Posted by Erin Bendily, Ph.D. on May 20, 2022Louisiana Legislature Stands Strong for Charter SchoolsSchool choice has definitely been front and center during the 2022 legislative session, but not just [...]Read more
Posted by Erin Bendily, Ph.D. on March 24, 2022How Well is Louisiana Preparing Students for Careers?For years, business and industry have complained that high school graduates aren’t arriving to the [...]Read more
Posted by Erin Bendily, Ph.D. on February 21, 2022Let’s Give Our Children HopeHope: Noun. “Desire accompanied by expectation of or belief in fulfillment.” (Merriam-Webster Dictionary) [...]Read more
Posted by Daniel J. Erspamer on June 11, 2021Fiscal Transparency is Critical to Improving our SchoolsThe Pelican Institute is excited to report that the Louisiana Legislature has passed legislation that [...]Read more
Posted by on July 1, 2020Pelican Applauds Legislature on Passage of Significant Legal ReformToday, the Louisiana Legislature passed HB 57 by Speaker Clay Schexnayder, the Civil Justice Reform Act [...]Read more
Posted by on March 16, 2020Thoughts on Legislative Session Pause Over COVID-19Today, the Louisiana State Legislature voted to pause the current legislative session over the continued [...]Read more
Posted by on April 10, 2019Legislative Session is Underway – Will Lawmakers Take the Path to Jobs and Opportunity?This week, the Louisiana Legislature convened in Baton Rouge for the first day of the 2019 session. The [...]Read more
Posted by Ellen Carmichael on August 8, 2017LABI Published Louisiana Legislature Scorecard 2017The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, better known as LABI, recently published the [...]Read more
Posted by Justin Spittler on June 15, 2016Why Conservatives Are Embracing Criminal Justice ReformOur neighbors have paved the way: now Louisiana is positioned to engage in a substantive effort to [...]Read more