tax reform

After voters rejected an amendment on taxes, Gov. Jeff Landry issued an executive order Wednesday, imposing a hiring freeze on Louisiana’s executive branch in hopes to save the state $20 million.

Gov. Jeff Landry tied public school teacher pay to a constitutional amendment on budget and tax policies that failed spectacularly at the polls Saturday.

Questions remain over whether teachers, school workers will see a pay reduction.

A group of Louisiana voters filed suit against Louisiana Secretary of State Nancy Landry on Monday, seeking to halt a vote on a state constitutional amendment scheduled for next month that would drastically change state tax law.

Capitol Access reporter Brooke Thorington and LSU political science professor Robert Hogan review the year in politics.

Republican Gov. Jeff Landry got the Louisiana Legislature to back his bet of lowering individual and corporate income taxes to stimulate growth in the state.

The special session on tax reform is expected to wrap up Friday after lengthy negotiations over the last two weeks.

The goal of the session is to lower personal and corporate income tax rates and make Louisiana a more attractive place to live and do business. But the decrease in revenue for the state budget means sales taxes on more goods and services must be implemented and or raised.

Lawmakers adjourned early Monday after they failed to reach a consensus on what should be taxed, as Gov. Jeff Landry attempts to overhaul the state’s tax code.

‘Hollywood South’ faces uncertain future under proposed tax revamp.