The Council for a Better Louisiana applauds lawmakers for approving legislation in the special session that they believe makes major improvements to the state’s tax structure. CABL President Barry Erwin says reductions in the state personal and corporate tax rates and elimination of the franchise tax will make Louisiana’s tax structure more competitive…

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Erwin says if there’s a downside, Louisiana’s highest in the nation combined state and local sales tax rate will go even higher.

Triple-A projects a record 79.9 million travelers this Thanksgiving holiday. Spokesperson Don Redman says that’s two million more travelers than what we saw in 2019…

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Airports will be very busy this weekend as an estimated five-point-eight million people will fly domestically this Thanksgiving holiday. The Transportation Safety Administration says a growing number of airports, including New Orleans and Baton Rouge, are rolling out CAT-2 technology, which allows you to just show your driver’s license and not your boarding pass to the ticket agent…

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That’s Sari Koshetz with TSA.

New Orleans will host the 2025 US Gymnastics Championships next August in the Smoothie King Center. Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation President Jay Cicero says the success and popularity of the LSU’s gymnastics program helped them land this event…

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Tickets for the 2025 US Gymnastics Championships will soon be announced.