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Bill to make ITEP reforms permanent clears committee but faces long odds in pro-business legislatureWhen Gov. John Bel Edwards came into office in 2016, he made sweeping changes to the rules governing the state’s largest tax exemption program, giving local governments more control over which businesses get massive property tax breaks. Now, with the end of Edwards’ time in office fast approaching, some state lawmakers are pushing to make the governor's reforms permanent, but they face an uphill battle in a pro-business legislature.
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Here’s the language you’ll see on the ballot: “Do you support an amendment to authorize local governments to enter into cooperative endeavor ad valorem...
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When a galvanizing company tried to slip a questionable ITEP application past the state Board of Commerce and Industry Tuesday, they didn’t count on…
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Gov. John Bel Edwards has had his fair share of public tiffs — most notably with the House leadership and Attorney General Jeff Landry. But when he…
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They say Huey Long’s ghost still haunts the Louisiana Capitol.“The corporate element of this state are being told what they can do, what they can’t do,…
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Edgar Cage called Thursday’s annual meeting of Together Louisiana to order, and then complimented members for their work.“There is a shift that has begun…
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A veil of secrecy draped across the Ascension Parish School Board’s approval of four new industrial tax exemptions this week, with no amounts and no job…
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“Everyone in local government says, ‘Let me take care of myself,’ because we took away their tax base -- and it has been going on for years,” Robert…
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Perhaps lawmakers avoid getting their fiscal myopia checked because they’re waiting for a bonus to pay for the eye exam -- like New Iberia Representative…
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As House members continue to dither over how to – or even if to – move ahead with comprehensive tax reform, the Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs…