Mandeville Republican Representative Richard Nelson says he’ll try again this year to pass a bill that would hold back third graders who fail a literacy test. Nelson has filed House Bill 12 again this year, and says it almost passed in the last regular session, it passed the House but was shy of votes in the Senate…:
Cut 3 (10) “…educate people more.”
Once again, Louisiana leads the nation for the highest average combined state and local sales tax rate at 9.55 percent. New Mexico is the only state to reduce its state sales tax rate in the last five years and Janelle Fritts with the Tax Foundation explains why state lawmakers are not willing to reduce sales tax rates…
Cut 13 (10) “…in the past.”
Louisiana’s state sales tax rate is set to lower to four percent in 2025.
Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Tony Mancuso announces he will not seek a sixth term in office and will retire in 2024. Mancuso has been the sheriff of Calcasieu since 2004…
An LSU pitcher has decided to use the money he’s received from a NIL to help feed the hungry in Baton Rouge. Jeff Palermo has the story…