Center for Opportunity Policy
Louisiana Locks Up More Nonviolent Offenders Than Neighboring States Without Achieving Lower Crime Rates
State incarcerates violent offenders at a rate similar to other states in the South, while incarcerating [...]
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How Louisiana’s Occupational Licensing Requirements Reduce Opportunity and Prosperity
The burden of attaining an occupational license makes it harder for job seekers to enter the workplace. [...]
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U.S. Senators Against Free Speech
While reasonable people can disagree on many important issues, we all benefit from a lively public square [...]
Read moreHow Justice Reinvestment Can Benefit Louisiana
To free up funds, states pass measures that focus their prison beds on serious violent offenders, and [...]
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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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