Tax & Budget
Budget Surplus For Now, Not Forever
On October 21st, the Joint House and Senate Committee that oversees the Louisiana government budget had [...]
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Pelican Institute: Louisiana Economic Report October 2022
Louisiana Economic Situation October 2022 Key Point: Louisiana’s labor market looks okay on the surface [...]
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Taking Steps Toward Tax Reform
Louisiana has a highly complex system of personal income tax. Our system includes too many complicated [...]
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The Ginn Economic Brief: U.S. Economic Situation—October 2022
Top Stat: Average hourly earnings (inflation-adjusted) down about 3.0% year-over-year Key Point: The [...]
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Talking Taxes With Tommy Tucker
As the conversation heats up in advance of next year’s legislative session (and statewide elections) [...]
Read moreTax Reform: The Conversation We Need to Have
One of our core beliefs at the Pelican Institute is that a free market leads to greater flourishing and [...]
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Tax Reform Will Bring Opportunity Home
Louisiana has been plagued with demographic woes for years. In 2021, Louisiana ranked fifth in the nation [...]
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Tax Reform Continues
The big theme of the 2021 legislative session was Tax Reform. Voters kicked off the journey to reform by [...]
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Mississippi Moves Forward with Tax Reform
by Brett Kittredge, Empower Mississippi This week, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed the largest tax [...]
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