below hurricane strength. But LSU Public Health Climatologist Barry Keim says the forecast track has done a complete 180, now headed towards the Bay of Campeche in Mexico.
Cut 13 (11) “…steering currents whatsoever (2x).”
And Keim says there’s a chance that the storm could dissipate altogether before reaching Mexico.
We’re getting new information on a tiger en route to Baton Rouge to reportedly take the field for Saturday’s LSU game against Alabama. The tiger is reportedly named Omar Bradley, and he’s a one-and-a-half-year-old bengal tiger owned by a man near Orlando. Governor Landry has been pushing LSU to revive its tradition of having a live tiger on the field that was halted in 2015. So far, the university has not confirmed whether the tiger will indeed take the field.