Center for Opportunity Policy
Why Conservatives Are Embracing Criminal Justice Reform
Our neighbors have paved the way: now Louisiana is positioned to engage in a substantive effort to [...]
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Attorneys General Attempt to Stifle Free Speech
The subpoena is an attempt to intimidate Americans for exercising their First Amendment rights. While the [...]
Read moreLouisiana’s Expanding Reentry Efforts Promise Cost Savings and Safer Communities
In Louisiana, Reentry Courts make use of the innovative reentry program at the Louisiana State [...]
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SCOTUS Stays Clean Power Plan
The Clean Power Plan could cause electricity prices to increase around 15 percent a year on average, and [...]
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Louisiana Need Not Rush Implementation of EPA Rule
According to the plan, Louisiana will have to lower its carbon dioxide emissions by nearly 30 percent of [...]
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Louisiana Ranked 18th Among U.S. States in Economic Freedom
A December report by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian think tank, Economic [...]
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Louisianans Overwhelmingly Support Criminal Justice Reforms According to Recent Poll
The poll indicates there is broad support for reforms that would save taxpayer money and prioritize [...]
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New Study: EPA Regulations to Increase Louisiana Electricity Prices by 22 Percent
Today the Pelican Institute for Public Policy is releasing a new study by economists at the Beacon Hill [...]
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Before the Flood: Reducing Louisiana’s Vulnerability to Severe Weather Through Market-Based Insurance Reforms
Louisiana's unique coastal vulnerabilities will require the state to pursue sensible free-market reforms [...]
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