A couple of major changes to Louisiana’s tax code failed to receive support from the House Ways and Means Committee. Oil City Republican Danny McCormick tried to convince the panel to support his bill that would eliminate state and local sales tax on groceries. McCormick says it’s time to give a meaningful tax break to the citizens of Louisiana…
Guy Cormier, the executive director of the Louisiana Police Jury Association, voiced his opposition to the bill. He says the proposed tax break would cost local governments 600 to 700-million dollars a year statewide…
Cut 14 (10) “…taxpayers monies.”
When it came time for a committee member to make a motion to vote on McCormick’s proposal, no one did. That lack of action killed the bill for the session.
The House Appropriations Committee approves a budget for next fiscal year that keeps teacher salaries at their current level. There’s been a concern that a two-thousand dollar stipend that teachers have received the last couple of school years would go away, but House Appropriations Chairman Jack McFarland announced today they have moved money around to make sure teachers do not see a drop in pay…
Cut 3 (10) “…charter school systems.”
The two-thousand dollar stipend for teachers and one-thousand dollars for school support workers costs the state nearly 200-million dollars.
The Senate Judiciary “A” Committee is set to hear several auto insurance bills. Committee Chairman Greg Miller says one of them would eliminate damages to those who were majority at fault in a crash.