Waiting for the governor’s signature is a bill that would phase out the corporate franchise tax. Tax expert Jason Decuir says it’s a tax that business lobbyists have tried to do away with for years…
The Legislative Fiscal Office says phasing out the tax would cost the state up to 163 million dollars per year over the four-year phase-out.
The US Supreme Court ruled in favor of Black voters over majority-Black congressional districts in Alabama, which means Alabama will have to create another majority-Black congressional district. A similar case against Louisiana’s congressional maps was pending the ruling in Alabama. The ruling was a surprise in which Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh ruled with the court’s three liberal judges.
Since the final passage of legislation requiring “In God, We Trust” signs in Louisiana classrooms, artist activist Chaz Stevens has a variety of options for the signs to be donated, options in Arabic, Spanish, and even rainbow-colored backgrounds. You can view the signs at chazstevens-dot-store.
Stevens says he’ll send 2,500 signs to Louisiana.
Wildlife officials have confirmed two Northern Snakehead fish, native to Asia, were spotted in a video taken in Old River in Concordia Parish. Aquatic Invasive Species Coordinator Rob Bourgeois says they can grow up to 3 feet in length and they’re safe to eat.
He says fishers are asked not to return the species to water because they are an invasive species.