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BEAD the Call: What the First Four Years of BEAD can Teach Us
The Broadband Equity Access and Deployment program (BEAD) has followed a long and winding road since its [...]
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Congress Must Act: Preempt State AI Patchwork to Fuel America’s—and Louisiana’s—Innovation Fire
As the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) barrels toward a December showdown, House Republicans, [...]
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3 Things to Know About the Lawsuit Challenging Louisiana’s Act 409
1. What Is Louisiana’s Act 409 (“Charlie’s Law”)? Everyone can agree that child safety matters—especially [...]
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Age Verification Comes for Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) has long been treated as a convenient backdrop for apocalypse scenarios. [...]
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Liberty v. the Leviathan: Senator Kennedy Champions Financial Freedom with the STREAMLINE Act
For over half a century, American banks and credit unions have operated under financial reporting [...]
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Louisiana’s Tax Competitiveness Problem
The Tax Foundation’s recently released 2026 State Tax Competitiveness Index ranks Louisiana 31st in the [...]
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Unlocking Opportunity – How Pelican Institute Brought “One Door” to Louisiana
The Vision – From Dependence to Dignity In 2021, the Pelican Institute for Public Policy launched the [...]
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What Isn’t a Charter School?
Let’s imagine you have an important job to do. Some reasonable people consider it the most important [...]
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Restoring the Ties that Bind: America Needs Strong Civil Society
At the core of all America’s great progress and achievements lies civil society, a fundamental yet often [...]
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