Legislature
The prescription drug cost hike that nearly happened
Originally Appeared in the Center Square Costs for medical care are already too high, but in the past [...]
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Environmental Credits: Do They Live Up To Their Promises?
Over the last decade, coastal Louisiana parishes have filed a total of 42 lawsuits against more than 200 [...]
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Teacher Pension Debt Hits a Whopping $11.1 Billion
Louisiana’s retirement debt costs the state $1 of every $4 in annual state aid allocated to public [...]
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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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Opportunity to Improve Roads Without Tax Increases Coming this Session
It should come as no surprise to any Louisianan that the state consistently ranks near the bottom when it [...]
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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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Prominent Louisiana Business Leaders Push for Criminal Justice Reform
Today, Smart on Crime Louisiana, Right On Crime, and the Pelican Institute for Public Policy released a [...]
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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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