Labor
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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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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Commentary: Appeasement of Unions, Special Interests Leading States into Bankruptcy
As long as this vicious cycle is in place, unions will continue to receive favorable legislation which [...]
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Commentary: California Remains on Course for Economic Disaster
It does not take an economist to explain how union and bureaucrat-backed pension plans are killing California.
Read moreEducation Leaders Stunned by “Race to the Top” Outcome
Louisiana’s “inexplicable” failure to make top 12 raises questions about Obama administration’s [...]
Read moreCommentary: Obama’s Renewed Commitment to Card Check a Cause for Alarm
The President has been busy catering to his union allies, even to the point of soliciting them for [...]
Read moreCommentary: New Jersey’s Christie Provides Template for Reducing State Expenditures
Given our state’s looming budget deficit budget deficit and recent blows to the oil and shipping [...]
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