Tax & Budget
House Poised to Attack Pension Liabilities with Alternative to Jindal Plan
As an alternative to the pension reform legislation favored by Gov. Bobby Jindal, the House Committee on [...]
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Lawmaker Foresees “All Out War” on State Spending with House Resolution
Louisiana's House of Representatives voted to pass Rep. Brett Geymann's Resolution 27 on Monday, which is [...]
Read moreUpdate: Debt Relief Amendment Sails Through Committee
North Dakota Senator Curtis Olafson (R - Edinburg), who flew in to testify as national spokesman, was met [...]
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Guest Commentary: Louisiana Income Tax Repeals Practical and Desirable in Near Term
Sadow: "With little disruption Louisiana could wipe out its corporate income tax in a little over a [...]
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Nation’s Incarceration Leader Seeks to Fight Crime While Saving Dollars
Louisiana’s stand as the nation’s leader for incarceration is the target of five new bills from the [...]
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B.R. Advocate Letter: The Fallacy of an “Ultraconservative Orthodoxy” in Louisiana
Kevin Kane: The B.R. Advocate's Lenny Keller has described the Louisiana legislature as ultraconservative [...]
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WDSU Highlights LouisianaSunshine.org: “State Workers Make Lots in Overtime”
The Pelican Institute's transparency site is shining light on generous overtime pay for state employees, [...]
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Guest Commentary: Cutting Tax Breaks Means Higher Prices
Don Briggs weighs in on the debate at the federal level. His view: burdening suppliers will do anything [...]
Read moreCommentary: Police Pension Funds Blown on Bad Investments, Taxpayers Stuck With Bill
MPERS gambled with public money, and lost. If this were a private company, these disastrous mistakes [...]
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