NewsPronto

 
Men's Weekly

.

USA Conversation

The Conversation USA

The Conversation USA

Louisiana governor makes it easier for companies to receive lucrative tax breaks that take money away from cash-strapped schools

  • Written by Christine Wen, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning, Texas A&M University
imageExxonMobil has been granted nearly $580 million in tax abatements in Louisiana since 2000.Barry Lewis/Getty Images

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry signed an executive order on Feb. 21, 2024, removing school boards’ veto power over corporate property tax breaks that take money away from schools. It also did away with a requirement that projects...

Read more: Louisiana governor makes it easier for companies to receive lucrative tax breaks that take money...

More Articles ...

  1. How governments handle data matters for inclusion
  2. War in Ukraine at 2 years: Destruction seen from space – via radar
  3. Arsenic in landfills is still leaching into groundwater − 20 years after colleagues and I learned how the ‘king of poisons’ could escape trash dumps
  4. Trump is no Navalny, and prosecution in a democracy is a lot different than persecution in Putin’s Russia
  5. How you can tell propaganda from journalism − let’s look at Tucker Carlson’s visit to Russia
  6. With Beyoncé’s foray into country music, the genre may finally break free from the stereotypes that have long dogged it
  7. Donors gave $58 billion to higher ed in the 2023 academic year, with mega gifts up despite overall decline
  8. Colleges are using AI to prepare hospitality workers of the future
  9. EPA has tightened its target for deadly particle pollution − states need more tools to reach it
  10. Philly mayor might consider these lessons from NYC before expanding stop-and-frisk
  11. Mothers’ dieting habits and self-talk have profound impact on daughters − 2 psychologists explain how to cultivate healthy behaviors and body image
  12. Bacteria can develop resistance to drugs they haven’t encountered before − scientists figured this out decades ago in a classic experiment
  13. Wealthier, urban Americans have access to more local news – while roughly half of US counties have only one outlet or less
  14. Young people are lukewarm about Biden – and giving them more information doesn’t move the needle much
  15. Are our fears of saying ‘no’ overblown?
  16. Your heart changes in size and shape with exercise – this can lead to heart problems for some athletes and gym rats
  17. Marriage is not as effective an anti-poverty strategy as you’ve been led to believe
  18. Making it personal: Considering an issue’s relevance to your own life could help reduce political polarization
  19. Potato plant radiation sensors could one day monitor radiation in areas surrounding power plants
  20. I’ve been studying astronaut psychology since Apollo − a long voyage to Mars in a confined space could raise stress levels and make the journey more challenging
  21. What is Alaskapox? A microbiologist explains the recently discovered virus that just claimed its first fatality
  22. 3D printing promises more efficient ways to make custom explosives and rocket propellants
  23. Carbon offsets bring new investment to Appalachia’s coal fields, but most Appalachians aren’t benefiting
  24. Murderous mice attack and kill nesting albatrosses on Midway Atoll − scientists struggle to stop this gruesome new behavior
  25. Separate water fountains for Black people still stand in the South – thinly veiled monuments to the long, strange, dehumanizing history of segregation
  26. How politicians can draw fairer election districts − the same way parents make kids fairly split a piece of cake
  27. Nikki Haley insists she can lose South Carolina and still get the nomination – but that would defy history
  28. How Lula’s big-tent pragmatism won over Brazil again – with a little help from a backlash to Bolsonaro
  29. Nearly 2 million Americans are using kratom yearly, but it is banned in multiple states: A pharmacologist explains the controversy
  30. FAFSA website meltdown: How to avoid additional frustration with financial aid applications
  31. Why does a leap year have 366 days?
  32. Is Russia looking to put nukes in space? Doing so would undermine global stability and ignite an anti-satellite arms race
  33. Navalny dies in prison − but his blueprint for anti-Putin activism will live on
  34. How tax breaks strangle American schools − billions of dollars that could help students vanish from budgets, especially hurting districts that serve poor students
  35. Cult of the drone: At the two-year mark, UAVs have changed the face of war in Ukraine – but not outcomes
  36. What’s behind the astonishing rise in LGBTQ+ romance literature?
  37. Forest Service warns of budget cuts ahead of a risky wildfire season – what that means for safety
  38. Mexico is suing US gun-makers for arming its gangs − and a US court could award billions in damages
  39. As a rabbi, philosopher and physician, Maimonides wrestled with religion and reason – the book he wrote to reconcile them, ‘Guide to the Perplexed,’ has sparked debate ever since
  40. Candidates’ aging brains are factors in the presidential race − 4 essential reads
  41. A Bronx school district offers lessons in boosting student mental health
  42. Text with us and get one great link every day
  43. Children are expensive – not just for parents, but the environment – so how many is too many?
  44. Israeli siege has placed Gazans at risk of starvation − prewar policies made them vulnerable in the first place
  45. Stock indexes are breaking records and crossing milestones – making many investors feel wealthier
  46. Students lose out as cities and states give billions in property tax breaks to businesses − draining school budgets and especially hurting the poorest students
  47. Bacteria in your gut can improve your mood − new research in mice tries to zero in on the crucial strains
  48. Why the United States needs NATO – 3 things to know
  49. Turkey will stop sending imams to German mosques – here’s why this matters
  50. For graffiti artists, abandoned skyscrapers in Miami and Los Angeles become a canvas for regular people to be seen and heard