Center for Opportunity Policy
Pelican Responds to Gov. Edwards’ Extension of Statewide Stay-At-Home Order
Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced he is extending Louisiana’s statewide stay-at-home order to [...]
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Path Needed to Get Louisiana Working
by Daniel Erspamer, CEO of the Pelican Institute Throughout our shared history, Americans – and [...]
Read morePelican Calls on State Leaders to Implement First Phase of Federal Economic Reopening Guidelines
On Thursday, the federal government released its plan to reopen America’s economy. The Pelican [...]
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Louisiana’s 2019 GDP Ranked Among The Worst in Nation
As economic news continues to focus on the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bureau of Economic [...]
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First Post-COVID-19 National Jobs Report Gives Evidence on What’s Happening in Louisiana
With a record 6.6 million Americans applying for unemployment over the last month, doubling the previous [...]
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Last Pre-COVID-19 Louisiana Jobs Report Proves Need for Reforms
While the conversations around the health and economic impacts of COVID-19 were dominating news cycles, [...]
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Louisiana’s Economy Was Struggling Before Latest Shocks
While this week’s newly released report from the Bureau of Labor Statisticsr on states’ unemployment [...]
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Thoughts on Legislative Session Pause Over COVID-19
Today, the Louisiana State Legislature voted to pause the current legislative session over the continued [...]
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Military Families Face Obstacles to Work in Louisiana
Military families relocating to Louisiana are facing needless obstacles to work due to government red [...]
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