Louisiana is on the road to progress, but has suddenly come to a crossroads. The state’s budget challenges are a hot topic these days, yet many of the root causes
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Unless Congress acts, this will be the year the threats of Obamacare become reality for American employers. This is especially true for small business. Five years after becoming law, the
As the good news/bad news trajectory of oil prices overall negatively impacts Louisiana’s bottom line, political cover to rid the state of counterproductive tax exceptions could be at hand. It’s
In the first of what is sure to be a long train of editorials in Louisiana’s newspapers drying over the “crippling” of Louisiana’s public fisc, the Baton Rouge Advocate had a
Yesterday, the St. George organizers put out a detailed response to a report issued by the Baton Rouge Area Chamber and Baton Rouge Area Foundation which alleged, among other things,
It’s never not the time to discuss state tax rate relief in Louisiana. In fact, it may provide the way by which to get rid of counterproductive tax exceptions. Increasingly
On Friday, a study commissioned by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation and the Baton Rouge Area Chamber analyzed the one-page
Editor’s Note: This post was made in response to a proposal floated by Baton Rouge Mayor-President Kip Holden earlier this
OK, the good news is Shreveport got through 15 ballot items in recent conducted election, including one that would have
Voters on both Caddo and Bossier Parishes, but especially the latter, face some Trojan Horse proposals that likely will raise
Did Louisiana Treasurer John Kennedy, a potential 2015 gubernatorial candidate, recently give a green light to tax increases for transportation?
Mayor of New Orleans Mitch Landrieu has done his fair share of griping over the past year. Meanwhile, the City
The previous commentary in this space queried whether members of the Caddo Parish Commission had learned anything from two defeats of a
If at first you don’t succeed … be prepared to get a worse beatdown the second time, the Caddo Parish Commission learned
Editor’s Note: A guest post from Lee Schalk, State Government Affairs Manager at the National Taxpayers Union New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu
As a solution to courts ruling that the City of New Orleans must pay millions for the city’s firefighters pension fund,
Via Facebook. Rumsfeld apparently sends this in every year as a running protest against the ridiculously complex tax laws…
In case you didn’t know, Tax Day is upon us, and Uncle Sam wants his money. As accountants look longingly
If it’s good enough for Switzerland, Italy, and other countries and states, it ought to be good enough for Louisianans
