Legislature
Louisiana Bumps Toward the Bottom of Yet Another List
Louisiana dropped one spot from Number 39 to 40 on the Tax Foundation’s 2024 State Business Tax Climate [...]
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Should Louisiana Award High School Diplomas to Students Who Fail State Tests?
Yes, you read that right. It’s shocking, but true. Louisiana’s State Board of Elementary and Secondary [...]
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Louisiana’s Record Savings Should Prompt Tax Breaks
The state’s revenue forecasting committee met last week. This was not the much-anticipated annual meeting [...]
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Public Comment to BESE: Don’t Water Down Louisiana Graduation Standards
Public Hearing Set for August 25 The official public comment period for the Louisiana Board of Elementary [...]
Read moreLouisiana’s Top Education Board Proposes High School Diplomas for Students Failing State Tests
Yes, you read that right. In a state still ranked in the bottom ten nationally for student achievement, [...]
Read moreBig Budget Blowout
Louisiana’s 2023 Regular Legislative Session ended on June 8th with a bang. Amid much arguing and a lot [...]
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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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