Essential workers could receive a one-time 250-dollar payment from the state as a result of the legislation heading to the House floor. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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A House Committee defeats a proposal that would have stripped Louisiana police officers of their “qualified immunity”, a legal protection that shields law enforcement from being sued in civil court for alleged wrongful death and excessive force.
The state dodged a tough conversation about budget cuts this year thanks to federal CARES Act funding but a UL Lafayette economics professor warns we won’t be skating by so easily in future sessions as the COVID Recession is likely to cost the state about a billion dollars in revenue compared to projections before the pandemic began.
That’s Gary Wagner who notes there are some rosier projections based around the potential to rapidly regain those lost jobs the state begins to reopen, but there’s no consensus that that will happen.
A measure that would provide the gaming industry with an 83-million dollar tax break over the next five years is awaiting debate on the Senate floor after a Senate Committee approved the bill. Lake Charles Senator Ronnie Johns says his proposal is to help an industry that’s been hit hard by the COVID-19 economic shutdown