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Is The Gas Tax Working?
The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Tax Structure is continuing its study of Louisiana’s tax [...]
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Louisiana’s Economic Situation: November 2022
Key Point: Louisiana’s labor market looks okay with a 3.3% unemployment rate but the labor force has [...]
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The Influencers Are Wrong: Education Matters
As the parent of a young teen, constantly trying to instill in him the value of an education and helping [...]
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Money Money Money
Money is always a problem for state governments. Too little of it makes it challenging to meet the [...]
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Mythbuster Report: School Choice Doesn’t Harm Public Schools
This week another study was released on a state school choice program – this time, Ohio’s “EdChoice” [...]
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Despite Reforms, Louisiana Still the Most Licensed State in the Nation
Occupational licensing is a government permission slip that is required to work in specific jobs. All [...]
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Sneaky, Sneaky, Sneaky
The Journalism Competition Preservation Act (JCPA) won’t go away. Now, there are reports that some are [...]
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New Crime Report and Improved Justice Rating
This week the Pelican Institute for Public Policy released a report of crime data in Louisiana, adding [...]
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Louisiana: Judicial Hellhole
December’s arrival means that it is time to take stock of the year that was. “Best of” and “Worst of” [...]
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