Economy
Pelican Calls on State Leaders to Implement First Phase of Federal Economic Reopening Guidelines
On Thursday, the federal government released its plan to reopen America’s economy. The Pelican [...]
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First Post-COVID-19 National Jobs Report Gives Evidence on What’s Happening in Louisiana
With a record 6.6 million Americans applying for unemployment over the last month, doubling the previous [...]
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Last Pre-COVID-19 Louisiana Jobs Report Proves Need for Reforms
While the conversations around the health and economic impacts of COVID-19 were dominating news cycles, [...]
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Louisiana’s Economy Was Struggling Before Latest Shocks
While this week’s newly released report from the Bureau of Labor Statisticsr on states’ unemployment [...]
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Policy Brief: Debunking the government’s pro-Medicaid report
Why expanding Louisiana’s program to able-bodied adults hurts the economy By Chris Jacobs, Senior Fellow [...]
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Restoring the Right to Earn a Living
In Restoring the Right to Earn a Living: A Common-Sense Solution to Occupational Licensing Job Barriers, [...]
Read moreVoices For and Against
Interview excerpts regarding the Gulf drilling moratorium In the process of covering the array of [...]
Read more“Let Us Go Back to Work!”
On Wednesday 11,000 people gathered in Lafayette to send a resounding message to Washington. The Rally [...]
Read moreNew Study Demonstrates Severity of Moratorium Impact
Author estimates economic after-effects could be worse than that of the oil spill On Monday in New [...]
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