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Louisiana Taxpayers Cover the Tab for Over 70 Percent of Local Pensions
State lawmakers were not thinking about long term costs when they passed a law back in 1999 that allowed [...]
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Guest 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 moreA First in American History: 2011 Federal Aid Set to Overwhelm State General Funds
2011 is set to be the first year that federal aid becomes the largest component of state revenues. [...]
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Commentary: 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 moreNew Welfare Reform Plan Seeks to Put Recipients to Work
Republican House members introduce the Welfare Reform Act of 2011, which is set to expand the reforms of [...]
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Key Lawmaker Calls for Across-the-Board Pension Reform
Rep. Kevin Pearson (R-Slidell) has proposed an across-the-board increase in pension contributions from [...]
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Vitter Calls for “Life Cycle Cost Analysis” in Infrastructure Projects
Sen. Vitter has introduced new legislation that calls for greater transparency and accountability in the [...]
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Happy Birthday: Jindal Rejects ObamaCare Exchange System on Law’s One Year Anniversary
One year after ObamaCare was signed into law, Gov. Bobby Jindal has stated that Louisiana will not set up [...]
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Obama to Overhaul “No Child Left Behind” and Expand “Race to the Top”
President Obama announced he has no plan to reduce federal education funding, and instead seeks to revise [...]
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