The proposed changes are a part of House Bill 2, sponsored by Rep. Julie Emerson, R-Carencro, which cleared the House Ways & Means Committee on Sunday. It received opposition from New Orleans Reps. Matt Willard and Mandie Landry, both Democrats.
Read More“This is a big ask. To make such a huge cut without knowing what we’re going to add to it.”
Read MoreState Rep. Mandie Landry (D-New Orleans) posed the question, “Where is this hole going to be plugged from?”
Read More“The people I know in New Orleans are either going to have to leave, or they’re going to have to go back to the service industry,” said Landry, who is not related to the governor.
Read More“Religion in the classroom seems like it was decided a long time ago,” said Landry. “It’s definitely promoting religion period and promoting Christianity and not everyone, not every kid, subscribed to those religions.”
Read MoreBut State Representative Mandie Landry, D-New Orleans, has doubts. “Five regular sessions, this is going to create jobs and this is going to bring people here, and this is going to do this, that and the other, and I haven’t seen it. So how is this different? Have you researched it and not just look at North Carolina, which like I said took a decade. This is a hard sell.”
Read MoreThe inventory tax exemption bill passed 15-2 in committee with Democratic Rep. Mandie Landry and Rep. Matthew Willard, both of New Orleans in opposition.
Read More‘I think it’s propaganda to tell people taxes are going down because your income tax may go down but corporate taxes are going down by a lot and we’re raising taxes in other places to do this," said Rep. Mandie Landry (D-New Orleans).
Read MoreThe vote on House Bill was 15-2, with only Rep. Matthew Willard and Rep. Mandie Landry, both New Orleans Democrats, voting in opposition, out of worries that the changes would benefit big corporations and cause budget deficits.
Read MoreGreatly outnumbered in the Legislature, Democrats could mount only three votes in opposition to House Bill 1, which would establish a flat rate on individual income taxes. The opposing votes came from Rep. Marcus Bryant of New Iberia, Rep. Mandie Landry of New Orleans and Rep. Matt Willard of New Orleans.
Read More“I voted against the flat tax because it is a regressive tax,” Rep. Landry said. “It rewards the rich and harms the poor.”
Read More“We’re raising taxes on everyone who lives here. You keep talking about landscapers,” said Rep. Mandie Landry, D-New Orleans.
Read MoreWhen presenting the reform, Rep. Mandie Landry, D-New Orleans, and Emerson sparred over whether these new taxes could be justified.
"I thought Republicans didn’t want to [add new taxes]," Landry said. Landry, along with many in the Democratic party are "apprehensive" about the changes, as the party said on Wednesday on X.
Read MoreThis is just one of the many ways Landry’s plan proposes to pay for these cuts. Others include cutting tax credits and exemptions, something the house will get to next week. Some House Democrats have questions. One of them, Representative Mandie Landry questioned the Governor’s proposal in the meeting today.
“We are going to be paying taxes on services that we don’t currently pay taxes on, right?” Landry said. “So, they’re going to be new taxes out of this? Thanks.”
Read MoreBATON ROUGE, La. (WVUE) - Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry’s tax reform proposal, which introduces a 3% flat income tax, was presented to state lawmakers on Tuesday (Oct. 8), giving them their first opportunity to ask questions about the comprehensive plan.
Read MoreWhile State Representative Mandie Landry, a Democrat, wasn't so impressed. "It feels like we are playing tax whack-a-mole."
Read More“We like to say that we have a very ‘modern family,’” she shares. “This started in 2020 when we offered to watch Max and his brother Beau while Mandie was away at legislative session. (Mandie is a State Representative for District 91 in New Orleans.) Very quickly we fell in love with both dogs and realized Max thrived in a home where he was the only dog. I hesitated at first to bring Max to the gallery, because he has a lot of energy, but he took to it like a fish to water. Max is truly a ‘people person,’ so he thrives in an environment where he can visit with people, and the gallery is a perfect place for that.”
Read More“I don’t really know what the problem is. There are a lot of billboards in this state that are anti-choice that I find disgusting when I drive past them. But they have the ability to do that, so I’ve kind of been wondering almost, ‘What’s the issue?’” said Rep. Mandie Landry (D-New Orleans).
Read MoreDoctors across Louisiana have confirmed that our vague laws on this “life of the mother” have made them afraid of providing care for a woman having a miscarriage.
Read More“Are you really calling Kaitlyn a liar? And all the women like her who have publicly testified to the same treatment when they were suffering? Despicable,” Landry replied to Murrill’s post.
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