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Watch LBP’s Steve Spires speak about Medicaid & cuts to the LSU Hospital System on KTLA-TV.

It’s been an exciting and busy few weeks around the Louisiana Budget Project. The Legislative session ended. Our office moved to downtown Baton Rouge. And the Affordable Care Act was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Did you receive our email Friday? If not, email karenmiller@lano.org to begin receiving reports, articles and important updates from LBP!

We are pleased to partner in this move with Springboard, a nonprofit campus located in the historic Kress Building and formed to host a collaborative partnership between charitable and business entities with the specific mission of “stimulating, nurturing and growing creativity in our next generation of entrepreneurs.”

Louisiana Budget Project Director Jan Moller will be one of the featured panelists Thursday at the monthly luncheon hosted by League of Women Voters of Baton Rouge. The discussion will center on the effects of tax cuts, exemptions and rebates on Louisiana’s state budget.

LBP releases a payday lending fact sheet with key statistics about the impact of predatory lending on working families. Louisiana has one of the highest concentrations of payday lenders in the country, which undermines many of the successful anti-poverty policies.

LBP’s Jan Moller speaks against the proposed retirement plan at the Capitol.

The Louisiana Budget Project has been cited in the news weighing in on various important debates such as the school voucher plan, the health insurance exchange, state pensions and health care reform.