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Melinda Deslatte
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Writer, Freelance
Baton Rouge
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technologyUS government and environmental issues.
EDM, Porn
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By Melinda Deslatte| Daily Star (Hammond, LA) Verified Louisiana lawmakers embraced much of the tax rewrite package sought by Gov. Jeff Landry in the just-ended special session, agreeing to lower and flatten income tax rates in exchange for new sales tax charges. Across the two-week session, the House and Senate largely supported the tax swap effort, but they balked at Landry’s efforts to broaden sales tax to cover new services and protected several tax break programs the governor sought to scrap.
By Melinda Deslatte| Longview News-Journal Verified Gov. Jeff Landry holds a copy of state laws as he speaks in the Louisiana House of Representatives on the opening day of a legislative special session, Nov. 6, 2024, at the State Capitol in Baton Rouge. (Hilary Scheinuk/The Advocate, Pool)Louisiana lawmakers embraced much of the tax rewrite package sought by Gov. Jeff Landry in the just-ended special session, agreeing to lower and flatten income tax rates in exchange for new sales tax charges.
By Melinda Deslatte| Daily Star (Hammond, LA) Verified A year after lawmakers passed the state budget in a frenzied final few minutes before their deadline, the Louisiana Legislature adopted a $49 billion compromise package of spending plans this year with time to spare and no last-minute chaos in their three-month regular session. That’s not to suggest legislators avoided divisive debates across the session that ended last week. Lawmakers clashed with each other and with Gov.
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De Pere, Wisconsin, United States