Posted by Jamison Beuerman on April 1, 2011Commentary: Louisiana Becomes Ninth State To Request Health Care Waiver"With the addition of Louisiana, nine states have now requested an exemption from this particular [...]Read more
Posted by Jamison Beuerman on April 1, 2011Commentary: Congress Poised to Reauthorize Wildly Successful DC Voucher Program"The DC OSP has accomplished what few educational interventions can claim: It markedly improved important [...]Read more
Posted by Robert Ross on March 30, 2011U.S. Property Rights Protections Decline for Third Straight YearAn international comparative study that measures the protection of physical and intellectual property [...]Read more
Posted by Kevin Mooney on March 30, 2011Louisiana Taxpayers Cover the Tab for Over 70 Percent of Local PensionsState lawmakers were not thinking about long term costs when they passed a law back in 1999 that allowed [...]Read more
Posted by Editor on March 30, 2011Guest Commentary: Elections matter – GOP redistricting grand slam in offing?Soon Louisiana redistricting will reveal the state's power players, and they will work to the advantage [...]Read more
Posted by Fergus Hodgson on March 29, 2011A First in American History: 2011 Federal Aid Set to Overwhelm State General Funds2011 is set to be the first year that federal aid becomes the largest component of state revenues. [...]Read more
Posted by Jamison Beuerman on March 28, 2011Commentary: Cassidy, Fleming, Boustany Sound Off On One Year Anniversary Of ObamaCare’s Passage"Republicans are working to 'replace [Obamacare] with legislation which will expand access to affordable, [...]Read more
Posted by Robert Ross on March 25, 2011New Welfare Reform Plan Seeks to Put Recipients to WorkRepublican House members introduce the Welfare Reform Act of 2011, which is set to expand the reforms of [...]Read more
Posted by Kevin Mooney on March 24, 2011Key Lawmaker Calls for Across-the-Board Pension ReformRep. Kevin Pearson (R-Slidell) has proposed an across-the-board increase in pension contributions from [...]Read more