Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler speaks to supporters at his election night watch party on Nov. 5, 2024, at the Paramount ...

But House lawmakers voted 71-23 to make a temporary 0.40% sales tax increase permanent. Lawmakers shaved off 0.05% to bring ...

The path ahead for Gov. Jeff Landry is not clear after not securing the votes in the Louisiana Legislature on a sales tax ...

Overall, Landry is offering Mary Poppins-style logic to passing the tax package: A spoonful of sugar (in the form of tax cuts ... director of Invest in Louisiana, a Baton Rouge nonprofit that ...

GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY SAYS THIS PACKAGE DEAL IS CRITICAL FOR TAX REFORM. AND WITH ONLY THREE WEEKS OF THIS SESSION, IT’S AN ALL OR NOTHING DEAL. THIS WILL BE A SIGNAL TO THE WORLD THAT LOUISIANA ...

The Tax Foundation conducts a study every year to measure tax competitiveness and Louisiana was in the bottom of the rankings. For the 2025 state tax competitive index, Louisiana ranked 40th ...

The Tax Foundation conducts a study every year to measure tax competitiveness and Louisiana was in the bottom of the rankings. For the 2025 state tax competitive index, Louisiana ranked 40th, just ...

Louisiana legislators have gathered for their third special session following a request from Republican Gov. Jeff Landry to ...

His fear is that the money given in the form of tax cuts to corporations will go shareholders elsewhere instead of staying in Louisiana to benefit education and health care. “When you cut taxes ...

Key legislators do expect, however, that at least part of the governor’s package will win approval in some form, with the aim of getting a tax system that will make Louisiana a more attractive ...

That bill would repeal the corporate franchise tax, which is essentially a tax that mostly large corporations pay just to do business in the state. Louisiana is one of 15 states with a franchise tax, ...