New Jersey
Louisiana’s Tax Competitiveness Poised for Improvement
Louisiana ranks 40th in the 2025 State Tax Competitiveness Index, reflecting its historically complex [...]
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Louisiana Needs To Join the Flat Tax Revolution
It’s time for Louisiana to join the flat tax revolution. Four states passed a flat personal income tax [...]
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Louisiana Ranks Among the Worst in the Country for Fiscal Health
Louisiana has earned a D rating in an annual assessment by a nonpartisan fiscal watchdog group that [...]
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Guest Commentary: Introducing “Article V 2.0”: The Compact for a Balanced Budget
What if the states could advance and ratify a powerful federal balanced budget amendment in just twelve [...]
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Obama Health Care Exchange: Not the Answer for Louisiana
Last week the Louisiana Budget Project (LBP) published a response to our critique of the health insurance [...]
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The Big Debt
THE PELICAN INSTITUTE is offering up this five-point guide to understanding the Unfunded Accrued [...]
Read moreA Tale of Two Energy Policies
Instead of bowing down to green pressure groups that greatly overstate the environmental risks attached [...]
Read moreStudent Based Budgeting Viewed as Logical Extension of Charter School Movement
Strong performing charter schools in the Recovery School District (RSD) make a compelling case for even [...]
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New Web Site Measures the Power and Influence of “Big Labor” in All 50 States
In August, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), in partnership with Crossroads GPS, launched the [...]
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