Tax & Budget

Louisiana’s 2023 Regular Legislative Session ended on June 8th with a bang. Amid much arguing and a lot [...]

$250,000 for marching band uniforms? $50,000 to cut grass? $125,000 to repair a historic barn? These are [...]

There’s much discussion in Baton Rouge about how to best allocate scarce taxpayer money that’s [...]

You may have heard that the state of Louisiana is facing a “fiscal cliff” and this is why the Legislature [...]

The Louisiana legislature is debating our state’s budget — how much to spend, how much to save, and [...]

It’s like clockwork. Every time lawmakers in Baton Rouge start down the path of providing tax relief to [...]

Over the last few years, there has been a much larger influx of taxpayer revenues than usual. Since [...]

Recently, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) released its 16th edition of the annual report [...]

The Pelican Institute is proud to partner with a coalition of groups that are joining together to call [...]