Posted by Ellen Carmichael on May 10, 2017Prominent Louisiana Business Leaders Push for Criminal Justice ReformToday, Smart on Crime Louisiana, Right On Crime, and the Pelican Institute for Public Policy released a [...]Read more
Posted by Ellen Carmichael on May 4, 2017Border Adjustment Tax Bad For Louisiana According to StudyThe Pelican Institute and R Street Institute conducted a study into how the Border Adjustment Tax would [...]Read more
Posted by Margaret Viator on April 25, 2017Killing the Commercial Activity Tax Right Decision for LouisianaThe Pelican Institute joined with our partners at The Buckeye Institute’s Economic Research Center to [...]Read more
Posted by Ellen Carmichael on January 23, 2017Louisiana Smart On Crime’s Justice Reinvestment FactsheetThis year we have a critical opportunity to advance criminal justice reform in Louisiana. In that effort, [...]Read more
Posted by Margaret Viator on October 31, 2016Remembering Kevin Kane, Founder of The Pelican InstituteKevin Kane founded The Pelican Institute in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. He guided it successfully [...]Read more
Posted by on September 14, 2016Louisiana Tailgating May Cost More This SeasonWhen you head to the store to load up on supplies for tailgating this weekend, you will probably find [...]Read more
Posted by Ben Kilpatrick on August 26, 2016Louisiana Locks Up More Nonviolent Offenders Than Neighboring States Without Achieving Lower Crime RatesState incarcerates violent offenders at a rate similar to other states in the South, while incarcerating [...]Read more
Posted by on August 22, 2016The Importance of National Employee Freedom WeekThe mission of NEFW is to inform government workers about their options for obtaining more freedom and [...]Read more
Posted by on August 2, 2016How Louisiana’s Occupational Licensing Requirements Reduce Opportunity and ProsperityThe burden of attaining an occupational license makes it harder for job seekers to enter the workplace. [...]Read more