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

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 main topic of Thursday’s Ways and Means hearing, House Bill 1, would end Louisiana ...

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 legislators will gather for their third special session on Wednesday, following a request from Republican Gov.

Gov. Jeff Landry is seeking the biggest re-write of Louisiana's tax system since the adoption of the 1974 state constitution.