Government analysts say 500 million dollars is available for 2016 Louisiana flood victims to make claims against losses from the disaster. Jim Shannon explains.
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The full Senate will debate legislation that rewrites the state’s riverboat casino laws. Jeff Palermo reports the proposal would allow the floating casinos move some of their gaming operations on land…
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Recent Louisiana flood victims can qualify for flood rebate dollars by re-filing your 2016 tax returns. Basically, if you lost more than 500 dollars that wasn’t covered by insurance or government grants, during the flood, you can deduct the difference from your 2016 income tax return. Brandon Lagarde is the tax director at Postlethwaite and Netterville in Baton Rouge.
A key issue in this benefit is taxpayers did at the time NOT have to itemize their return to make the adjustment.
Some residents could make significant adjustments to their tax returns for significant cash. Plus, you have another year and a half before you must file.
Loans taken out to pay to repair your property are allowed deductions.
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Mississippi’s governor has signed a bill that bans abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy instead of the current 20th week. A similar bill has been introduced by Shreveport Senator John Milkovich. During his appearance on Talk Louisiana with Jim Engster, he hopes his bill is a first step towards a total abortion ban…
A suit has already been filed against Mississippi by the state’s only abortion clinic and a federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order against the new Mississippi law. Milkovich isn’t worried about what federal judges might decide, because by refraining to do the right thing gets nothing accomplished…
There are three abortion clinics in Louisiana – Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Shreveport. Milkovich says they don’t care about the patients they are treating. Their only concern is their financial gain…
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Alexandria Representative Lance Harris has reached out to his constituents with a Facebook video to remind them the state republican party is watching the budget. Harris is the chair of the House Republican Delegation and announced his take on the budget issue.
Harris says they are dedicated to cutting spending during this session and not raising taxes if another special session is called to increase state revenues.
Cut 10 (11) “other way around”
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A Senate committee approved legislation today that gives riverboat casinos the opportunity move on land and more gaming space. Lake Charles Senator Ronnie Johns says his legislation is not an attempt to expand gaming…
The bill now heads to the Senate Floor. It faces opposition from religious leaders. A pastor from Ponchatoula says the Louisiana Department of Health has estimated that problem gambling costs the state 845-million dollars per year
The bill nearly didn’t make it out of committee, after Shreveport Senator Greg Tarver raised concerns about the lack of minorities in casino management positions…
New Orleans Senator Karen Peterson also questioned the director of the Casino Association of Louisiana on why there are not more contracts between riverboat casinos and minority-owned businesses