The Cost of Elections, Pt. 2

By Editor

11/04/2011

Part 2 in Jeremy Alford's series on Louisiana campaign finance, including how much each candidate paid for each vote.

TAGS: Campaign Finance, Dr. Pearson Cross, Gov. Bobby Jindal, Jason Herbert, Jim Donelon, Louisiana Ethics Administration, Moon Griffon

Watchdog Group Files Complaint Over Mysterious Landrieu Donation

By Robert Flanagan

11/24/2009

The watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington has filed a complaint with the FEC over a $25,300 donation by Senator Mary Landrieu’s campaign to the U.S. Treasury. CREW executive director Melanie Sloan argues, “We all know politicians don’t give up campaign contributions – much less $25,000 – without a very good reason....

TAGS: Campaign Finance, CREW, Mary Landrieu

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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