WHO WE ARE
OUR AGENDA
By advocating for free-market strategies and a diverse energy portfolio, Louisiana can ensure affordable, abundant energy for its people while fostering economic growth and energy independence.
Our agenda focuses on six key policy areas, each addressing specific challenges and offering targeted solutions:
- Promote Market Competition and Consumer Choice
- Remove Unnecessary Government Barriers
- Streamline Permitting Processes
- Reduce Litigation and Regulatory Uncertainty
- Ensure a Competitive Tax Structure
- Encourage Infrastructure and Innovation
Policy Reports
Strings Attached: How Federal Funding Affects State and Local Policies
Change—some of it much-needed—is coming in the relationship between federal and state governments. [...]
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New Research: Louisiana Ranks 50th Nationwide in Social Mobility, Numerous Reform Opportunities Exist
Authored by Louisiana resident and chief economist at the Archbridge Institute, new report [...]
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The Economics of Transmission Monopoly- ROFR Laws and their Price Impact
The Pelican Institute is excited to announce a second updated report on the economic effects of [...]
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New Report: Deregulate Louisiana to Drive Opportunity and Economic Growth
Louisianans face multiple legal and regulatory barriers to starting and running a business and [...]
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Introducing The Future of Justice: A Conservative Vision to Enhance Public Safety in Louisiana
Public safety remains a top concern for Louisiana residents, surpassing even economic issues in [...]
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Introducing the Citizens’ Guide to the FY 25 Louisiana Budget
We are thrilled to launch the Citizens’ Guide to the FY 25 Louisiana Budget, a resource [...]
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The Economic Impacts of Right of First Refusal (ROFR) Legislation
In the rapidly evolving landscape of electricity transmission in the United States, efficiency and [...]
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Pelican Institute Releases Fiscal Reform to Write Louisiana’s Comeback
The Pelican Institute has introduced a bold new fiscal reform plan aimed at revitalizing [...]
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Pelican Institute Releases AI Toolkit
New questions surrounding artificial intelligence emerge daily: What is AI? Should states be [...]
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Consumer-Focused Property Insurance Reform: Lessons Learned from Florida
After a series of storms devastated Louisiana in 2020 and 2021, many insurance providers fled the [...]
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How Integration of Workforce and Social Services Can Lift Louisiana’s People From Poverty to Opportunity
Louisiana boasts five of the fifteen busiest United States ports, affordable land, plentiful [...]
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Louisiana’s 2024-2025 Responsible Budget
The report to achieve Louisiana’s 2024-2025 Responsible Budget presents solutions to rein in the [...]
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Citizens’ Guide to the FY24 Louisiana Budget
The Citizen’s Guide to the FY 24 Louisiana Budget offers an overview and history of Louisiana’s [...]
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Louisiana Course Choice Report
Louisiana has a 10-year old Course Choice program that gives students access to courses beyond [...]
Read moreA Tax Plan for Our Brighter Future
A Tax Plan for Our Brighter Future paper-digital In Louisiana’s Comeback: A Tax Reform for Our [...]
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Antitrust & Enforcement: Letting Markets Work without Empowering Government
In their report “Antitrust & Enforcement: Letting Markets Work without Empowering Government,” [...]
Read moreLouisiana Needs a Responsible Budget
Published April 2023. The recipe for economic freedom has fewer key ingredients than you might [...]
Read moreCitizen’s Guide to the Louisiana Budget
The Pelican Institute’s Citizen’s Guide to the Louisiana Budget offers an overview and brief [...]
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Louisiana’s Comeback Agenda
It’s time to write Louisiana’s comeback story. For too long, poor public policy decisions have [...]
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Crime In Louisiana: Analyzing the Data
This year, disturbing reports of increased crime have dominated the news, both in Louisiana and [...]
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The Proposed Freeport McMoran Settlement: Ineffective by Design
The proposed settlement is heralded by some as a major victory, supposedly securing $100 million [...]
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Regulatory Sandboxes: Where Innovation Happens
Regulatory sandboxes are a novel way to govern innovative companies, allowing them to test their [...]
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A Principled Pathway to a Model Louisiana Constitution
Constitutional reform in Louisiana can provide a pathway to a state government that fosters [...]
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Environmental Credits: Do They Live Up To Their Promises?
Over the last decade, coastal Louisiana parishes have filed a total of 42 lawsuits against more [...]
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Louisiana Education Dashboard
Understanding the data is extremely important in evaluating trends associated with, and the [...]
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When The Entrepreneurs Go Marching Out
How Licensing Holds Back the Pelican State Occupational licenses function as a government [...]
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The Proper Role For States In Antitrust Lawsuits
As courts, Congress, the Department of Justice, and the Federal Trade Commission consider [...]
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An Outlier in Civil Forfeiture
Civil Asset Forfeiture Imagine a world in which you are driving home from work only to be stopped [...]
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Tech Policy Toolkit
The technology sector is playing an increasing role in our day-to-day lives as consumers, and it’s [...]
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School Board Spending Transparency
HB38 by Representative Rick Edmonds brings sunlight to local school district spending by adding [...]
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REPORT: The State of Broadband in Louisiana and Mississippi
As COVID-19 continues to affect much of the world, people’s daily activities have shifted online. [...]
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Memo: Information about the Freeport/Mosaic Settlement Agreement
Background about the settlement agreement Over the last decade, coastal Louisiana parishes have [...]
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Uncovering the Grade: A look into Louisiana’s school accountability system
Accountability is the bedrock of all education reforms in the United States. Testing and [...]
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Drones in Louisiana: Helping the Pelican State Take Flight
The Louisiana economy is struggling, with 155,000 missing jobs in the state since the start of 2020 [...]
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[REPORT] Medicine in a Digital World
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed many paradigms of daily life. While the necessary adjustments [...]
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Sandboxes will Bring Innovation to Louisiana
Sandboxes are alternative regulatory frameworks for companies with innovative products or business [...]
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Reforming Medicaid in Louisiana
Medicaid enrollment in Louisiana has exceeded initial projections — As of November, 2017, [...]
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Improving Louisiana’s Business Climate
Louisiana’s business climate consistently ranks among the worst in the nation. The state’s heavy [...]
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Reforming the Legal & Regulatory System in Louisiana
Louisiana’s current legal and regulatory environment stifles opportunities for job seekers [...]
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Restoring the Right to Earn a Living: A Common-Sense Solution to Occupational Licensing Job Barriers
Louisiana has a problem — a licensing problem. Louisiana has some of the most onerous and [...]
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The Cost of Lawsuit Abuse: An Economic Analysis of Louisiana’s Coastal Litigation
Louisiana has a serious litigation problem when it comes to the state’s economic growth. [...]
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Reforming Criminal Justice in Louisiana
Louisiana’s long history as the most incarcerated state in America has not served its citizens [...]
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A Quality Education for Every Louisiana Resident
Louisiana cannot have a bright economic future without a workforce equipped with the skills and [...]
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Reforming Local Government in Louisiana
Many lawmakers have spent the past several years trying to convince the citizens of Louisiana that [...]
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Budget Reform: A Jobs and Opportunity Agenda for Louisiana
September 2020 Over the past several years, Louisiana has lurched from budget crisis to budget [...]
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Using Tolling and Public-Private Partnerships to Fund/Finance Louisiana’s Roadways
Building and maintaining a quality roadway network is critical to the movement of people, goods and [...]
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Citizen’s Guide to Education
It’s no secret that Louisiana is struggling to provide a quality education for its students. [...]
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Mens Rea in Louisiana
One of the most powerful functions government can exercise is holding someone criminally [...]
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Energy Investments Under Threat: How One ALJ Ruling Could Undermine Jobs, Growth, and Legal Precedent
Whether it’s in Washington, D.C., or right here in Louisiana, the depth and power of the regulatory [...]
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