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Letters: NOLA should raise sales tax before asking more of property owners
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (227+ words) As a lifelong resident of New Orleans and a property taxpayer for more than 42 years, I am deeply concerned about the proposal to increase property taxes to address the city's budget shortfall. I understand that the city faces serious financial…...
Voters to decide on funding West Baton Rouge Parish Health Center
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (319+ words) PORT ALLEN, La. (WAFB) - West Baton Rouge Parish voters will decide next month on a 10-year renewal of the property tax that funds the West Baton Rouge Health Center. The health center has served the parish for almost 70 years. Director…...
Louisiana voters to decide on property tax changes
1+ week, 3+ day ago (296+ words) Three proposed amendments on the Nov. 3 ballot that would directly affect homestead exemption in Louisiana homeoowners. •Proposed Amendment 9 would increase the income limit from $102,000 to $150,000 for seniors to qualify for the special assessment property tax exemptions. "This exemption keeps property…...
Letters: Louisiana needs a senator with an agenda for all
1+ week, 3+ day ago (148+ words) Jamie Davis may very well be our next U.S. senator in the making. As I see it, he is one who wants to represent all the people in Louisiana and not just a select few who have vs. the have-nots in…...
Letters: National debt grows under both parties, driven by many factors
1+ week, 3+ day ago (234+ words) Regarding a recently published letter to the editor, "Runaway federal deficit can’t be tackled with cuts alone,” by Robert Purrington, I would like to offer a few comments. While tax cuts occurred (2007 and 2017), the federal debt is the outcome of…...
Letters: Taxing, spending and debt are forever problems
2+ week, 1+ day ago (116+ words) Re: âWhat happened to the party of fiscal responsibility?â Letters, Sept. 16. Re: “What happened to the party of fiscal responsibility?” Letters, Sept. 16. I would like to ask Retired Col. George Lange III where he has been for the…...
Louisiana church tax exemption remains on books but can't be used
3+ week, 9+ hour ago (789+ words) (The Center Square) – Louisiana's tax code contains a sales-tax exemption for certain purchases by churches and synagogues, but the state says the provision cannot be used because of a federal court injunction that has remained in effect for two decades....
Letters: What happened to the party of fiscal responsibility?
3+ week, 1+ day ago (120+ words) What in the world? I thought we were the party of fiscal responsibility, against handouts, for less government and who mocked Dems for buying votes. So, a $5,000 giveaway? Bad juju, sir. President Donald Trump listens as House Speaker Mike Johnson,…...
Letters: Runaway federal deficit cannot be tackled with cuts alone
3+ week, 2+ day ago (267+ words) The federal debt is now $40 trillion and grows by $2 trillion every year. There appears to be no end in sight. Why? Conventional wisdom, at least among the GOP, is that “tax-and-spend liberals” are to blame. Sounds plausible, doesn’t it, since…...