The National Federation of Independent Business has two goals for the upcoming legislative session; lawsuit reform and sales tax collection simplification. The omnibus “tort” reform bill this year would push the jury trial threshold for lawsuits from 50,000 dollars to 15,000 dollars. NFIB State Director Dawn Starns says not passing this is not an option.
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71 percent of state NFIB members surveyed support dropping the threshold to 15,000 dollars.
A Holden teen is dead following a crash on US Highway 190 east of LA Highway 441 in Livingston Parish. A single cab pickup truck carrying five people was eastbound when for unknown reasons, it ran off the road to the right and struck a tree. Trooper Taylor Scrantz…
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An Oil City Representative thinks it’s time for the state to do away with the need to have concealed carry licenses to carry a concealed handgun…
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Gov. Edwards signs an executive order formally establishing the Governor’s Advisory Council on Rural Revitalization. Louisiana Farm Bureau President Ronnie Anderson is one of the 34 people appointed to that council and he says the work is important because many of the rural areas are drying up.