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States Lack of Strict Budgetary Requirements Increases Budget Shortfalls
Stronger balanced budget amendments safeguard against shortfalls By Phillip Suderman As states complete [...]
Read moreLouisiana’s Higher Education System Not Making the Grade
A new report claims that more than one third of Louisiana’s higher education funds are wasted on [...]
Read moreShining the Light of Transparency
Introducing a new home for government accountability The Sunshine Standard, a new website, espouses the [...]
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Economic Survival Team “Severely Disappointed” with Salazar Meeting
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Michael Bromwich failed to win the hearts of Louisiana’s Gulf Economic [...]
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Uncertainty Permeates Hearing on Gulf Oil and Gas Leases
Environmental impact statement set to delay all auctions until 2012 NEW ORLEANS, La. – The Interior [...]
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Commentary: Louisiana Education Budget Cuts Highlights Need for Vouchers
Voucher programs not only provide students with access to better schools of their choosing, but cost as [...]
Read moreMedicaid Expenses Drain State Coffers
Mercatus study identifies expansion of eligibility By Phillip Suderman The most contested and popular [...]
Read moreConstitutionality of $200 Billion “Backroom Tobacco Deal” Challenged
Two Louisianians bring lawsuit to Supreme Court against government-tobacco cartel NEW ORLEANS, La. – The [...]
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Commentary: Appeasement of Unions, Special Interests Leading States into Bankruptcy
As long as this vicious cycle is in place, unions will continue to receive favorable legislation which [...]
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