United States Senate
Commentary: Louisiana Can Help Force Congress to Balance Budget
Many Americans are now looking to state legislatures to step in and take the lead in amending the [...]
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Will Independent Contractors Be Reclassified Out of Existence?
The proposed Labor Department budget for fiscal year 2013 includes money for 35 new investigators to dig [...]
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Record 47 Million Americans Now Receive Food Stamps
Although food stamp participation rates typically increase during a recession, a new study demonstrates [...]
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A Work in Progress
Gov. Bobby Jindal’s proposals to boost employee contributions, alter benefit calculations and increase [...]
Read moreTerm Limitations Needed to Allow for “Fresh Ideas” on School Boards
Folded within the tenure reform bill Gov. Bobby Jindal has signed into law are several changes to local [...]
Read moreA Pension Reform Primer
The top 10 things you need to know heading into Louisiana’s historic retirement debates. By JEREMY ALFORD [...]
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Louisiana’s Taxpayer-Funded Public Employee Contracts Could be Opened to Public Scrutiny
Rep. Tony Ligi (R-Metaire) would like for taxpayers to have a seat at the table when public employee [...]
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The Road to Nowhere
Louisiana’s long road to education reform has been littered with repeals, phase-outs, incomplete [...]
Read moreObama Justice Department Accused of Ignoring Law Against Fraudulent Voting
President Obama’s Justice Department is “philosophically opposed” to enforcing a federal law that calls [...]
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