

Representative Kevin Pearson (R-Slidell) addressed a private meeting of the Northshore Business Council Members on April 20, 2012, to educate the Business Council membership on the problems faced by the State of Louisiana from unfunded, but accrued, pension liabilities in the thirteen retirement systems which provide benefits to State employees. Representative ...
Mayor Mason Foster of the City of Hammond recently released the City's comparable sales tax collections for the last ten years, reflecting notable increases over the last decade. The City saw a 6.18% increase in this fiscal year alone. The full report is below.20012002200320042005AmountChangeAmountChangeAmountChangeAmountChangeAmountChangeJanuary$1,166,0612.07%$1,151,977-1.21%$1,314,37314.10%$1,185,698-9.79%$1,297,6199.44%February$791,6661.66%$805,6291.76%$911,30313.12%$918,1940.76%$971,9875.86%March$918,7206.31%$912,341-0.69%$938,3832.85%$932,942-0.58%$971,9534.18%April$971,0542.60%$1,025,5775.61%$1,057,6353.13%$1,047,457-0.96%$1,085,1273.60%May$906,9241.07%$911,3850.49%$963,9665.77%$977,7481.43%$1,002,4652.53%June$910,8505.77%$972,3266.75%$980,1980.81%$957,682-2.30%$988,9263.26%July$947,777-0.04%$984,2703.85%$964,735-1.98%$1,154,65919.69%$1,066,639-7.62%August$883,7355.60%$913,9893.42%$970,9686.23%$1,111,26014.45%$955,061-14.06%September$943,6177.39%$924,998-1.97%$994,1317.47%$992,810-0.13%$722,947-27.18%October$857,626-3.85%$1,010,04517.77%$1,022,9961.28%$1,003,484-1.91%$1,558,38155.30%November$879,7143.49%$998,45213.50%$939,963-5.86%$1,001,4976.55%$1,539,85853.76%December$942,7633.06%$995,8595.63%$965,072-3.09%$934,253-3.19%$1,473,10157.68%TOTALS$11,120,5072.86%$11,606,8484.37%$12,023,7233.59%$12,217,6841.61%$13,634,06411.59%20062007200820092010AmountChangeAmountChangeAmountChangeAmountChangeAmountChangeJanuary$1,895,16446.05%$1,557,036-17.84%$1,570,9280.89%$1,784,97113.63%$1,655,932-7.23%February$1,217,22025.23%$1,174,188-3.54%$1,173,238-0.08%$1,226,8734.57%$1,073,197-12.53%March$1,530,65757.48%$1,156,852-24.42%$1,358,55217.44%$1,233,059-9.24%$1,231,031-0.16%April$1,495,81137.85%$1,351,223-9.67%$1,478,4039.41%$1,395,065-5.64%$1,439,3443.17%May$1,356,88935.36%$1,211,774-10.69%$1,319,8078.92%$1,307,020-0.97%$1,262,236-3.43%June$1,443,47945.96%$1,381,484-4.29%$1,314,176-4.87%$1,278,694-2.70%$1,251,222-2.15%July$1,468,42637.67%$1,370,818-6.65%$1,670,40921.85%$1,428,320-14.49%$1,405,296-1.61%August$1,215,73227.29%$1,210,805-0.41%$1,325,9829.51%$1,268,654-4.32%$1,232,297-2.87%September$1,330,52484.04%$1,245,752-6.37%$1,323,4696.24%$1,288,989-2.61%$1,281,467-0.58%October$1,294,713-16.92%$1,277,191-1.35%$1,392,1259.00%$1,326,700-4.70%$1,302,904-1.79%November$1,218,307-20.88%$1,258,7183.32%$1,279,9021.68%$1,186,482-7.30%$1,212,1612.16%December$1,180,023-19.90%$1,202,4611.90%$1,189,976-1.04%$1,198,6500.73%$1,275,2146.39%TOTALS$16,646,94522.10%$15,398,302-7.50%$16,396,9676.49%$15,923,477-2.89%$15,622,301-1.89%20112012201320142015AmountChangeAmountChangeAmountChangeAmountChangeAmountChangeJanuary$1,655,125-0.05%$1,766,7626.74%February$1,156,4347.76%$1,278,88510.59%March$1,257,2192.13%April$1,446,7160.51%May$1,287,5502.01%June$1,264,6961.08%July$1,476,3065.05%August$1,253,8991.75%September$1,334,6854.15%October$1,429,0159.68%November$1,295,2826.86%December$1,335,7234.75%TOTALS$16,192,6503.65%$3,045,647$0$0$0*Centralized ...
St. Tammany Parish government officials began their new term of office Monday in an hour-long outdoor ceremony in Covington. Parish President Pat Brister and members of the Parish Council were inaugurated on the steps of the parish courthouse.Brister, in her inauguration speech, pledged to help "build a government that works today, tomorrow and for ...