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Policy Reports
Pelican Institute Releases AI Toolkit
New questions surrounding artificial intelligence emerge daily: What is AI? Should states be [...]
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Antitrust & Enforcement: Letting Markets Work without Empowering Government
In their report “Antitrust & Enforcement: Letting Markets Work without Empowering Government,” [...]
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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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Regulatory Sandboxes: Where Innovation Happens
Regulatory sandboxes are a novel way to govern innovative companies, allowing them to test their [...]
Read moreTech 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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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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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 [...]
Read more[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 [...]
Read moreNews & Media
Run the Numbers: What Can Data Tell Us About AI?
The conversation around artificial intelligence (AI) has quickly become a testing ground for [...]
Read moreCourting Disaster: What Do New Social Media Rulings Mean for the Future of Free Speech and American Innovation?
Last week, juries in New Mexico and California reached verdicts against Meta and YouTube of $375 [...]
Read moreA Foundation to Build Upon: White House Releases a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence
Last Friday, the White House released a National Policy Framework for Artificial [...]
Read moreLouisiana AI Legislative Update
The Louisiana Regular Legislative Session convened on March 9th. Lawmakers introduced more than 20 [...]
Read moreHaven’t We Been Here Before?
Last week, the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce advanced several bills, three of which [...]
Read moreFor Whom Are the Data Centers?
Amazon announced their plans to build two large-scale data centers in Caddo and Bossier Parish last [...]
Read moreMany Algorithms Make Light Work: AI Literacy for the Workforce
The infrastructure of the United States is adjusting to the realities of artificial intelligence [...]
Read moreEarth to Government: When Red Tape Sends Innovation to the Final Frontier
Elon Musk thinks he might have a solution to the ongoing clash between red tape and innovation: [...]
Read moreWhen a Landmark Trial Misses the Mark
Social media use among young people is widespread, but so too are accounts of depression, anxiety, [...]
Read moreWhen Complacency is Not an Option: Federal Preemption in the Face of a Growing Patchwork
The Wall Street Journal reported last week that record-breaking valuations of billions of dollars [...]
Read moreGotta Know When to Fold ‘Em: the FTC Resumes Its Antitrust Aggression
Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) appealed a federal court ruling that Meta antitrust [...]
Read moreNew Year, Same Story: Age Verification Measures Distract from Sustainable Solutions
It didn’t take a crystal ball to guess that 2025 would bring a rush of age verification [...]
Read moreThe Lab and the Law: As AI Offers Medical Breakthroughs, Regulation Threatens to Stop the Progress
Advancements in medicine, driven by artificial intelligence (AI), have achieved previously [...]
Read moreUp to Data (Centers): What’s Ahead for Data Centers, Technology, and Energy in Louisiana
In 2025, Louisiana cemented itself as an up-and-coming force in the tech industry. From leading the [...]
Read moreWe’ve Got Talent: Encouraging the Innovators and Students of Our Nation Towards Excellence
The United States is home to some of the most genius innovators and groundbreaking technologies of [...]
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