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
Posted by Jamison Beuerman on July 6, 2010Commentary: Teachers’ Union Rhetoric Distorts Benefits of New Education Law"The LTF is insinuating that [HB 1368] will allow BESE to make arbitrary policy decisions against the [...]Read more
Posted by Jennifer Moreale on March 6, 2010Proposed High-Speed Rail No Bargain for LouisianaA feasibility study by Burk-Kleinpeter Inc. and HDR Engineering emphasizes the economic and social [...]Read more
