jobs and opportunity
Path Needed to Get Louisiana Working
by Daniel Erspamer, CEO of the Pelican Institute Throughout our shared history, Americans – and [...]
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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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Louisiana’s 2019 GDP Ranked Among The Worst in Nation
As economic news continues to focus on the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bureau of Economic [...]
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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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Thoughts on Legislative Session Pause Over COVID-19
Today, the Louisiana State Legislature voted to pause the current legislative session over the continued [...]
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Louisiana’s 2019 Unemployment Was Not Pretty
If you’ve been paying attention to our posts on the Louisiana economy, you shouldn’t be surprised to [...]
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Pelican Senior Fellow Chris Jacobs Featured in Wall Street Journal: Medicaid Expansion has Louisianans Dropping Their Private Plans
The Pelican Institute’s Senior Fellow Chris Jacobs authored a column featured in the Wall Street [...]
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Freedom to Scoot
There is constant news coverage about the newest innovation in transportation. From driverless cars to [...]
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