When lawmakers approved legislation last year changing how the courts would handle car accident lawsuits, supporters said it would lead to lower insurance rates. But Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon said during a task force meeting on Affordable Automobile Insurance that rates are actually going up two percent. River Ridge Senator Kirk Talbot says the law went into effect this year and has yet to have an impact on rates
Voters statewide approved Constitutional Amendment Two which lowers the income tax brackets to 1.85-percent for the lowest income earners, 3.5-percent for middle incomes and 4.25-percent for the highest. State Revenue Secretary Kimberly Lewis says will mean a great number of taxpayers will find they owe the state less when they file their 2021 state taxes…:
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Louisiana is being sued by an out-of-state retailer because of the state’s burdensome tax collection system that’s costing it more than double what it cost to collect a dollar in sales taxes for the state. More from Dave Brannen.
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Broderick Fobbs has been fired as head football coach of Grambling State. The Tigers are three and seven this season and didn’t win a game in the spring. The three-time SWAC Coach of the Year led Grambling to two conference titles.