Posted by Erin Bendily, Ph.D. on June 20, 2023Audits of safety net programs enable “One Door” to combat poverty in LouisianaYou may not have noticed as other hot-button issues have taken center stage, but over the past few years, [...]Read more
Posted by Erin Bendily, Ph.D. on April 11, 2023Lawmakers to Consider Increased K-12 Education SpendingThis week the Louisiana Legislature convened the 2023 Regular Session, which will last through early [...]Read more
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 19, 2022Legislature Files Education Savings Account (ESA) Bills to Expand Educational OptionsThe Louisiana Legislature has filed several bills to expand educational choice among its proposals for [...]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