Legislature
What the Legislature Did (and Didn’t Do) on Education
Legislation on crime, taxes, and the state’s budget dominated much of Louisiana’s 2023 Regular Session, [...]
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Helping Louisiana’s Comeback by Eliminating the Corporate Franchise Tax
There’s much discussion in Baton Rouge about how to best allocate scarce taxpayer money that’s [...]
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Louisiana’s Legislature Should Focus on Tax Relief, Not Overblown “Fiscal Cliff”
You may have heard that the state of Louisiana is facing a “fiscal cliff” and this is why the Legislature [...]
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Tax and Budget Reform Must Be Tackled in Tandem
With the state economy struggling and tens of thousands of Louisianans moving out of state, families and [...]
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The Legislature Shouldn’t be Used for Protectionism
Like it or not, prescription drugs – and, importantly, the cost of them – play an ever-increasing role in [...]
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Louisiana School Accountability Needs a Reset
The education policy community in Louisiana has been in a heated debate over the last several months over [...]
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Memo: Information about the Freeport/Mosaic Settlement Agreement
Background about the settlement agreement Over the last decade, coastal Louisiana parishes have filed a [...]
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Report Confirms Budget Reform Desperately Needed in Louisiana
By Chris Jacobs The recent news that Louisiana ran a budget surplus of at least $300 million during the [...]
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SCOTUS Stays Clean Power Plan
The Clean Power Plan could cause electricity prices to increase around 15 percent a year on average, and [...]
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