Senator Bill Cassidy has a primary challenger for his seat in 2026. State Treasurer John Fleming announced that he will be running for Cassidy’s seat. Fleming said one of his main priorities should he be elected to the Senate is the southern border.
Fleming previously represented Louisiana’s 4th Congressional District from 2009 to 2017. During that time, he and eight other Republicans founded the House Freedom Caucus. After leaving the U.S. House, Fleming served as a Trump advisor before becoming Louisiana state treasurer last year.
Governor Landry will be signing the tax reform package into law today. While he got his across-the-board tax cut that he had sought, he didn’t get the additional services added to the sales tax base. Instead, the state sales tax will increase to five percent. The signing takes place at one this afternoon at the Capitol.
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Facebook parent company Meta announces that it’s building a ten-billion-dollar A-I data center in Richland Parish. Economic Development Secretary Susan Bourgeois says the legislature played a major role in attracting this data center to northeast Louisiana by approving a sales tax rebate bill…