Whether an appointed or elected judge will preside over the St. George incorporation trial has not yet been decided, a Louisiana Supreme Court representative says.Â
Louisiana’s oil and gas sector should continue to benefit from strong oil prices this year, though the days of $100 a barrel for oil and $4 per gallon gasoline seem unlikely to return, an LSU expert says.Â
The defendants in the lawsuit seeking to stop the incorporation of St. George in East Baton Rouge Parish will try on Thursday to take certain issues off the table prior to the start of the trial this spring.Â
Lawmakers could give Louisiana’s complex sales taxes collection system another look this year, even though this year’s regular session is not focused on fiscal matters, consultant and former Department of Revenue official Jason DeCuir says.Â