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The bill would have abolished a program that required dealers to buy stamps to place on every parcel of illegal marijuana sold.

“Louisiana received about $1,900 in revenue [last year] and the market is actually stamp collectors. I don’t know that they’ve even recouped the price of printing all the stamps yet.” By Piper Hutchinson, LA Illuminator A Louisiana House committee voted down a bill Monday that would have repealed a little-used and little-enforced tax on the […]

Sponsor says stamp collectors account for only sales over 30 years.

Louisiana – On May 26, 2022 the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) announced the Louisiana Legislature’s unanimous approval of the Fiscal Year 2023 Annual Plan. The plan calls for a $1.35 billion investment in 142 active projects throughout South Louisiana.

The 74- year-old had fought for more than a year to get State National Fire Insurance Company to make good on her claims from hurricanes Laura and Delta. Fortunately, Louisiana has a safety net for policyholders, like Whittaker, whose insurers go under: the Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association, or LIGA. In November, the Louisiana Department of Insurance took...

Of the 16 House districts currently in Acadiana, 13 are held by Republicans.

A string of severe weather events over the past year have revealed gaps in Louisiana’s emergency and response planning.

BATON ROUGE – The U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan bill that would allow unspent American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to be used for natural disaster recovery

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan bill that would allow unspent American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to be used for natural disaster recovery and infrastructure

RABBIT ISLAND, La. (AP) — Restoration of an island in Louisiana’s fragile coastal area is proving wildly popular with the birds it was rebuilt for, their numbers exploding on the recently added land, authorities said Wednesday.