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State's motion picture tax credits grew to $500M since 2018

(The Center Square) — As Louisiana confronts a projected $1.5 billion budget shortfall, the state's costly Motion Picture Production Program, which offers significant tax breaks to film and television producers, is under increasing scrutiny.

From 2018 to the present, the program has issued over $500 million in tax credits to various projects, according to records obtained by The Center Square.

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