Four amendments to the state Constitution will be decided Saturday. Amendment One would establish a centralized state sales & use tax collection authority. Dawn McVea, state director of the National Federation of Independent Business, says our current system doesn’t have a mechanism for collecting Internet sales taxes and millions are being left un-collected…:
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McVea says NFIB also supports Amendment Two which would lower income tax rates, but eliminate the federal tax deduction for state individual income tax filers. Supporters say the tax reform would be revenue-neutral. But Louisiana Budget Project Executive Director Jan Moller disagrees and…
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The Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana’s study of virtual learning hopes to help create best practices for remote education in the future. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Ag Commissioner Mike Strain says meat, fish and poultry prices are up 19-percent over last year. Strain says power and transportation costs are leading to higher prices in the grocery store…
cut 5 (10) “…up 12-percent”
As for used car prices, Strain says they are up a whopping 58 percent.