Louisiana last year recorded a homicide rate of 15.8 per 100,000 residents, compared to the U.S. rate of 6.5 per 100,000 and the state’s 11.0 rate a decade earlier, according to newly released FBI crime data.
The total amount of federal public education stimulus funds that Louisiana received from Congress during the COVID-19 pandemic is $4.05 billion, according to a tally from the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL).
Under Democrat Joe Biden’s federal tax plan, the top marginal tax rate in Louisiana could hit 55.34 percent, according to a new analysis by the Tax Foundation.
Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards received a grade of “C” from the Washington-based CATO Institute for his tax and spending policies since 2018, according to a ranking of governors that comes out every two years.
Louisiana will lose $499.1 million in total state and local tax revenue from the hotel industry due to COVID-19, according to an Oxford Economics estimate released by the American Hotels and Lodging Association.