which states: “All public work exceeding the contract limit of $250,000, including labor and materials, undertaken by a public entity shall be advertised and let by contract to the lowest responsible bidder.”
Caddo and Bossier lawmakers have already filed several bills to be considered during the 2025 Louisiana Legislative Session.
We hear it every Fall Election, “I’m taxed enough already!” As we consider new taxes to raise money to pay for expensive infrastructure repairs to our crumbling streets and drainage all over town. Youree Drive is a state, parish and city funded roadway, heavily traveled, it always needs rehab repairs. That is a constant expense. But why? The demand on our roads is great, and we have wear and tear on our miles of roadways because we have parking mandates. Parking mandates or parking minimums, an old idea, parking minimums are the notion that buildings like schools, hospitals or shopping centers that are designed to hold large numbers of people need to have huge parking lots to hold all of the cars that would carry all the people that would be in that shopping center, school, or hospital.
How much, if any, movies Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson will film in Shreveport is still an open question. In fact, there are many questions, but at least one may be answered In Baton Rouge--the future of the film tax credit.
The NFL Draft is coming up on April 24 and will run through April 26. Below, I have compiled my first mock draft of the year.
On Saturday April 5, a “Misdemeanor Warrant Resolution Event” will be held at the Caddo Parish Courthouse, 501 Texas St., Shreveport, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sheriff Henry Whitehorn Sr., Judge Donald Hathaway Jr., Clerk of Court Mike Spence, volunteer attorneys from the Public Defender's office, and my office to allow individuals with outstanding Caddo Parish misdemeanor warrants to resolve them or set new court dates for their matters. This event seeks to reduce the extreme number of misdemeanor warrants and criminal cases that are pending.
Recognizing the issue as it evolved, we were able to pivot and make spending adjustments and budget amendments during 2024. We also used 'flat' sales tax revenues for the 2025 budget. Should the increases from the last quarter of 2024 continue, we will be able to add back to the 2025 budget items that we omitted in the original 2025 budget due to a lack of anticipated revenues.
All but one major NW LA sales taxing jurisdictions saw dips in their March 2025 receipts vs last year. Bossier City-Parish realized a 2.1% increase. Plain Dealing and Benton showed an increase, whereas Haughton saw their receipts decrease.
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