New Orleans
The Cost of Elections
Jeremy Alford explores where Louisiana's legislative candidates have spent $8.9 million in campaign [...]
Read morePresident Obama’s Race, Gender Preferences Cut Against Growing Anti-Discriminatory Sentiments
President Obama's health care, banking and stimulus all include controversial quota requirements that run [...]
Read moreStudy Claims Louisiana’s Green Jobs to Grow 14 Percent by 2021
A new study by the Louisiana Workforce Commission suggests that Louisiana will see a surge in green jobs [...]
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BESE Candidates Sharply Divided Over Letter Grade System Measuring School Performance
Letter grades that show a sizable percentage of Louisiana public schools are either failing or [...]
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Commentary: Texas Criminal Justice Model A Resounding Success
Texas has managed to reduce its incarceration rate while saving taxpayers hundreds of millions and [...]
Read moreCommentary: White House Job Plan Shortsighted
Simple math shows that the American Jobs Act is nothing but shortsighted, leaving newly created jobs [...]
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Guest Commentary: Federal Government Ill-Equipped to Regulate Fracking
The government’s track record would lead many to believe that it is incapable of efficiently permitting [...]
Read moreLouisiana’s Local Sales Taxes Highest in Nation
Despite having the second lowest statewide sales tax rate in the U.S., a new study shows that Louisiana's [...]
Read moreOne in Five Louisianans Live Below The Poverty Line
21.6 percent of Louisianans are living in poverty, the second highest in the country, while the average [...]
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