Dozen drug Student arrests made art show by local agencies winners Page 3 Page 8 The Daily Review Morgan City, La. 50 Cents Home of the Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival Tuesday, April 27, 2021 Volume 59, No. 82 Serving St. Mary Parish Since 1872 8 Pages www.stmarynow.com La. grew slowly in '20 Census State will hang on to all six of its U.S. House seats By GEOFF STOUTE
[email protected] Louisiana’s population grew by about 2.7% from the 2010 to the 2020 U.S. Census and will retain its six House of Representative seats, according to infor- mation released by the U.S. Census Bureau Monday afternoon. The Daily Review/Geoff Stoute The data released Monday does not delve further Drivers wait at a red light just off the Long-Allen La. 182 Bridge in Berwick Monday afternoon. Berwick is into municipalities or parishes. Gina Raimondo, U.S. hoping that the U.S. Census count catapults it from a town to a city. (Continued on Page 7) Corporate tax swap advances in state House By DAVID JACOBS tax policy from the federal gov- a majority of voters would have broaden the state’s tax base and with a 75-22 vote. The Center Square ernment’s, though some law- to approve the change. House lower tax rates. Riser’s House Bill 293 calls The Louisiana House en- makers said they were con- Bill 275, which contains the Under the current situation, for a “flat” corporate income dorsed a pair of bills Monday cerned about raising taxes on amendment, is awaiting a hear- a tax cut at the federal level cre- tax, replacing the current five that would cut tax rates for smaller companies.