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New Orleans City Council wants state to let cities repeal local portion of 'tampon tax'

Source: https://nola.com/gambit/news/the_latest/article_ba5fce3c-17aa-11ea-869f-1fe7fc85b43a.html - Dec 11, 2019

The New Orleans City Council expressed its support Thursday of an effort to give local governments the power to exempt feminine hygiene products, such as pads and tampons, and diapers from local sales tax.

The council voted unanimously at its meeting to approve a resolution, a symbolic measure, in favor of a bill House District 98 Representative-elect Aimee Adatto Freeman has pledged to bring forward during the 2020 legislative session to give local governments that option.

City Council President Helena Moreno, who brought forward the resolution, said that charging sales tax on products like pads and diapers “imposes a lopsided burden on women and families, and this has to stop."

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