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Developer Cesar Burgos laid out his vision of re-developing Lake Forest Plaza complete with big box stores, restaurants, a police substation and parks. Burgos explains, "If Lake Forest Plaza is allowed to redeveloped, the city will recapture most of the tax dollars that are currently being lost to Jefferson Parish and St Tammany.
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A different kind of tax-free weekend begins Friday, and its not for school supplies. Its a way to buy guns and outdoor supplies tax-free in Louisiana.
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A small group of entrepreneurs has been using the word optimism to describe their efforts to attract small businesses to New Orleans. For now, their enthusiasm may be greater than their results. But they say the city’s low rents and business tax incentives along with its music and culture have proved to be powerful lures, despite the still-halting efforts to get past the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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FileSigns have long touted the planned upgrading of U.S. 90 to I-49 between
New Orleans and Lafayette. This picture, near Raceland, was taken in 2003.Jindal and his administration have repeatedly rejected efforts to raise taxes, even when the Legislature sought to do so to help cover a $1.3 billion budget shortfall during the session that concluded last month. Instead, budget cuts were used to curb the deficit, with health and education taking some of the biggest hits.
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Get ready to stock up on school supplies and most other items you desire on the first Friday and Saturday of August.
The annual Louisiana Sales Tax Holiday began officially in 2007, after a bill was passed. There was a sales tax holiday in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina, as a way for people devastated by the storm to buy furniture and other items for their homes...
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The state of Louisiana will now offer computer and video game companies a 25 percent tax credit for interactive media expenditures in the state, and also provides for a 10 percent credit on state payroll taxes.
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If you have waited until the last minute to finish your taxes, (as so many Americans do), then you may need to take a short break, and what could be better than a trip to New Orleans without even leaving your desk? So, take a bight on your Po’Boy, have a sip of French roast, sit back, relax, and enjoy the trip.
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