Category Archives: News
New Orleans to host 2025 U.S. Gymnastics Championships
The U.S. Gymnastics Championships will return to New Orleans for the first time in 30 years. The event will be held August 7th through the 10th at the Smoothie King Center. Greater New Orleans Sports ...
Nov 26, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
Council for a Better Louisiana praises approved tax reform package
You can add the Council for a Better Louisiana to the groups hailing the tax reform package. CABL President Barry Erwin said the lowering of personal and corporate income taxes and the elimination of ...
Nov 26, 2024
Record number of travelers expected this Thanksgiving holiday
If you're heading out of town for the Thanksgiving holiday, you will be in good company. "We're expecting a record number of people traveling for the Thanksgiving holiday in all modes of transportatio...
Nov 25, 2024
Business groups hail passage of tax reform
Business groups are hailing the tax reform package passed by the legislature in the just-concluded special session. Will Green, the president and CEO of the Louisiana Association of Business and Indus...
Nov 25, 2024 Got Credit / CC
Louisiana Legislature passes permanent teacher pay raise proposal
The Louisiana Legislature has approved two bills to make temporary pay raises for K-12 teachers and support staff permanent, pending voter approval of a constitutional amendment in March. House Bill 5...
Nov 25, 2024
Approved tax reform plan has supporters and critics
Is the tax reform package passed by the legislature good or bad for Louisianians? It depends on who you ask. Invest Louisiana director Jan Moeller says raising the state sales tax will hurt low-income...
Nov 25, 2024 Stuart Seeger / CC
In Louisiana, you can celebrate Thanksgiving relatively cheaply
This year, you can host a Thanksgiving feast for ten for relatively little money. "In Louisiana, that's going to cost you on average $45.84, which is still $3 lower than it was last year," says Avery ...
Nov 24, 2024 RichardBH / CC
LSU silences the critics for now with a 24-17 win over Vanderbilt
On a topsy-turvy Saturday in college football, where upsets were occurring, the LSU Tigers put together a solid performance to beat a good Vanderbilt team 24-17 in Tiger Stadium. It was the Tigers' fi...
Nov 24, 2024
Louisiana lawmakers vote to lower income taxes, but a higher state sales tax rate is coming
Louisiana lawmakers have approved a tax reform package that will result in lower income taxes for working individuals, but a higher state sales tax rate. The individual income tax rate would be a flat...
Nov 22, 2024 Jeffrey Schwartz / CC
Rapides Parish deputy recovering after being shot by suspect
A Rapides Parish Sheriff's deputy is recovering after being shot by a patient at a psychiatric treatment facility. Tommy Carnline, public information officer and chief of staff, says there was a distu...
Nov 22, 2024
