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Remember that temporary sales tax Louisiana s Republican Legislature passed and Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards signed in 2018 during the state s last budget crisis?
It could become permanent after the state Senate this week overwhelmingly approved an amendment on an unrelated bill to keep the 0.45-cent sales tax from rolling off the books as scheduled in 2025 in an effort to invest in Louisiana s crumbling infrastructure.
Republican Port Allen Sen. Rick Ward, chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee, added the amendment, called a hitchhiker, onto a House bill to tax smokable marijuana when it s added to the state s medical cannabis program.
Louisiana s temporary sales tax is scheduled to roll off in 2025, but the state Senate wants to make it permanent and dedicate the revenue to infrastructure.
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