The tough times in Washington Parish just got tougher over the weekend when voters rejected a third-cent sales tax proposal.As a result of the failure of the tax plan, the political dominoes are ...

LASTOCTOBER WASHINGTON PARISH VOTERSPASSED A 1 THIRDCENT SALES TAX FOR PUBLICSAFETY. THEY STARTEDCOLLECTING THAT MONEY ON JANUARYFIRST. WHEN ASKED IFHIS OFFICE WAS GETTING HIS SHAREOF THAT MONEY..

According to figures released by the St. Landry Parish School Board, which tracks sales tax numbers for the parish, collections fell by 9 percent in November, the first drop in the past 23 months.

HOUMA, La. (AP) - Agencies in Terrebonne Parish collected less sales tax money in 2015 compared to the previous year. Overall, parish tax collections fell 6.8 percent from 2014 to 2015. The ...

Also on the ballot is a bond issue for Slidell Memorial Hospital, a sales tax for ... also says the tax can be increased to 1 cent after July 1, 2026. In Washington Parish, voters will decide ...

LIVINGSTON, La. (AP) — Livingston Parish sales tax revenue rose 7 percent in December, compared with the previous year, marking the 26th straight month that tax receipts have increased.

THIBODAUX, La. (AP) - Agencies across Lafourche Parish brought in fewer sales tax revenues in September compared to the same time last year. The Daily Comet reports (https://bit.ly/1RtAXyR) the ...

(WVUE) - Solar power plant projects in Washington Parish have come to a standstill after the council voted against future tax exemptions. While solar power plants are widely regarded as renewable ...

Voters on Saturday rejected a Lafayette Parish School Board proposal for an extra half penny in sales tax for the next 10 ... Citizens Action Network and a Washington, D.C.-based group working ...

Last spring, St. Tammany Parish voters spurned a pair of sales tax renewals for the parish jail and courthouse, with the two quarter-cent taxes garnering only 40 percent of the vote in another ...