Governor John Bel Edwards laid out his plan today for a new tax structure in Louisiana. It calls for lower sales taxes, but more services would be subject to a sales tax and there would be adjustments to the income tax bracket, which he says would benefit a majority of residents….
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While many citizens would see a tax cut under this plan, businesses would be hit with what would be called a Commerical Activity Tax, which would raise nearly a billion dollars a year. The governor’s tax plan will be debated in the upcoming session.

Sabine, Allen, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vernon, Calcasieu and Beuregard Parishes are under a tornado watch until 9 PM tonight. A strong cluster of storms is moving in from Texas.

A bill has been filed as part of Governor Edwards education legislative package that would prohibit the use of corporal punishment in public schools for students with disabilities. The author of the bill is Baton Rouge Representative Franklin Foil….
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Foil says this just deals with students who have disabilities. The department of education found over 500 students with disabilities received some kind of corporal punishment during the last school year.

Mining and logging jobs in Louisiana, which includes the oil and gas sector, saw over the month gains for the first time since October 2014. That’s according to the Louisiana Workforce Commission who says employment in this sector rose by 200 from January to February. LSU economist Doctor Loren Scott…
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