In a letter sent to Governor Edwards, US Senator John Kennedy expressed his concern over what he called an “inexcusable waste of taxpayer funds at the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission.” Kevin Barnhart has more…
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Three Sears stores are closing in north Louisiana. The retailer has notified workers of their decision to shutdown their stores at Shreveport’s Mall St. Vincent, Pierre Bossier Mall in Bossier City and their location on Millhaven Road in Monroe. Liquidation sales could begin as early as June 22nd.

GOP legislators led the effort in the last special session in blocking a sales tax bill that would have prevented or at least softened proposed cuts to TOPS, higher education, public safety and children and family services. But there is a group of Republican legislators who are unhappy that more revenue wasn’t raised…
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That’s Jackson Representative Kenny Havard.

Low wage workers with kids will receive a 40 to 50 dollar boost on their 2019 tax returns as the state legislature approved an expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit. Louisiana Budget Project Director Jan Moller says the legislation is significant, especially if legislators agree to set the sales tax rate above 4-percent after July 1st…
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