Rural Louisiana’s High-Speed Internet Grant Rescinded

By Robert Ross

11/07/2011

A grant meant to spread broadband internet to rural Louisiana has been rescinded on the grounds that it would crowd out private businesses.

TAGS: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Cato Institute, Jim Harper, Jim Purcell, Louisiana Board of Regents, Paul Rainwater, Sen. Mary Landrieu, U.S. Department of Commerce

House Pledges Billions for Jobs…Again

By Robert Flanagan

12/30/2009

On December 16th, 2009, the House of Representatives narrowly passed a $174 billion piece of legislation intended to boost employment. It provides roughly $50 billion for public works projects and another $50 billion for state and local governments. According to the New York Times, the measure included a “mix of money for highway, transit and...

TAGS: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Stimulus

A Tax Plan for Our Brighter Future

A Tax Plan for Our Brighter Future paper-digital In Louisiana’s Comeback: A Tax Reform for Our Brighter Future, the Pelican Institute identifies the state’s significant tax problems and proposes a path to set the state in a brighter direction, including flattening the personal and corporate income taxes to 3.5% rates, reducing the number of tax preferences, eliminating...

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