One in Five Louisianans Live Below The Poverty Line

By Robert Ross

09/22/2011

21.6 percent of Louisianans are living in poverty, the second highest in the country, while the average household income has decreased 13% since 2009.

TAGS: Cato Institute, Dan MItchell, Heritage Foundation, National Academy of Sciences, Poverty Rate, Trudi Renwick, U.S. Census Bureau, War On Poverty

Equal Pay for Women Act Brings Battle of the Sexes to Life in Louisiana

By Robert Ross

04/28/2011

Rep. Norton has reintroduced the Equal Pay for Women Act, which would give the state power to correct and eliminate discriminatory wage practices based on sex for "comparable" work. However, various academics claim that the the male-female wage gap has little to do with discrimination, and more so with job preferences.

TAGS: Barbara Norton, Department of Labor, Equal Pay Act, Equal Pay Act of 1963, Equal Pay for Women Act, James Chung, Mimi Schippers, Reach Advisors, Romina Boccia, U.S. Census Bureau, Walter Block

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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