Tax & Budget
Louisiana Economic Situation October 2022
Key Point: Louisiana’s labor market looks okay on the surface, but the labor force is 16,613 (-0.8%) [...]
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Louisiana’s Taxes Need An Overhaul
Originally published in Center Square Louisiana has many of the right characteristics for families to [...]
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Highest In the Nation: Louisiana’s Sales Tax Needs Reform
The House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee is currently in the process of studying the state’s [...]
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Budget Surplus For Now, Not Forever
On October 21st, the Joint House and Senate Committee that oversees the Louisiana government budget had [...]
Read morePelican 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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