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Bills to Reduce La. Tax Break Programs Head to Senate

Red River Radio | By Chuck Smith
Published April 18, 2017 at 9:46 AM EDT
Courtesy: La. State Gov.
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Courtesy: La. State Gov.

BATON ROUGE, LA - The Louisiana  Senate  will consider  proposals  to  whittle  away  at  Louisiana's  tax break  programs  to  keep  more  money  in  the  state treasury  for  spending.     Yesterday,  the  Senate  Revenue  and  Fiscal  Affairs  Committee  advanced  a  handful  of  bills  to  the  full  Senate  that  would  lessen or  eliminate  tax  breaks.    The committee advanced committee chairman J.P. Morrell's constitutional amendment that would limit a property tax break given to manufacturers in Louisiana, so that it couldn't apply to the portion of property taxes dedicated to local public schools, starting in 2019. If backed by lawmakers, the proposal also would require approval from the state's voters.

J.P. Morrell, (D) Chairman of La. Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committee
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Courtesy: JPMorrell.com
J.P. Morrell, (D) Chairman of La. Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committee

BATON ROUGE, LA - The Louisiana Senate will consider proposals to whittle away at Louisiana's tax break programs to keep more money in the state treasury for spending. Yesterday, the Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committee advanced a handful of bills to the full Senate that would lessen or eliminate tax breaks.

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Chuck Smith
Chuck Smith brings more than 30 years' experience to Red River Radio having started out as a radio news reporter and moving into television journalism as a newsmagazine producer / host, talk-show moderator, programming director and managing producer and news director / anchor for commercial, public broadcasting and educational television. He has more recently worked in advertising, marketing and public relations as a writer, video producer and media consultant. In pursuit of higher learning, Chuck studied Mass Communications at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and motion picture / television production at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has also taught writing for television at York Technical College in Rock Hill, South Carolina and video / film production at Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport.
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