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Pelican Institute Engages Louisiana Regulators on Energy Growth, Affordability, and the Public’s Right to Weigh In

Louisiana is in the middle of two consequential debates before the Louisiana Public Service Commissi...

Louisianans Leverage AI

The largest headlines about artificial intelligence (AI) in Louisiana center around the multi-billio...

After the Legal Dust Has Settled: The Roles of Parents and the Free Market Remain Paramount After Meta Agreement

Last week, Meta reached an agreement with 52 attorneys general following a landmark social media add...

PELICAN INSTITUTE: Summer 2026 Economic Report

Louisiana’s comeback is real. Finishing it is the harder part.

Why Free Market Think Tanks Matter — and What Pelican Institute Brings to Louisiana

Bills don’t write themselves. Long before a reform reaches a committee hearing, someone has to...

Who is Using Data Centers?

In a recent guest column for The Advocate, Pelican Institute CEO Daniel Erspamer outlines the return...

Is Louisiana Facing an Upcoming Budget Shortfall?

Last week, the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget (JLCB) received an updated fiscal status st...

Liberty vs. the (Labor) Leviathan: The Unions Standing Between You and a Post Office That Works

Last month, postal workers lined the streets outside branches from Miami to Richmond to a stretch of...

Quin Hillyer: New Orleans should follow state’s lead by limiting government unions

One Door In, One Door Out: Louisiana’s Workforce Reform Clears a Major Hurdle

Earlier this year, Pelican checked in with Louisiana Works Secretary Susie Schowen to get a status u...

Unpacking the Toolkit: What Can Other Policy Areas Learn from BEAD Buildout in Louisiana?

The Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program (BEAD) has emphasized access and a closing of the...

Open to Work: AI Shapes Hiring Trends

Predictions about the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) have spanned utopia, robot apocalypse, ...

Louisiana Teachers Head Back to School With a Right They Didn't Have Last Year

Fifth Circuit Hears Oral Argument in Louisiana Shrimpers' Challenge to Federal Turtle Excluder Device Mandate

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Sarah Harbison, General Counsel The Pelican Institute for Publi...

Ten Questions Louisiana’s New MFP Task Force Should Answer

For the first time in years, Louisiana is taking a comprehensive look at how it funds K-12 education...

A Name You Can’t Trust: The App Store Freedom Act and the Regulations Behind the Words

Lawmakers in Washington seem to have stumbled upon legislative alchemy. If you refer to government i...

Federal Court Halts Enforcement of Louisiana’s Ban on People Saying “Psychological”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Sarah Harbison, General Counsel sarah@pelicaninstitute.org July...

What They Are Saying

Keeping Louisiana’s Positive Momentum Requires More Reform

Louisiana has real economic wins to celebrate. Major projects in energy, manufacturing, technology, ...

A Tale of Two States

Louisiana has been called many things—New York is not one of them. From climate to culture, and no...

Louisiana Shouldn't Force Groups to Choose Between Speaking Up and Upholding Privacy

Louisiana has a long tradition of loud, messy, public argument. Utility rate cases, pipeline fights,...

Every Cause Has Its Champion—and Maybe a Budget Carve-Out In Louisiana

The Pelican Institute has repeatedly highlighted the drawbacks of Louisiana’s hundreds of stat...

Louisiana's Test Scores Are Rising. So are the Number of Children Still Waiting for a School that Fits.

Louisiana’s public schools have become a national talking point. Two straight rounds of gains on t...

Special Delivery: Drone Technology in Our State

Louisiana is positioning itself as a leader in welcoming new and emerging technologies. From Waymos ...

How Louisiana Became A Key Battleground For Anti-Energy Activism

Task Forces, Studies, and Taxpayer Dollars: Is Louisiana Getting a Return on Investment?

The 2026 Louisiana Legislative Session saw the creation of well over 100 task forces and agency-dire...

The Revenue Stabilization Trust Fund: A Savings Account or a Spending Account?

Louisiana’s reserve funds are designed to protect taxpayers during economic downturns and emergenc...

Star Power: Satellites in Space Boost Connectivity in Louisiana

Louisiana has attacked the digital divide with grit and efficiency. The state’s broadband office, ...

CEI leads free-market Coalition Letter applauding SEC Proposal to End Quarterly Reporting Mandate With Semiannual Option

Louisiana students improve on 2026 LEAP tests, but English scores are flat

America250 Reading Guide

250 Years On: What We Owe This Moment

Raise a glass to freedom, something they can never take away. My favorite song from Hamilton has bee...

AI in Medicine: More Than a Hypothetical

The average American is optimistic about how artificial intelligence (AI) can change healthcare. Any...

Who Decides Who Gets to Be a Lawyer in Louisiana?

For more than four decades, a single private trade association in Chicago, the American Bar Associat...

This Summer, Let's Parent More and Regulate Less

As the mother of a teenager, I understand the temptation. School is out. Schedules are looser. Work ...

Just a Bill? Two Troubling Technology Bills Are Heating Up This Summer

As the temperatures rise, so too does a distinctly anti-innovation, anti-competition sentiment in th...

Pelican's Summer Reading List 2026: For the Beach, the Porch, or Wherever Summer Takes You

Summer offers something that’s often in short supply during the rest of the year: time to thin...

For the Children? Data Center Strengthens Local School District, Community

Richland Parish, Louisiana is not often the subject of national news. This month has been an excepti...

How Many Laws Are Too Many?

A total of 1,259 bills were filed during the 2026 Louisiana Legislative Session, which adjourned on ...

SPECIAL FEATURE: Louisiana’s School Funding Reckoning: Teacher Pay, the MFP, and the Need for a Bigger Conversation

Louisiana’s debate over teacher pay has exposed a deeper problem that policymakers can no longer a...

Real Action on Artificial Intelligence

Last week, the White House released an Executive Order (EO) Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligen...

Louisiana Legislature and Governor Secure Landmark Victory for Worker Freedom

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: marketing@pelicaninstitute.org June 9, 2026 New Law Protects Pu...

A Win for Worker Freedom in Louisiana! SB312 Awaits Gov. Landry’s Signature

A big win for worker freedom in Louisiana! Senate Bill 312, sponsored by Senator Kirk Talbot and Rep...

Artificial Intelligence Takes Hurricane Season by Storm

Hurricane season began this week, on June 1, and stretches through November 30th. For Louisiana, the...

The Data On Data Centers

Data centers have existed for years, with the first modern data storage and computing facility datin...

LPSC Explores New Electricity Options

Louisiana regulators have officially opened the door to one of the most consequential energy policy ...

Gas Gimmicks Won’t Cut Prices

Louisiana families feel fuel prices before politicians finish explaining them. Gasoline is the cost ...

Who Controls Your Electric Bill? Louisiana Voters Are Deciding Right Now.

Missed Connections: How Louisiana is Avoiding them through Responsible Broadband Deployment

The federal Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program (BEAD) began in 2021 and has followed a l...

Louisiana Students Before Pork and Politics

Tax season just ended, and Louisianans likely noticed they kept more of their hard-earned income due...