A budget and sales tax deal is on its way to the governor’s desk that fully funds higher ed, healthcare, and TOPS, and sets the state’s sales tax rate at 4.45% on July 1st through mid-2025. The bill raises 463-million dollars for next fiscal year. Mandeville Republican Senator Jack Donahue says it’s the compromise the legislature needed to get done…
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After the third special session of the year ended last night, Governor John Bel Edwards thanked lawmakers for finding courage to compromise and put Louisiana first…
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The legislature’s decision to renew a portion of an expiring one-cent sales tax will provide funding to begin operating a new Juvenile Justice facility in Bunkie. Matt Doyle has the story.
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The Louisiana Lottery says a Powerball ticket purchased at One Stop in Grand Coteau in St. Landry Parish is worth two-million dollars. That ticket matches the five regular numbers in Saturday’s drawing and the ticket had a powerplay multiplier which doubled the winnings to two million dollars.