(iStock) 5.26.22 – Business Report – A state constitutional amendment seeking to streamline Louisiana’s decentralized sales tax system is pending in this year’s session. Voters shot down a similar measure last year, so even if the Senate approves the...
Getty Images 518.22 – BIZ New Orleans — Victor Skinner – BATON ROUGE (The Center Square) The Louisiana Senate has approved legislation to recognize occupational licenses and work experience from other states. “This bill simply stipulates that certain...
With The Spirit of Louisiana firetruck in the background, Deputy State Fire Marshal Dan Wallis, at lectern, speaks during a 9-11 Memorial Service in 2017 at the State Fire Marshal’s Headquarters. File PHOTO BY BILL FEIG 5.10.22 – The Advocate A former...
Butch Browning 5.6.22 – US News -NEW ORLEANS (AP) Louisiana’s longest-serving state fire marshal is stepping down. Butch Browning is leaving office to become executive director of the National Association of State Fire Marshals later this month,...
4.29.22 – KPLC – Lake Charles, LA House lawmakers on the labor and industrial relations committee listened to the pros and cons of raising Louisiana’s minimum wage. Many say Louisiana’s minimum wage is not a living wage. It’s a complex and...
3.12.22- US News Louisiana’s Legislature opens its 2022 regular session Monday with a welcome dilemma: how best to spend an influx of money the likes of which the state hasn’t seen in years, while again debating familiar “culture war” issues involving...
