The budget plan proposed by Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan would result in deep cuts in federal aid that would harm Louisiana’s economy and, in particular, the state’s working families.
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Louisiana spent $231 million on film subsidies last year—a 29 percent increase over the previous fiscal year—at a time when the state’s investments in higher education, health care, infrastructure and public safety continued to erode.
A new report by the Louisiana Budget Project takes an in-depth look at these costly giveaways, and suggests ways the Legislature could improve the program.
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Appearing on the national news program Meet the Press, Gov. Bobby Jindal said Sunday that Louisiana would not implement federal health care reform, including an expansion in Medicaid eligibility to cover the working poor and childless adults for the first time. This is a misguided policy that could deprive as many as 400,000 low-income Louisianans of health coverage, and would also hurt health care providers and the state’s economy.
Medicaid expansions are the reason there are so many Louisiana kids with insurance Read More »
The recent controversy over Louisiana’s alternative fuels tax credit shined a bright light on the dangers that lurk in “tax expenditures”—money the state spends though the tax code in the form of exemptions, credits and rebates.
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A survey out this week from the Small Business Majority (SBM)—a national advocacy group founded by small business owners—shows that small business owners in Louisiana are in favor of setting up a health insurance exchange. The exchange is one of the main parts of the federal health care law and the majority of owners surveyed say that it would offer real benefits for business.
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