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Louisianans Overwhelmingly Support Criminal Justice Reforms According to...
The U.S. Justice Action Network, a bipartisan organization working to reform the criminal justice system, recently released polling showing overwhelming support among Louisiana voters to reform the...
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Louisiana Locks Up More Nonviolent Offenders Than Neighboring States Without...
State incarcerates violent offenders at a rate similar to other states in the South, while incarcerating nonviolent offenders at a much higher rate Louisiana’s legislative leaders and Governor John Bel...
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Remembering Kevin Kane, Founder of The Pelican Institute
Kevin Kane founded The Pelican Institute in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. He guided it successfully for eight years before eventually succumbing to gastrointestinal cancer on October 28th, 2016,...
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Border Adjustment Tax Bad For Louisiana According to Study
The Pelican Institute and R Street Institute conducted a study into how the Border Adjustment Tax would affect Louisiana consumers and the insurance market in the state. The results were conclusive,...
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LABI’s Stephen Waguespack Makes The Case for Criminal Justice Reform in...
Stephen Waguespack is the current President of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, better known around the state as LABI. It is the state’s Chamber of Commerce organization. Today,...
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New Report Finds Louisiana Proposal to Raise Taxes Will Hinder Economic Growth
Governor Rightly Takes Tax Increases Off the Table for Upcoming Special Session A new report, Addressing Louisiana’s Budget Shortfall: Strategies for Growth, released today by the Pelican Institute,...
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Daniel Erspamer: Bold New Approaches Needed For Louisiana
The Pelican Institute’s CEO, Daniel Erspamer, recently had an OpEd published by The Advocate, both in the Baton Rouge edition and the New Orleans edition. Daniel lays out a bold new approach to create...
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In Defense of Louisiana’s Criminal Justice Reforms
Pelican Institute’s CEO, Daniel Erspamer, writes in The Hayride, about Louisiana’s criminal justice reforms and why they were a strong step in the right direction. He starts by identifying possible...
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The Truth About Unemployment in Louisiana
What Do Those Unemployment Numbers Really Mean? Every leader in Louisiana is rooting for this economy. Everyone wants to see more jobs come into the state and fewer of our fellow citizens unemployed....
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Hiring: External Affairs Manager
The Pelican Institute for Public Policy seeks an External Affairs Manager to help drive an aggressive growth strategy and public policy agenda for the state of Louisiana. The position can be based...
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