Live blog: Jindal administration unveils tax plan to legislative committees
This is the first time the plan will have been outlined in public.
Category: Government & Politics
Bridge tolls: The Lens is credited with exposing disenfranchisement of voters
The Lens’ report made provisional ballots a central issue after voters renewed the toll by a slim margin.
‘Fiscal Hawks’ fly to Jindal’s right, denounce governor’s budgeting
The Fiscal Hawks say Jindal's accounting gimmicks are the reason he has overestimated available revenues every year he has been governor. The emergency budget cutting in 2012—performed by the governor, not legislators—came to $166 million. The 30 House members will begin to flex its muscles again today when Jindal releases a projected $24.7 billion budget for fiscal year 2013 that is expected to be kept in balance by $424 million in accounting gimmicks.
Interview with Zack Kopplin: Creationism is an economic threat to Louisiana
Jindal airs tax plan in D.C. but here at home leaves details to his aides
With his poll numbers down sharply, Jindal has asked donors to finance a $750,000 media blitz.
Nature Center fallow for 7 years: IG urges feds to pull funding
The federal government awarded the Audubon Commission $7.6 million to repair Katrina damage to the Louisiana Nature Center. After years of delays, a new report recommends that the feds rescind the funding. It also notes that the repairs are the city's responsibility because it owns the land, not Audubon.
Central City languishes just a short walk from the glitzy Superdome
The city has spent a lot of money fixing up the parts of the city that Super Bowl visitors will see. But just a short walk from the Superdome, Central City is still dealing with the double-whammy of Hurricane Katrina and generations of poverty.
Report: Louisiana’s poor pay higher tax rate than the rich
More than twice as much of their income, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.
Bad news for Jindal: Florida, Texas rely heavily on property and biz taxes
Gov. Bobby Jindal has pointed to Florida and Texas as models for his plan to cut income taxes and rely more on sales taxes. But those states rely heavily on two taxes he dislikes: business and property taxes. Would Louisiana rely on a "one-and-a-half-legged stool"?
Nagin’s weird ride: from showboat to search for anonymity
“Simply put, the Ray Nagin of 2013 is almost unrecognizable as the man who swept New Orleans off its feet in 2002," writes Gordon Russell.
