BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's GOP-dominated House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed individual and corporate tax cuts, along with a constitutional amendment — all key provisions in Gov. Jeff Landry's sweeping tax reform package, the centerpiece of the state's third special legislative session of the year.

The central elements of a bid to revamp Louisiana’s tax system by swapping more sales taxes for a lower flat tax on income cleared the state House of Representatives.

If approved by the full House and Senate, the plan would eliminate the current tax brackets and move the state closer to eliminating the income tax.

A federal judge has blocked the law that calls for the Ten Commandments to be in every state-funded public classroom. The U.S. House of Representatives passed House Resolution 82, commonly known as the “Social Security Fairness Act of 2023.”

Gov. Jeff Landry’s far-reaching tax package faces its first big test Tuesday when the full House takes up measures to cut individual income taxes, repeal the corporate franchise tax and

The Louisiana House has approved two significant pieces of Governor Jeff Landry’s tax plan. The first bill to head to the Senate for its approval is a measure reduce individual income taxes to a flat three-percent rate.