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Report: Louisiana Taxes Working-Poor Further Into Poverty

Budget & Taxes, Healthcare / Invest In Louisiana Staff

While most other states exempt working-poor families from the income tax, Louisiana is one of a small number of states that continue to levy an income tax on working families living in poverty. By reducing state income taxes for working-poor families, Louisiana could help these families work their way toward the middle-class, according to an annual report on state income tax trends.

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New Audio/Visual Presentations from LBP

Budget & Taxes, Education, Healthcare / Invest In Louisiana Staff

View “Payday Lending in Louisiana” where LBP analyst Tim Mathis examinesthe predatory loan industry shares his findings on how it impacts Louisiana’s working poor.

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Accountability Takes a Beating in Round One

Budget & Taxes, Education / Invest In Louisiana Staff

The first week of the 2012 Legislature was unlike any opening weeks that had come before. In the span of two days of marathon hearings, the education committees in the House and Senate approved a massive overhaul of Louisiana’s K-12 public education system by lopsided margins.

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Louisiana losing ground on the gas tax

Budget & Taxes / Invest In Louisiana Staff

With Louisiana facing a $12.7 billion backlog of unmet construction needs on its roads, bridges and ports, a new report finds that the purchasing power of the state’s gasoline tax is at a 20-year low.

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Study: Half of corporate profits escape state income tax

Budget & Taxes / Invest In Louisiana Staff

Dozens of America’s largest and most profitable corporations paid little or no state income taxes during a recent three-year period, according to a new report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.

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Commentary: Constitutional Amendment No. 1 Is the Wrong Prescription for Louisiana

Budget & Taxes, Education, Healthcare / Invest In Louisiana Staff

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One in Five Louisianans Receive Food Stamps

Budget & Taxes / Invest In Louisiana Staff

An article in the Wall Street Journal earlier this week highlighted the importance of SNAP (which stands for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps) to Louisiana families. The article noted that, in August, nearly 20 percent of the state’s population—more than 900,000 people—received food stamps benefits under SNAP. Nationwide, the number was 15 percent of the population.

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Go Grants Program Needs More Funding

Budget & Taxes, Education, Healthcare / Invest In Louisiana Staff

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LBP Recommendations for Proposed Constitutional Amendments

Budget & Taxes, Education, Healthcare / Invest In Louisiana Staff

LBP has added a temporary tab to our website entitled Constitutional Amendments. Here you will find LBP’s position and recommendations for two of the five proposed Constitutional Amendments to be voted on in the upcoming October 22nd election.

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Amendment No. 4: A Sensible Solution to Stabilize the Rainy Day Fund

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