Obama Health Care Exchange: Not the Answer for Louisiana Obama Health Care Exchange: Not the Answer for Louisiana

Obama Health Care Exchange: Not the Answer for Louisiana

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Last week the Louisiana Budget Project (LBP) published a response to our critique of the health insurance exchange proposed by Sen. Karen Carter Peterson in SB744. We have reviewed their arguments in favor of the exchange and find them unpersuasive.

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Teachers Unions Accused of Working to Restore the Status Quo Teachers Unions Accused of Working to Restore the Status Quo

Teachers Unions Accused of Working to Restore the Status Quo

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As an alternative to the “draconian Jindal approach” to education reform, the state’s teachers unions have offered up legislation that would revoke value-added teacher assessments, reinstate tenure and empower school boards over superintendents.

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Five Reasons Not to Create ObamaCare Exchange Five Reasons Not to Create ObamaCare Exchange

Five Reasons Not to Create ObamaCare Exchange

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Louisiana should not devote resources to a program it won’t control and may soon be rendered obsolete This evening, Louisiana’s Senate Finance Committee is scheduled to hear SB744. This bill would require Louisiana to create an “exchange” to facilitate the purchase and sale of health insurance under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), otherwise known as [...]

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Six Reasons to Reject National Popular Vote Six Reasons to Reject National Popular Vote

Six Reasons to Reject National Popular Vote

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On Monday, Louisiana’s House of Representatives is expected to vote on HB 1095. This bill would make Louisiana party to the National Popular Vote (NPV) “compact” whereby state electors would pledge to cast their votes to the presidential candidate receiving the most votes nationwide, regardless of the results in Louisiana. Here are six reasons why legislators should reject this attempt to jettison our electoral system.

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Budget

A Work in Progress

A Work in Progress
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Gov. Bobby Jindal’s proposals to boost employee contributions, alter benefit calculations and increase the official retirement age will soon undergo substantive changes during floor debate in the Upper Chamber.

May 2, 2012 5:53

Education

Teachers Unions Accused of Working to Restore the Status Quo

Teachers Unions Accused of Working to Restore the Status Quo
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As an alternative to the “draconian Jindal approach” to education reform, the state’s teachers unions have offered up legislation that would revoke value-added teacher assessments, reinstate tenure and empower school boards over superintendents.

May 15, 2012 7:57

Energy & Environment

Study Alleges Majority of Legacy Lawsuits Fail to Produce Hard Evidence of Contamination

Study Alleges Majority of Legacy Lawsuits Fail to Produce Hard Evidence of Contamination
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Are the attorneys and plaintiffs who file lawsuits built around oilfield contamination allegations genuinely concerned about environmental damage? Or, are they instead motivated by a loophole in the law that allows for financial awards to be detached from cleanup efforts?

Mar 29, 2012 11:26

Health Care

Obama Health Care Exchange: Not the Answer for Louisiana

Obama Health Care Exchange: Not the Answer for Louisiana
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Last week the Louisiana Budget Project (LBP) published a response to our critique of the health insurance exchange proposed by Sen. Karen Carter Peterson in SB744. We have reviewed their arguments in favor of the exchange and find them unpersuasive.

May 15, 2012 15:41

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Obama Health Care Exchange: Not the Answer for Louisiana

Obama Health Care Exchange: Not the Answer for Louisiana
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Last week the Louisiana Budget Project (LBP) published a response to our critique of the health insurance exchange proposed by Sen. Karen Carter Peterson in SB744. We have reviewed their arguments in favor of the exchange and find them unpersuasive.

Teachers Unions Accused of Working to Restore the Status Quo

Teachers Unions Accused of Working to Restore the Status Quo
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As an alternative to the “draconian Jindal approach” to education reform, the state’s teachers unions have offered up legislation that would revoke value-added teacher assessments, reinstate tenure and empower school boards over superintendents.

Five Reasons Not to Create ObamaCare Exchange

Five Reasons Not to Create ObamaCare Exchange
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Louisiana should not devote resources to a program it won’t control and may soon be rendered obsolete This evening, Louisiana’s Senate Finance Committee is scheduled to hear SB744. This bill would require Louisiana to create an “exchange” to facilitate the purchase and sale of health insurance under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), otherwise known as [...]

Six Reasons to Reject National Popular Vote

Six Reasons to Reject National Popular Vote
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On Monday, Louisiana’s House of Representatives is expected to vote on HB 1095. This bill would make Louisiana party to the National Popular Vote (NPV) “compact” whereby state electors would pledge to cast their votes to the presidential candidate receiving the most votes nationwide, regardless of the results in Louisiana. Here are six reasons why legislators should reject this attempt to jettison our electoral system.

A Work in Progress

A Work in Progress
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Gov. Bobby Jindal’s proposals to boost employee contributions, alter benefit calculations and increase the official retirement age will soon undergo substantive changes during floor debate in the Upper Chamber.