Louisiana faces $540 million budget hole for 2000-01
Analysts warn Louisiana's tax base grows slowly as personal income tax revenue rises to $1.8 billion this year while corporate taxes fall to $671 million. With sales tax growth flat and a looming $540 million gap, officials explore budget cuts and possibly tax restructuring to balance the next fiscal year's needs.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Jay Dardenne
Joint Legislative Committee
Dardenne
R-Baton Rouge
Budget Committee
State General Fund
Bob Keaton
Senate
Keaton
Ken Hollis
R-Metairie
Foster
Steve Winham
Winham
Edwards trial opening statements begin this week
Former Gov. Edwin Edwards and six others indicted on federal racketeering charges will present their side as opening statements start Tuesday in Baton Rouge. The defense and prosecution face a four hour limit while jurors are seated. jury pool features 21 white men, 18 white women, seven black men, and four black women amid concerns over racial makeup.
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Potozola
Jim Letten
Letten
U.S
Eddie Jordan
Polozola
Edwards
New Acadiana complex targets big conventions
Ground was broken for a $13.5 million 97,397 square foot convention center in Lafayette next to the Cajundome. Ruddick Construction will build it with local architects Sellers Group, James Broussard and Associates, and Poche and Associates. The project includes a 9,985 square foot meeting space and will pair with a 194-room University Research Park Hotel across the street. Officials say the center and hotel will enable Cajundome to attract major conventions, boosting Acadiana. State Rep. Jerry Luke LeBlanc touts the funding impact and Lafayette’s regional competition beyond major metros.
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Lafayette
Ruddick Construction
Sellers Group
James Broussard
Greg Davis
Davis
Jerry Luke LeBlanc
D-Lafayette
Acadiana
New York
Los Angeles
Houston
Tangipahoa Council on Aging Weekly Lunch Menu
The Tangipahoa Voluntary Council on Aging lists meals for six sites from Monday to Friday January 24 to 28. Menus include Swedish meatballs with rice, Italian herbed chicken, turkey and sausage jambalaya, baked Swiss style steak, and tuna salad with vegetables and bread, all followed by fruit, dessert, and milk.
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Tangipahoa
Voluntary Council On Aging
Council On Aging
Amite
Hammond
Independence
Kentwood
Ponchatoula
Bastrop
Benton
Dubach
Farmerville
Haynesville
Homer
Natchitoches
Oil City
Vivian
IBC
Money Fund
IBC Financial Data, Inc
First Guaranty Bank
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