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JULY 28, 2019

Louisiana has declared a state of emergency after a series of cyberattacks impacted three of the state’s school districts. The attacks shut down the districts’ phones, as well as locked and encrypted files and computer equipment in school districts in Sabine, Morehouse and Ouachita parishes in North Louisiana. As a result, Gov.

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JULY 4, 2019

Not all Americans celebrate the Fourth of July by doing something special, but about 86 percent do, and will spend several billion dollars celebrating the nation’s 243rd birthday. According to the National Retail Federation (NRF), that would be food, mostly — Americans will spend about $6.7 What A Louisiana Purchase Will Buy Today.

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JULY 23, 2020

Just as it has been heartbreaking to see the nation still struggling with the devastating and all too often deadly health aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the persistence of elevated new unemployment claims shows the toll the virus continues to take on the economy,” he said in a statement. DOL said Florida was severely impacted by COVID-19.

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AUGUST 21, 2020

It is a time for reckoning for our nation and industry, and it is time for me to play a more active part in accelerating change. “In leaving Facebook, I am nothing but grateful,” he wrote. “I believe in Facebook’s mission, and COVID has demonstrated the platforms at their best.

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

Out-of-state retailers that sold into California, Louisiana and South Carolina are being asked to retroactively comply with remote seller laws, and pay taxes on sales conducted in the years before the laws were in place. National Retailers On Staying Compliant When Tax Exemptions Are Only Statewid e.

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DECEMBER 27, 2019

Louisiana exempts most food purchased outside restaurants, for example, while Missouri exempts clay pigeons and targets used in skeet shooting. Managing compliance. Campaigns against taxing obligatory items are spreading across the United States, forcing states to rethink their revenue generation decisions.

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JULY 19, 2018

According to the National Retail Federation , as of last year parents entered August with about 45 percent of their back-to-school shopping done. This year 17 states will have sales tax holidays of one form or another — up from 16 last year, but down from the national high of 20 states in 2010. In 2017, Americans spent $83.6

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