Louisiana Considered: How a Louisiana billionaire avoided paying income taxes for over a decade

By Patrick Madden

Published December 13, 2021 at 1:00 PM CST

An oily sheen as seen from a plane in March 2019. An oil well owned by Phyllis Taylor was damaged in 2004 and has been leaking ever since. Taylor disagrees with the Coast Guard about how much oil has leaked since 2004.

Patrick Madden hosted this Monday’s episode of Louisiana Considered.
WWNO City Hall reporter Ryan Nelsen helps break down the results of Saturday’s elections.
ProPublica’s Jesse Eisinger discusses how an oil spill helped Louisiana fossil fuel billionaire Phyllis Taylor avoid paying any income taxes for 14 years.
In excerpts from two past interviews, Nick Spitzer and Susan Larson interview novelist Anne Rice, who passed away Saturday.

Louisiana Considered

Patrick Madden

Patrick Madden joined WWNO in 2019 as its first-ever Regional News Director, overseeing news reporting at WWNO, as well as our partner station WRKF Baton Rouge. Madden also serves as one of the hosts of Louisiana Considered, and co-hosts Friday's Politics Roundtable on Louisiana Considered with Stephanie Grace, columnist for The Times-Picayune | The Advocate.

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