Tax & Budget
Report Confirms Budget Reform Desperately Needed in Louisiana
By Chris Jacobs The recent news that Louisiana ran a budget surplus of at least $300 million during the [...]
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It’s Decision Time: Maintain the Status Quo or Forge a New Path to Jobs and Opportunity
As of July 1, taxpayers in Louisiana will be paying more than $800 million in additional state taxes than [...]
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Pelican Institute Urges State Lawmakers To Forge New Economic Future in Third Special Session
NEW ORLEANS, La. (June 18, 2018) — The following is a statement from Daniel Erspamer, chief executive [...]
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Study: Proposed Tax Increases Would Kill Jobs, Decrease GDP
Lawmakers in Baton Rouge continue to debate solutions to the so-called “Fiscal Cliff.” The Governor and [...]
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Pelican Institute Statement on February Special Session
Governor Edwards has called the legislature into special session starting February 19 to address the [...]
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Don’t Believe the Hype: Resist the February Special Session
As Louisiana lawmakers continue to debate how to solve the so-called “Fiscal Cliff” (to get [...]
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Citizen’s Guide to the Louisiana Fiscal Cliff
As the state faces down a looming budget gap, there will be a number of proposals on the table. But, what [...]
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Louisiana Pols Don’t Need More Of Your Money – They Need To Keep Their Promises
In Pelican Institute CEO Daniel Erspamer’s latest column in The Hayride, he lays out what’s at stake in [...]
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Pelican Institute Statement on Governor’s “Fiscal Cliff” Proposal Outline
The Pelican Institute applauds Governor John Bel Edwards for releasing a broad outline of his proposal to [...]
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