Discussions behind the scenes continue in the Louisiana House as the lower chamber is unable to agree on a sales tax bill that would replace some of the revenue that’s set to fall off the books on June 30th. LaPolitics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says Governor Edwards and Democrats are seeking to renew a half-a-cent of an expiring one-cent sales tax, but Republicans support a point-four-percent renewal, which would result in cuts to the state budget…..
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The Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committee has sent a resolution to the full Senate that would suspend the expiration of the one-cent sales tax for 14 months. Senate President John Alario says it’s a back up plan, if a sales tax renewal bill is not approved by the House….
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That one-cent is set to expire June 30th.

The US Supreme Court has ruled that states will now be able to collect sales taxes from online sales. The ruling gives states the authority to receive sales tax revenues on purchases made by consumers with a business that has no physical presence in that state. However, Tax Foundation spokesperson John Buhl says Louisiana’s sales tax laws are too complex for them to take advantage of this ruling…
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A graduation ceremony will take place tomorrow night in New Orleans for 22 women who have been trained by Emerge Louisiana so they can run for political office. Executive Director Melanie Oubre tells us what these future candidates learned during their 70 hours of training….
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Oubre says two members of their inaugural training class will run for an office this fall, while the others are gearing up next year when state legislative races are on the ballot.