Public policy
PELICAN INSTITUTE: Summer 2026 Economic Report
Louisiana’s comeback is real. Finishing it is the harder part.
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Why Free Market Think Tanks Matter — and What Pelican Institute Brings to Louisiana
Bills don’t write themselves. Long before a reform reaches a committee hearing, someone has to do [...]
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Unpacking the Toolkit: What Can Other Policy Areas Learn from BEAD Buildout in Louisiana?
The Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program (BEAD) has emphasized access and a closing of the [...]
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Task Forces, Studies, and Taxpayer Dollars: Is Louisiana Getting a Return on Investment?
The 2026 Louisiana Legislative Session saw the creation of well over 100 task forces and agency-directed [...]
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Pelican’s Summer Reading List 2026: For the Beach, the Porch, or Wherever Summer Takes You
Summer offers something that’s often in short supply during the rest of the year: time to think. [...]
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Missed Connections: How Louisiana is Avoiding them through Responsible Broadband Deployment
The federal Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program (BEAD) began in 2021 and has followed a long [...]
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A Guide to Louisiana’s May 2026 Constitutional Amendments
Constitutional amendments offer voters an opportunity to shape the fundamental rules of government. Some [...]
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The Lab and the Law: As AI Offers Medical Breakthroughs, Regulation Threatens to Stop the Progress
Advancements in medicine, driven by artificial intelligence (AI), have achieved previously unimaginable [...]
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Unlocking Opportunity – How Pelican Institute Brought “One Door” to Louisiana
The Vision – From Dependence to Dignity In 2021, the Pelican Institute for Public Policy launched the [...]
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