RABBIT ISLAND, La. (AP) Restoration of an island in Louisiana's fragile coastal area is proving wildly popular with the birds it was rebuilt for, their
Music industry gathers at State Capitol for Grammy Advocacy Louisiana
Musicians and those affiliated with the music industry in Louisiana will gather on Tuesday, June 1, at noon to partake in Louisiana Music Advocacy Day at the state capitol. Given music’s ongoing status as the lifeblood of Louisiana culture and tourism, members of the Louisiana Recording Academy have gathered to lobby for greater financial benefits and incentives for the crucial role music and musicians play in the state’s economy.
Louisiana Music Advocacy Day offers a unique opportunity for dialogue between musicians and policy makers in the House and Senate on the state of growth-encouraging legislation within the music biz as well as the newly-minted initiative, GRAMMY Advocacy® Louisiana. Specifically, Rep. Ryan Bourriaque’s (Abbeville) recent House Bill 445 intends to expand and improve upon the legislation passed in 2017 supporting sound recording through the Quality Music Company (QMC) incentive. Bi
Louisiana lawmakers nix gas tax hike but advance plan to extend sales tax
Mark Ballard
BATON ROUGE Saying something must be done to find the money to fix the state s crumbling highways and dangerous bridges, the Louisiana House s tax-writing committee rejected the latest effort to increase the tax on gasoline but advanced a bill that would extend the temporary sales tax increase.
On an 8-8 vote late Tuesday night, the House Ways & Means Committee sidelined House Bill 615. The measure started out proposing lowering one dedicated tax and raising another with the effect of increasing the tax on gasoline at the pump. that would have raised about $315 million in additional revenues per year to address a $14 billion backlog on road needs.