There is a new man leading the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry. Jeff Palermo talked with Jim Patterson about L-A-B-I’s priorities in the upcoming legislative session
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Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has agreed to allow the owners of Neuty, the 22-pound nutria to keep the pet under special conditions. The Jefferson Parish couple has applied for a permit and LDWF says they are working out an agreement. The owners were issued a citation for housing a wild animal which is illegal in Louisiana. The matter is ongoing.
Delhi Representative Francis Thompson, a lifelong Democrat and the longest-serving member of the Louisiana legislature, has joined the Republican Party. The 81-year-old says he’d been contemplating switching parties for years.
Thompson voted with Republicans to overturn Governor Edwards’ veto of a congressional map.
Longtime L-A-B-I official Jim Patterson is the interim president of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, taking over, for now, gubernatorial candidate Stephen Waguespack. With the legislative session coming up, Patterson says L-A-B-I will be involved in the property insurance crisis and they would like to see the legislature address the high taxes on insurance premiums…
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LABI will also discuss eliminating the state’s income tax and phasing out the state’s inventory tax.