Today is the deadline to file your federal tax return. Metairie CPA John Theriot says mailing your return today could be risky…especially if you’re dropping it in the nearest mailbox. Theriot says the best way to avoid taking that chance is by going online.
Cut 9 (13) “…postmarked today.”
For E-file options and forms, visit irs.gov.
According to the Louisiana Workforce Commission, the unemployment rate for March in Louisiana reached its lowest point in 14 years at 4.2-percent. But economist Loren Scott says many employers continue to need employees and for some reason, people are not returning to the workforce.
Cut 10 (07) “…in April of ’20.”
House Appropriations Committee is expected to finish its work on the state’s annual budget, before sending it to the full House for debate. Committee Chairman and Houma Republican Representative Jerome Zeringue says with the additional one-time federal money, the committee has been careful to plan to use a portion for building a new Mississippi River bridge in Baton Rouge, a new I-10 Bridge in Lake Charles and other projects…:
A bill to raise the compensation rate for school bus drivers will be heard in Senate Finance today. Bill author Covington Senator Patrick McMath says driver pay rates haven’t changed since the 1980s and we owe it to them and the children they transport, so they can properly maintain their vehicles.
He says many bus drivers are leaving the profession as a result.