Louisiana

New Orleans Aviation Board will build a smaller but more efficient passenger terminal with proceeds from $475 million of airport revenue bonds.

DALLAS – Louisiana will avoid swap termination fees through a $307 million refunding of gas and fuels tax bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission.

New Orleans Aviation Board unanimously adopted an $826 million airport modernization effort financed in part with $267.5 million of revenue bonds.

The failure of Gov. Bobby Jindal's plan to exchange the state income tax for a higher sales tax should not mean an end to the effort to terminate the tax, Treasurer John Kennedy said.

Louisiana State Bond Commission will consider a request for $1.25 billion of solid waste disposal facility bonds for a fertilizer complex in Pointe Coupee Parish.

Legislative efforts to phase out Louisiana's income tax were tabled on tax day over fears the bills would not pass.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said he is open to all options to eliminate the state income tax sooner or later.

New Orleans has been ordered to pay $17.5 million plus interest to the city firefighters' pension fund for its 2012 obligations.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal ended his quest to swap the state income tax for a higher sales tax rate Monday as the Legislature convened for a two-month session.

Louisiana legislative leaders abruptly canceled a hearing on Gov. Bobby Jindal's sweeping changes to state tax policy until their own experts can analyze the fiscal impact of his proposal.

Lawmakers want legislative experts to review Gov. Bobby Jindal's $3 billion state tax swap before considering the 11 bills that would enable the changes.

Eliminating Louisiana's income tax will require raising the sales tax rate to 6.25% from the current 4%.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said there is no need for a statewide vote on his plan to raise the state sales tax and eliminate the income tax.

Louisiana State Bond Commission wants more options before deciding on $100 million of bonds to bolster reserves for state-owned Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp.

Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon sees no need for the state's insurer of last resort to sell $100 million of assessment bonds.

Louisiana Bond Commission to pick underwriters and bond counsel for $173 million refunding of highway revenue bonds.

Gov. Bobby Jindal proposed a $3.6 billion plan to raise the Louisiana sales tax to pay for elimination of the state income tax.

Louisiana will issue $84 million of highway revenue bonds in the first of three planned negotiated sales, two months after canceling a single $249.2 million sale.

Gov. Bobby Jindal's plan to lower the income tax rate and raise the sales tax gives lawmakers a chance at effective tax reform.

Louisiana Treasurer John N. Kennedy said Gov. Bobby Jindal's proposed 2014 budget is "a fond illusion" and structurally flawed.