Rural Louisiana’s High-Speed Internet Grant Rescinded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A grant meant to spread broadband internet to rural Louisiana has been rescinded on the grounds that it would crowd out private businesses.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

Legislators Attack Jindal’s Plan to Privatize Prisons

By Robert Ross

04/05/2011

Governor Jindal's plan to privatize three state prisons has received criticism from legislators who believe the move is shortsighted, while a study suggests that policies seeking to send more lawbreakers to prison is the cause of Louisiana's overcrowding problem.

TAGS: Adam Gelb, American Civil Liberties Union, Bobby Jindal, Forest Thigpen, Mississippi Center for Public Policy, Mississippi Department of Corrections, Page Cortez, Patrick Williams, Paul Rainwater, Pew Center on the States, Private Prisons

Fiscal Watchdog Hammers Louisiana’s Finances

By Fergus Hodgson

01/12/2011

NEW ORLEANS, La. – The Institute for Truth in Accounting has released a damning “Financial State of the State” report on Louisiana’s “antiquated” accounting methods and “precarious” fiscal status.

TAGS: Institute for Truth in Accounting, Paul Rainwater, Sheila Weinberg

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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