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Louisiana's temporary sales tax is scheduled to roll off in 2025, but the state Senate wants to make it permanent and dedicate the revenue to infrastructure.
Temporary sales tax could be extended for road work A Louisiana state senator has attached an amendment to an unrelated bill, calling for extending a sales tax that’s scheduled to expire in 2025 and dedicating the money to road and bridge construction. House Bill 514 in its original form called for establishing taxes on raw marijuana smoked for medicinal use. The money would be dedicated to road construction, early childhood education and the board that oversees legal representation for defendants who can’t afford to hire attorneys. Raw marijuana is not part of the state’s therapeutic ...
Claude A. Fiedler Mike Doheny This is (former) Marine Staff Sgt Michael Doheny of Broken Bow. He was killed by an IED in Iraq in December 2007. He was a civilian security contractor at the time of his death. Courtesy photo Lt. Leo Cooksley and Pvt. Kenneth Pirnie U.S. Army Pvt. Kenneth Pirnie (left), KIA, Philippines World War II, and Lt. Leo Cooksley (right), both from Weissert. Photo taken 1942. Leo rose to the rank of LTC before leaving the service in 1949. Leo passed away in 1994. Courtesy photo Lawrence Wilcox Wilfred M. Schutz Wilfred M. Schutz served in Korea in...
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A bid to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana...
Winter survival estimates for mule deer, elk remain above average and similar to 2020 Roger Phillips/Idaho Fish and Game Mule deer fawn with tracking collar, Southwest region IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - Statewide survival of collared mule deer fawns and elk calves was above average through the end of April. Fish and Game biologists will continue monitoring through May, but traditionally less than 5% of the mortalities occur after April. “In years with milder winters, like this one, we tend to see the number or mortalities drop off in May,” said Rick Ward, Deer and Elk Program Coordinator...