Louisiana
Louisiana Residents Must Report Income on Illegal Activites
With each new year comes “Tax Time” and the IRS has a reminder for all of us reporting our income in Louisiana.
If you didn’t know, you must report all of your income earnings when on tax returns, and that includes income you may have earned from illegal activities.
While the message from the IRS may be entertaining to some, they are serious about you reporting all of your earnings from the previous year.
Sure, some may try to skate around reporting earnings, but if you have made money from doing something illegal, the IRS reminds you that you must still report that as part of your income.
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For example, if someone is selling drugs illegally, the IRS does require that they report their earnings from selling drugs. Will someone doing anything illegal follow the laws set by the IRS? Probably not, but that individual is still required to report money made by doing something illegal in this country.
The income gained by doing something illegal will be filed under “other income” and nowhere do you have to report how you gained that income. Thus, the IRS does not want to know what you did to earn the money, they just want you to report it.
In addition to the income you may earn by doing something illegal, the IRS reminds you that you must also report the value of anything that you may have stolen when filing taxes.
Reporting earnings from illegal activities falls under what they call “The Al Capone Rule.” If you recall, Capone and many others were sent to jail for tax evasion after they did not report earnings from selling drugs.
We should note here, that some incomes you earn may be tax-exempt, and if you’re not aware of what falls under those exemptions, you should consult with a CPA or tax attorney.
The deadline to file your Federal taxes is April 15th.
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It’s report card day for Louisiana schools and many have reason to celebrate.
Statewide, 44% of elementary and middle schools and 70% of high schools earned an A or B based on academic results from the 2024-2025 school year, according to state data released Thursday. Collectively, Louisiana’s public schools earned a B, and the statewide performance score grew by nearly one point to 80.9 — the highest it’s been since the current rating system launched over a decade ago.
But for many schools, the good grades won’t last.
Next year, a tougher rating system will kick in. To help prepare schools and the public for the shift, the Louisiana Department of Education released simulated grades this year alongside schools’ official grades. The simulated grades, which carry no weight, show how schools would have fared this year had the new system been in effect. It’s the first public preview of how grades will likely change when the revamped rating system launches in 2026.
For elementary and middle schools, the results would look similar to today: Most would earn the same or better grades, with just 16% getting lower ratings. But for high schools, the difference would be dramatic: 76% would get lower grades under the revised rating system.
The searchable table below shows the actual grade each school and district earned this year, as well as simulated grades based on the revised system.
The next table shows school and district performance scores. The 2024 and 2025 scores are on a 150-point scale, while the simulated scores are on a 100-point scale.
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LDWF Announces $5.2 Million for Conservation Projects through the Louisiana Outdoors Forever Program
Today, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) announced that the Louisiana Outdoor Forever (LOF) Project Selection Board voted to fund 5 conservation projects in Louisiana based on the review, evaluation, and scoring received from LOF’s Technical Advisory Board. The LOF program will allocate $921,350 and leverage $4.29 million for a total conservation investment of $5.21 million to these projects. The LOF program is administered by the LDWF and helps Louisiana become more competitive in securing grant opportunities.
Projects selected for funding:
Project Name
Project Location
Organization
Funding Amount Requested
Match Funds
Total Project Amount
Bayou L’Ours Phase V Terraces
Golden Meadow, Lafourche Parish, LA; 29°24’44.71″N, 90°8’52.90″W
Ducks Unlimited / Partner with Lafourche Parish
$213,500.00
$3,485,641.00
$3,699,141.00
Enhancing Wood Duck Habitat in Pearl River WMA through Duck Box Installation and Community Ed.
Pearl River Wildlife Management Area (WMA) below Indian Village Road on West and Middle Pearl River
Southern Quacker Wildlife Conservation (SQWC) / Partner with LDWF
$8,000.00
$6,000.00
$14,000.00
Enhancing Mottled Duck Breeding Habitat in Southwest Louisiana
Multiple parishes in Southwest Louisiana
Ducks Unlimited / Partner with LDWF
$100,000.00
$200,000.00
$300,000.00
Napoleonville Bayou Access and Emergency Boat Launch Project
Bayou Lafourche – right descending bank; Assumption Parish
Bayou Lafourche Fresh Water District
$500,000.00
$500,000.00
$1,000,000.00
Beechwood-Bayou Sara Tunica Hills Protection
Beechwood Tract and Sleepy Hollow Tract in West Feliciana Parish
The Nature Conservancy / partner with LDWF
$99,850.00
$99,850.00
$199,700.00
Total
$921,350.00
$4,291,491.00
$5,212,841.00
The Louisiana Outdoors Forever (LOF) Program was created during the 2022 legislative session with House Bill 762 to provide funding for outdoor conservation projects across the state.
You can also sign up for meeting and Louisiana Outdoors Forever press releases by visiting here and selecting an interest of “Conservation.”
ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) – Economic development is on the rise in Cenla and across the Pelican State, and leaders hope to capitalize on it.
Adam Knapp was the keynote speaker at a meeting for the Rotary Club of Alexandria this week. He leads the organization “Leaders for a Better Louisiana” as its CEO.
Knapp said the biggest concern they’ve seen is that some regions of the state do really well with development and some have had a tougher time of it.
What Knapp said he’s been impressed by is the state writing a brand new economic development strategy plan, which he said hasn’t been done in almost 20 years.
“They did that where they kind of quilted together a plan from Louisiana Central, a plan from Southwest Louisiana, from Northeast, Northwest Louisiana, and they said, ‘We need a statewide plan that is a combination of all the things all our metro areas need in order to drive successful economic development visions forward,’” he explained.
Knapp said it’s up to citizens and community leaders to ask for a focus on jobs from state leaders.
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