The New Year brings changes to the state’s tax code. Jason DeCuir is a partner at Advantous, a tax consulting firm in Baton Rouge. He says a big change is with state income tax rates, after voters last fall approved lowering individuals’ tax rates in exchange for losing their deduction for federal taxes paid…:
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DeCuir says corporate state income taxes were also reduced.

Louisiana junior senator John Kennedy is up for re-election this year. La-politics dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says the jockeying will also begin for the 2023 governor’s race….
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Alford expects several announced candidates for governor by the end of the year.

Louisiana medical marijuana patients now have the choice to get smokeable medical marijuana at one of the state’s nine licensed pharmacies. Michelle Southern has more…
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There are concerns about the state’s health care capacity now that COVID hospitalizations have surpassed one-thousand again. The Louisiana Department of Health reports at least 15-thousand new cases since Friday. Many children return to school today and despite a recommendation from the state health department, the LHSAA will not halt their winter sports season.