Karen Carter Peterson
Obama Health Care Exchange: Not the Answer for Louisiana
Last week the Louisiana Budget Project (LBP) published a response to our critique of the health insurance [...]
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A Work in Progress
Gov. Bobby Jindal’s proposals to boost employee contributions, alter benefit calculations and increase [...]
Read moreJindal’s Call for Increased Pension Contributions Could Alleviate Future Budget Woes
Lawmakers in both parties have been critical of Gov. Bobby Jindal's proposal to increase state employee [...]
Read moreJindal’s Prison Privatization Proposal Must be Properly Structured, But Can Generate Savings, Spokesman Says
Corrections System the Second-Fastest Growing Part of State Budgets By Kevin Mooney While some high [...]
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Commentary: Jindal’s Prison Sale Proposal Highlights Issue of Criminal Justice Reform
State corrections systems, like most governmental services, have rapidly expanded over recent years in [...]
Read moreCommentary: Weak Case for Individual Mandate Highlighted by HB1474 Hearing
Last week at the State Capitol, Rep. Kirk Talbot’s HB1474 received a brief hearing in the Senate [...]
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