Posted by Jamison Beuerman on February 24, 2011Commentary: Louisiana Union Rally a Misguided Show of Solidarity"Not only do public-sector unions hamper the effectiveness of government and the efficiency of business, [...]Read more
Posted by Fergus Hodgson on February 4, 2011Lawsuits “Drinking from the Taxpayer Trough”LLAW, a legal watchdog group, has released a report on Louisiana's "broken legal system." The new [...]Read more
Posted by Fergus Hodgson on February 1, 2011Research: Louisiana’s Fiscal Albatross, The Coming Public Pension CrisisPelican Institute Report: taxpayers on the hook for billions of dollars in unfunded liabilities. Despite [...]Read more
Posted by Fergus Hodgson on January 19, 2011Louisiana’s Digital Tax Credit DeconstructedThis past week Elliott Adams of Louisiana’s Economic Development Department presented the state’s digital [...]Read more
Posted by Fergus Hodgson on December 9, 2010Transfer Process for New Orleans Schools ApprovedAfter 13 hours of stormy debate, Recovery School District schools may now petition for a new governing [...]Read more
Posted by Fergus Hodgson on December 6, 2010Louisiana’s Higher Education System Not Making the GradeA new report claims that more than one third of Louisiana’s higher education funds are wasted on [...]Read more
Posted by Fergus Hodgson on November 8, 2010New Approach to Education Spending Makes InroadsStudent-based budgeting could incentivize Louisiana schools to make better use of their dollars BATON [...]Read more
Posted by Fergus Hodgson on October 28, 2010What Now for Energy and the Gulf?LSU hosts industry leaders for insights on the post-spill situation BATON ROUGE – On Tuesday, amidst the [...]Read more
Posted by Fergus Hodgson on August 20, 2010Questions Remain Over Approach to Eliminating Government WorkersUnclear whether bill intended to reduce number of state employees will have significant impact Baton [...]Read more