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March 5, 2020
House Speaker Pro Tem Tanner Magee, R-Houma, is renewing his efforts to centralize sales tax collections in the state, this time taking a sort of backdoor approach.
Magee prefilled House Bill 429 as a constitutional amendment that would allow—but not require—all retailers…
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March 3, 2020
We don’t hear much about this cash crop anymore, but it still plays a big part in the agricultural landscape of Louisiana.
The Louisiana sugarcane industry by itself is worth 3 billion dollars and generates an estimated 16,000 jobs, according…
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March 2, 2020
Stephen Waguespack from LABI joined the show today to discuss the upcoming legislative session. Stephen says the main area of focus for this legislative session is tort reform. He breaks down the high auto insurance rates and what the state can…
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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards is calling for a $10 minimum wage in Louisiana, renewing an effort to raise the state’s pay floor that has been stymied since the beginning of his first term.
“We know that an overwhelming majority…
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March 1, 2020
In his latest changes to a lucrative Louisiana property tax break for manufacturers, Gov. John Bel Edwards managed to irritate a base of his supporters while also failing to win any rousing enthusiasm from the state’s largest business lobbying…
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February 27, 2020
Marrero State Representative Kyle M. Green Jr. wants to raise the state minimum wage to $9 an hour this legislative session with a pre-filed bill.
Others have tried to pass bills to raise the minimum wage from its current $7.25…
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February 23, 2020
Beyond the dozens of new faces shaking up the Louisiana Legislature, an unusual spirit of collaboration between the new House speaker and Senate president could rework lawmaking dynamics across the entire four-year term of state government.
Leaders of the two…
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February 21, 2020
The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry will be targeting lawsuit reform in an effort to reduce car insurance rates across the state, LABI's head emphasized.
Stephen Waguespack, LABI's president and CEO, addressed One Acadiana members at The Picard Center, where…
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February 20, 2020
One Acadiana hosted their Louisiana Association of Business and Industry President and CEO to discuss legislative issues in our region and state. Topics included investigating early care and education, to protecting economic development. The lunch offered employers insight on…
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Stephen Waguespack on Thursday set before One Acadiana his organization’s game plan for seizing the moment for business interests during the 2020 legislative session, which opens March 9 and ends June 1.
Waguespack, president and CEO of the Louisiana Association…
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February 17, 2020
Today was the first joint industry luncheon be Acadian Home Builders, Acadiana Mortgage Lenders Association and Realtor Association of Acadiana at the Double Tree Hilton. The guest speaker was president of LABI, Stephen Waguespack. The focus was keeping home…
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Louisiana's most powerful business lobby announced its 2020 volunteer leadership team as it makes a push to change tort laws the organization believes will boost the state's economy and lower auto insurance rates.
Tom O'Neal, president of O'Nealgas Inc., which…
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Louisiana's largest business group will push for lawsuit reform and lower car insurance rates during this year's legislative session, said Stephen Waguespack, president of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry.
Waguespack believes the high number of new lawmakers in…
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February 16, 2020
If their recent comments are accurate, Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards, Senate President Page Cortez of Lafayette and House Speaker Clay Schexnayder of Gonzales, both Republicans, believe they can communicate and compromise in order to make some long-sought changes…
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February 13, 2020
There will be a lot of new faces in the legislature this year and one group hopes that will mean changes during session.
Stephen Waguespack, president and CEO of the Louisiana Association of Business and Insustry, or LABI, came to Lake…
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February 11, 2020
Republican state legislative leaders Senate President Page Cortez, R-Lafayette, and House Speaker Clay Schexnayder, R-Gonzales, emphasized a desire to cooperate with the governor’s administration at this morning’s legislative panel during Louisiana Association of Business and Industry’s annual meeting.
Referencing the…
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Republicans chosen to lead the Louisiana Legislature this term are highlighting efforts to cooperate with the state’s Democratic governor.
Newly elected Speaker of the House Clay Schexnayder (R-Gonzales) and Senate President Page Cortez (R-Lafayette) cast their hopes during the Louisiana…
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Though they hold large Republican majorities, Louisiana legislative leaders on Tuesday pledged to address difficult issues with legislation the Democratic governor would be willing to sign.
Republicans hold a veto-proof majority in the state Senate and are only two seats…
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — While they stressed their legislative independence, Louisiana’s new Republican House speaker and Senate president said Tuesday that they want to work with Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards, choosing to strike a compromising tone rather…
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Frank Abagnale, the famed fraudster turned cybersecurity expert for the FBI, was the keynote speaker at today’s annual Louisiana Association of Business and Industry luncheon.
Abagnale became one of the FBI’s most-wanted criminals before the age of 21, and later…
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