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8 Nov 2017, 8:24 am
Connecticut, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Utah, and West Virginia increased 911 fees in 2017. [read post]
6 Nov 2017, 10:10 am
., NY changed from #5 to #1, so rank changed +4) Cigarette Tax Rate Change, 2006-2015 Table 1: 2015 Cigarette Tax Rates, Smuggling Percentages, and Changes Since 2006 Alabama $0.425 -7.5% +0.5% 36 -2 No Change Alaska $2.00 N/A N/A N/A N/A +25% Arizona $2.00 +44.8% +32.1% 2 +5 +69% Arkansas $1.15 +8.5% +3.9% 25 +6 +95% California $0.87 +28.3% +34.6% 7 -1 No Change Colorado $0.84 +10.8% +16.6% 21 -7 No Change Connecticut $3.40 +16.7% +12.3% 15 +7 +125% Delaware $1.60 -20.3% -61.5% 44 +3 +191%… [read post]
3 Nov 2017, 9:25 am
And the top corporate income tax rate is tied with two other states for second highest in the South at 6.5 percent (only Louisiana is higher at 8 percent). [read post]
2 Nov 2017, 4:10 am
Edwards, (LA App, Nov. 1, 2017), a Louisiana state appeals court held that Louisiana Governor John Edwards exceeded his authority when he issued an Executive Order that extended non-discrimination provisions for state contracts and state employment to include sexual orientation and gender identity. [read post]
30 Oct 2017, 4:01 pm
Scott Henson and Sam SinyangweIn the most recent Reasonably Suspicious podcast, we published an excerpt from an interview I did in September with Sam "Swinging Sammy" Sinyangwe - one of the founders of Campaign Zero and a leader in the national, post-Ferguson police accountability movement. [read post]
24 Oct 2017, 7:56 am
Check out the latest episode of the Reasonably Suspicious podcast from Just Liberty. [read post]
24 Oct 2017, 5:30 am
Louisiana estimates that its sales tax exemption for groceries cost the state $424 million in fiscal year 2016, while its exemption for prescription drugs costed $358 million for the same fiscal year.[17] Arkansas, which still taxes groceries at 1.5 percent, lost an estimated $197 million in fiscal year 2012, the most recent year for which data are available.[18] Table 2. [read post]
20 Oct 2017, 6:28 am
Elections: Political fundraising laws must be updated, watchdog commission saysBergen Record – Catherine Carrera | Published: 10/18/2017 In what the state Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) says is an indication that campaign donors are sidestepping New Jersey’s “pay-to-play” laws, fundraising by party-based committees is down for the 2017 election cycle when compared with 2013, the last time the governor’s seat and full Legislature were… [read post]
19 Oct 2017, 1:21 pm
We were in Louisiana, and they have done a [read post]
17 Oct 2017, 2:45 am
The 10 lowest ranked, or worst, states in this year’s Index are: Rhode Island Louisiana Maryland Connecticut Ohio Minnesota Vermont California New York New Jersey This does not mean, however, that a state cannot rank in the top ten while still levying all the major taxes. [read post]
10 Oct 2017, 12:54 pm
The Louisiana Legislature, apparently under the influence of Huey Long (then senator and former governor), enacted a 2 percent tax on large newspapers. [read post]
2 Oct 2017, 3:30 pm
Late-session discovered revenue shortfalls, for example, are creating friction in Delaware, New Jersey, and Oklahoma, while special sessions featuring tax debates continue in Louisiana, New Mexico, and West Virginia. [read post]
2 Oct 2017, 2:24 pm
Willett Don Willett has been a Justice on the Texas Supreme Court since he was appointed by Governor Rick Perry in 2005. [read post]
2 Oct 2017, 2:24 pm
Willett Don Willett has been a Justice on the Texas Supreme Court since he was appointed by Governor Rick Perry in 2005. [read post]
2 Oct 2017, 2:24 pm
Willett Don Willett has been a Justice on the Texas Supreme Court since he was appointed by Governor Rick Perry in 2005. [read post]
29 Sep 2017, 3:00 am
As Louisiana newspaper The Advocate reports, U.S. [read post]
26 Sep 2017, 6:41 am
The state’s corporate franchise tax (CFT), a business privilege tax first imposed in 1902, was levied on the greater of net income or net worth.[5] The tangible personal property (TPP) tax, termed “the tax every businessman loves to hate” by then-Governor Bob Taft,[6] was levied on machinery, inventory, furniture, fixtures, and other business equipment.[7] In such an environment, even an arbitrary mode of taxation could be an attractive alternative. [read post]
25 Sep 2017, 4:14 am
Louisiana, a challenge to Louisiana’s non-unanimous jury rule for felony cases that do not involve the death penalty, arguing that such “jury systems are largely unnoticed vestiges of white supremacy and oppression in our legal system. [read post]
7 Sep 2017, 1:00 pm
Governor Cooper has declared a state of emergency for all 100 counties, ordering state and local government entities to be prepared and temporarily suspending certain motor vehicle restrictions. [read post]
6 Sep 2017, 2:51 pm
By Tokesha Collins-Wright On September 1, 2017, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) updated the emergency order that was issued by the Governor of Louisiana on Thursday, August 24, 2017. [read post]
