Louisiana
Nearly a Quarter of Louisiana’s Labor Force has Filed for Unemployment
While Gov. John Bel Edwards unexpectedly postponed the phased reopening of Louisiana’s economy to May 15, [...]
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Louisiana Initial Unemployment Claims Top 440,000
On Monday, Governor John Bel Edwards extended the statewide stay-at-home order to May 15. Meanwhile, the [...]
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Pelican Responds to Gov. Edwards’ Extension of Statewide Stay-At-Home Order
Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced he is extending Louisiana’s statewide stay-at-home order to [...]
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Path Needed to Get Louisiana Working
by Daniel Erspamer, CEO of the Pelican Institute Throughout our shared history, Americans – and [...]
Read morePelican Calls on State Leaders to Implement First Phase of Federal Economic Reopening Guidelines
On Thursday, the federal government released its plan to reopen America’s economy. The Pelican [...]
Read morePelican Responds to Calls to Extend Louisiana School Closures
This week, the Louisiana Superintendents Association requested Gov. John Bel Edwards to close schools [...]
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Louisiana’s 2019 GDP Ranked Among The Worst in Nation
As economic news continues to focus on the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bureau of Economic [...]
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First Post-COVID-19 National Jobs Report Gives Evidence on What’s Happening in Louisiana
With a record 6.6 million Americans applying for unemployment over the last month, doubling the previous [...]
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Last Pre-COVID-19 Louisiana Jobs Report Proves Need for Reforms
While the conversations around the health and economic impacts of COVID-19 were dominating news cycles, [...]
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