Policy Reports
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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