Legislature
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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Streamlining Medical Parole to Ensure Public Safety and Protect Taxpayers
The nation’s older inmate population is expected to increase exponentially again over the next decade, [...]
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Commentary: State Judge Rules Education Waiver Law Unconstitutional
Judge Caldwell's decision is unfortunate because schools benefit from increased flexiblity to address [...]
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Guest Commentary: Louisiana Income Tax Repeals Practical and Desirable in Near Term
Sadow: "With little disruption Louisiana could wipe out its corporate income tax in a little over a [...]
Read moreCommentary: 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 [...]
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