A bill that would apply sales taxes to 41 services currently not taxed moves to the full house. This would generate 500 million dollars in tax revenues and help offset the loss of tax dollars from a proposed cut to income taxes. The vote in the House Ways and Means Committee was 16-to-2, with New Orleans Representative Mandie Landry casting one of the two “no” votes. She says it would tax several services, including home repair…
The bill’s author, Columbia Representative Neil Riser, says the expansion of the sales tax base is part of Governor Landry’s tax reform plan. And the entire plan will result in more money in the pockets of Louisiana residents…
The plan also calls for the elimination of sales taxes on prescription drugs. The measure could receive a vote on the House floor by the end of the week.
The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating the deaths of two young women inside a home in Lake Charles. The women are identified as Dahlen Semar and Madison Guillory, and they were both 23 years old. Sheriff Stitch Guillory – no relation to one of the victims – says even though this appears to be either a murder-suicide or a double-suicide given the fact that the women were the only ones inside, the investigation is still ongoing.
For the second time in three years, LSU women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey has landed the nation’s top recruiting class, as four, five-star prospects signed with the Lady Tigers on National Signing Day. Matthew Brune (BREW-knee) covers LSU for the Bengal Tiger and says among the class is a big time scorer out of New Mexico in Bella Hines.