Louisiana Considered: How a Louisiana billionaire avoided paying income taxes for over a decade

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An oily sheen as seen from a plane in March 2019. An oil well owned by Phyllis Taylor was damaged in 2004 and has been leaking ever since. Taylor disagrees with the Coast Guard about how much oil has leaked since 2004.

Jonathan Henderson

Patrick Madden hosted this Monday’s episode of Louisiana Considered.
WWNO City Hall reporter Ryan Nelsen helps break down the results of Saturday’s elections.
ProPublica’s Jesse Eisinger discusses how an oil spill helped Louisiana fossil fuel billionaire Phyllis Taylor avoid paying any income taxes for 14 years.
In excerpts from two past interviews, Nick Spitzer and Susan Larson interview novelist Anne Rice, who passed away Saturday.