Scott Drenkard

June 22, 2018

The House stalls again

After a day of heated negotiations and long delays on Thursday, the House failed to pass any tax measures to replace expiring revenue and avoid the fiscal cliff.

Number of the Day

0.68 percent-  Louisiana’s population growth rate from 2007 to 2017. (Source: Pew Trust)
December 18, 2017

Perverse incentive

The Industrial Tax Exemption Program doles out about $1 billion each year in property tax breaks to corporations.

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$13.7 billion - Lost tax revenue from the Industrial Tax Exemption Program from 2006 - 2016 (Source: Louisiana Tax Commission via The Advocate)