Posted by Robert Ross on July 11, 2011Department of Energy Grants LSU $1 Million to Research Geothermal EnergyThe Department of Energy has awarded Louisiana State University $997,000 for a project to evaluate the [...]Read more
Posted by Jamison Beuerman on July 11, 2011Cato Scholar Cannon Argues for Necessity of Cutting Medicaid467,000 new enrollees will be added in our state under the new health care law. This will even further [...]Read more
Posted by Kevin Kane on July 8, 2011Louisiana’s Cultural Heritage Not Threatened By Budget CutsThe Louisiana legislature has been criticized for cutting statewide funding for the arts. Pelican [...]Read more
Posted by Jamison Beuerman on July 7, 2011Wall Street Journal Declares 2011 The “Year Of School Choice”Over the span of this year, thirteen states, including Louisiana, have passed school choice legislation, [...]Read more
Posted by Editor on July 7, 2011Commentary: How To End the Debt Ceiling CharadeThe American Conservative has run a commentary from former Pelican Post reporter and editor Fergus [...]Read more
Posted by Robert Ross on June 30, 2011New Study: Higher Tax Burden, New Spending and More Debt Hurts Economic GrowthAmerican Legislative Exchange Council claims that states with lower and falling tax burdens are [...]Read more
Posted by Fergus Hodgson on June 30, 2011Fiscal Watchdog Ranks Louisiana 43rd in Nation for IndebtednessA new state ranking for assets relative to liabilities, released this week, finds Louisiana to be the [...]Read more
Posted by Fergus Hodgson on June 29, 2011The Purple Wave Finds Conflict with New Orleans City PlansMayor Mitch Landrieu has requested limited removal of seniority privileges from consideration in city [...]Read more
Posted by Editor on June 28, 2011Guest Commentary: New York Times Misses the Mark on Shale Gas StoryDon Briggs: It is a simple fact that shale gas resources in the U.S. are real and abundant, and natural [...]Read more