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EBR Metro Council approves 10-year tax break for Exxon
By Lester Duhé | February 24, 2021 at 10:45 PM CST - Updated February 24 at 10:45 PM
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - There was a big East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council meeting on February 24.
The metro council voted unanimously to approve a 10-year tax break for ExxonMobil, worth around $23 million dollars a year.
The tax break will allow the company to upgrade its oil refinery.
(Source: WAFB)
“We thought it was wise to support it, so we approved it unanimously,” said Councilman Lamont Cole, Mayor Pro Tempore. ....

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