LP Chamber Advocacy Update - April 6. 2023

April 09, 2023

Livingston Parish Chamber Advocacy Update

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LP Business Priorities 2023

Business Priorities for 2023

Legislative Session begins Monday, April 10th

With the important elections for 2023 and the start of the 2023 Louisiana Legislative Session on Monday, April 10th, there has been lots of movement on priorities, predictions and general information on the coming year.

To help your Livingston Parish Business, we recommend you read the priorities guide - it's to help you - and let us know what you think. Do you have any area to add, question? We are here for you. Let us know.

1st - the LP Business Priorities Guide is just approved as of yesterday by the Chamber Board. See the links in the image to read the full guide. Pages 2 - 4 outline priorities for local, state and federal issues.

In addition, the following releases will give you an idea of what others are saying about the coming session.
Jeremy Alford's, political analyst, take on the coming session.
Bills filed related to Tax Reform, a hot topic for 2023.
NFIB's priorities for 2023.

Important Election Dates - 2023

April 29th
no current information
October 14th - Gubernatorial Primary
State wide candidates
Parish wide candidates
November 18th - Gubernatorial General
Run offs

District Wide Candidates

Who is - and is not - Running

Candidates and Ballot Info

New parish council and state rep candidates announced

This fall is the big election cycle for state wide and parish wide elections . We will be making changes and edits to this list of who is and isn't running as new information comes through. You can keep up with the ins and outs by Following this link.

Business Resource and Advocacy

Employee Retention Tax Credit

Your business could be eligible for thousands in tax credits. Even if you received PPP funds, your business is still eligible for this credit. Make sure you get with your CPA to review eligibility and filing requirements. The window is closing on this so it's important to look into it now. Please let us know here at the LP Chamber if you need assistance and / or we can refer your business to a local, reputable firm. (There is a big push from out of area. You may have seen - heard the promos. We recommend and can connect you locally.)