The House Ways and Means Committee approves a proposal to begin phasing out a temporary state sales tax, set to expire July of 2025. Prairieville Representative Tony Bacala’s bill would begin to phase out the .45-percent sales tax in July of 2023 to avoid a sudden drop in revenues…
The bill heads to the House for more discussion.
A bill to require students to read on grade levels before being promoted to 4th grade will be heard in the House this week. Mandeville Representative Richard Nelson’s bill is modeled after a Mississippi law, he says when testing first went into effect in there, the score was deliberately lowered so a large number of students would not be held back.
Cut 8 (11) “…across the board…”
The 2022 Louisiana Survey finds that 51-percent of Louisiana residents support the death penalty for persons convicted of murder. That’s down from 58-percent in 2018 when the Louisiana Survey last included this question. LSU pollster Mike Henderson says opposition to the death penalty is up to 38-percent…
Cut 10 (08) “…13 points.”
If you are planning a trip to Los Angeles over the next few months, you might want to consider flying out of Shreveport. Allegiant Air announces they are offering 65-dollar one-way flights to L.A. Mondays and Fridays May 27th until November 14th. Shreveport Regional Airport Authority spokesperson Mark Crawford says they also they also offer low fares to Orlando and Destin, Florida…