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In both localities, a 4% applies and funds the Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District (responsible for various sports facilities in New Orleans). Lodgings in New Orleans must pay an additional 3% tax to fund the New Orleans Morial Convention Center plus a nightly surcharge which varies based on the number of rooms in an establishment. [34]
The LLC ranks first among U.S. lotteries in percentage of revenue transferred to its government. More than 2,700 businesses in Louisiana earn a 5 percent commission on the sale of Lottery products as licensed retailers. In addition to revenue from commission, retailers earn an incentive of up 2 percent for cashing winning tickets up to $600.
John Neely Kennedy (born November 21, 1951) is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the junior United States senator from Louisiana since 2017. A Republican, he served as the Louisiana State Treasurer from 2000 to 2017, as Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Revenue from 1996 to 1999, [1] and as special counsel and then cabinet member to Governor Buddy Roemer from 1988 to 1992.
Early on New Year's Day, more than a dozen people and a dozen others injured about when a man rammed a rented pickup truck into a crowd of revelers along Bourbon Street in New Orleans.
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill plans to open a full review into the security planning that went into the Sugar Bowl and New Year's Eve, in the wake of a deadly attack.
Jabbar drove into a group of revelers at 3:17 a.m. on New Year's Day and exited the truck, exchanging gunfire with New Orleans Police Department officers. He injured two of them, before Jabbar ...
The New Orleans Police Department began a new policy to "no longer cooperate with federal immigration enforcement" beginning on February 28, 2016. [170] As of 2010, 90.3% of residents age 5 and older spoke English at home as a primary language, while 4.8% spoke Spanish, 1.9% Vietnamese, and 1.1% spoke French.
The FBI and Department of Homeland Security warned about potential 'copycat' vehicle attacks like the one in New Orleans that killed 14 on Jan. 1.