Editor’s note: This post has been updated to reflect that the event featuring Journalist Al Tompkins has been canceled and will be rescheduled to a later date.
Postponed: An LSU event featuring journalist and educator Al Tompkins today has been canceled and will be rescheduled for a later date, the university announced in a press release issued immediately after the publication of Daily Report AM. Tompkins, a digital media expert and Poynter faculty member, was supposed to lead a seminar on fake news at the Manship School of Mass Communication. Get more information.
Moving forward: Lawmakers in the Louisiana House broke through their gridlock Sunday, reviving previously stalled tax bills and avoiding a collapse of talks to plug a nearly $1 billion budget gap. The Ways and Means Committee advanced a sales tax bill favored by House GOP leaders and an income tax bill sought by Democrats. The deal is far from complete as the 17-day session entered its second week. It remains unclear if either measure can win support from the full House. Read more.
On the market: Sales of new U.S. homes fell in January for the second straight month, possibly dragged down again by bad weather. The Commerce Department reported today that last month’s sales came in at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 593,000, the lowest level since August and down 7.8% from a revised 643,000 in December. Economists had expected new home sales to bounce back after tumbling amid harsh winter weather in December. But they may have underestimated how bad January’s weather turned out to be. Read more.
