State house approves bill that could cut Louisiana's flat income tax rate

BATON ROUGE (Manship News Service) – The House of Representatives voted 86-13 Wednesday to approve a bill that might further cut the state’s new flat individual income tax rate and create a tax break for seniors starting in 2027.But the changes could occur only if voters were to pass a constitutional amendment allowing the state to shift hundreds of millions of dollars from reserve funds into the state general fund.Wednesday’s vote was just the first step in a leng