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Several of the tax proposals filed in the state Senate will be taken up by the Senate’s Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committee on Monday as legislators gear up to make the most of the odd-numbered year that allows them to tackle tax issues.

The state House of Representatives unanimously advanced a bill Thursday that would force the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development to find ways to...

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More than 11,000 small business leaders have rallied together in a petition to protest the tax hikes proposed in President Joe Biden's latest proposed budget. 

Former business lobbyist Stephen Waguespack and his supporters this week have touted their ability to raise $3.1 million,

First Assistant to the Secretary of State Nancy Landry is a former Republican state representative from Lafayette, who resigned in 2019 to work for Ardoin.

A Louisiana House committee took no action Tuesday on a dozen tax credit proposals that would cost roughly $1.48 billion in state revenue.

As the 2023 governor's election nears, the campaign war chest of Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry has far surpassed the cash on hand of the state's five other prominent gubernatorial candidates—combined.

The Louisiana Legislature is in the second week of its fiscal session. This kind of session occurs every other year and allows lawmakers to introduce and debate tax-related topics.

In case you missed it, a proposal to eliminate the state income tax in Louisiana was pulled aside Monday after lawmakers questioned its impact on public education, health care and the poor.   

The East Baton Rouge Planning and Zoning Commission today will consider two requests for a proposed mixed-use community for Highland Road, outside the Magnolia Woods neighborhood. 

Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Secretary Jack Montoucet resigned today amid a bribery scandal in which federal prosecutors have implicated him in a kickback scheme,...

"This is the last session of the term," Senate President Page Cortez said Monday, on opening day, before adding, "We hope.”

Louisiana’s top election official will give up his office at the end of his term in January. Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin issued a statement today announcing he will not seek reelection this fall.

Gov. John Bel Edwards opened this year’s regular legislative session—his last as governor—with calls for addressing what many lawmakers and business advocates call a crisis in the state’s property insurance market. 

Former LABI president Stephen Waguespack and two political action committees supporting him in the Louisiana governor's race will report raising more than $3 million during the past four weeks.

Of the hundreds of bills filed ahead of next week’s regular legislative session, dozens could have far-reaching implications for Louisiana’s public colleges and universities....

Addressing an insurance crisis gets top billing during the upcoming legislative session, but numerous familiar pro-business issues will share the stage.

At least three conservative Republicans in the Louisiana House of Representatives have formed the new House Freedom Caucus

The Louisiana chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business plans to press for tax cuts in light of the state’s surplus of dollars.