The Louisiana House passes a constitutional amendment that would lower state personal income tax rates in exchange for eliminating the ability to deduct federal income taxes. Lafayette Representative Stuart Bishop says Louisiana lawmakers have tried to do this for decades.
The tax swap would be revenue-neutral.
An effort to provide a hiring bonus for jobless individuals who find a job and increase the maximum weekly unemployment benefits the state provides by 28-dollars to 275-dollars failed on the House floor. Bossier City Representative Raymond Crews liked the idea of a hiring bonus…
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But 54 lawmakers voted against the bill. One reason is that if a person receives the hiring bonus, they can’t apply for unemployment for six months.
Boating season is getting started with Safe Boating Week beginning Saturday and the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has some reminders for eager boaters. LDWF spokesperson Adam Einck says have enough flotation devices for all passengers and if you get caught drinking and driving your boat, you’ll face the same penalties that you’d face if you got caught driving drunk on the road.
Louisiana saw 24 boating fatalities last year and nine so far this year.
The Louisiana Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and others are urging parents to have children ages 12 and up to be vaccinated for COVID. Our Lady of the Lake Pediatric Immunologist Dr. Theron McCormick says in the U-S of the 3.9-million children who’ve had COVID, 300 have died as a result.
You can visit LDH’s website to find a vaccine site.