Before the Flood: Reducing Louisiana’s Vulnerability to Severe Weather Through Market-Based Insurance Reforms

By Margaret Viator

02/05/2015

Louisiana's unique coastal vulnerabilities will require the state to pursue sensible free-market reforms to its insurance markets and built environment to avoid catastrophic costs in the decades ahead.

TAGS: Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp., National Flood Insurance Program, property insurance, RESTORE Act

Pelican Institute-R Street Report Calls for Careful Oversight of RESTORE Act

By Margaret Viator

11/19/2013

Louisiana faces real vulnerabilities and cannot afford to see funds misused on projects that do not advance the act's goals. This opportunity to accomplish something good out of the BP disaster should not be squandered.

TAGS: BP oil spill, coastal restoration, Daniel Rothschild, Deepwater Horizon, environment, Louisiana, R Street Institute, RESTORE Act, Scalise

School Board Spending Transparency

HB38 by Representative Rick Edmonds brings sunlight to local school district spending by adding many school districts to the Louisiana Fiscal Transparency Website, LouisianaCheckbook.com, and requiring other smaller entities to post enhanced transparency on their websites. It is modeled after both Louisiana Checkbook and an existing project by the Lafayette Parish School Board to post...

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