Reports this week listed Landry, former Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker and Missouri U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt as leading candidates for the appointment.

Gov. Jeff Landry asked Louisiana lawmakers to update the state's tax code Wednesday as he opened the first day of the state's third special session of the year. Why it matters: If Landry's expansive plan goes through,

Jeff Landry’s ambitious tax package – a billion-dollar reduction ... In sum, the package would make Louisiana’s regressive tax system slightly more progressive, said Steven Procopio, president of the Public Affairs Research Council.

The special session on tax reform is underway at the State Capitol and Gov. Jeff Landry is encouraging lawmakers to pass all his bills to revise the state’s tax code. Landry’s proposal will reduce individual and corporate income taxes while expanding sales tax to more goods and services.

Louisiana lawmakers began debating bills Thursday that would revamp the state's tax code by lowering income taxes for all workers while adding sales taxes to services not currently taxed and raising the state sales tax rate permanently.

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry kicked off a two and a half week special session with a call for legislators to drastically overhaul the state’s tax code. “This tax code is broken. This tax code is incredibly out of date.