Attorney claims former deputy arrested in sex crimes case kept list of 100+ women
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LIVINGSTON - More evidence surfaced Thursday as the criminal trials for Cynthia and Dennis Perkins, the Livingston Parish couple at the center of a high-profile child sex case, were delayed.
A judge delayed the start of Cynthia Perkins trial Thursday, a day after her husband s was also pushed back. Her lawyer, James Spokes, said the delay will give the defense an opportunity to consider the newest developments.
Spokes said among the new evidence are digital folders he believes Dennis Perkins made of women, more than 100 of them, he was sexually linked to. The folders include sexually explicit photos of nearly all the women along with personal information, gathered from law enforcement databases, of some, Spokes said. Some of the women, he told reporters fo
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Senate approves centralizing sales tax oversight
The Louisiana Senate voted unanimously Wednesday for a House-passed proposal to centralize oversight of sales tax collection.
“Doing business like we’ve always done isn’t working for us,” said Sen. Barry Milligan, R-Shreveport, who presented House Bill 199 in his chamber. “We’re being left behind.”
Under Louisiana’s unusual system, 53 different entities collect sales taxes. Local leaders historically have liked it that way, arguing that having local officials collect local taxes is the best way to ensure the money is spent the way local voters and taxpayers want it spent.
Business advocates, however, long have argued the current system is too difficult to navigate for companies that sell in multiple jurisdictions, especially for small businesses. The decentralized system also contributes to Louisiana’s poor showing on various think tanks’ rankings of state tax systems.