Research Intern
Research Intern

New Partnership Aims to Combat Polarization in LA, Find Common Ground

LSU’s Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs and the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana (PAR) announced they are partnering on survey research and programming to understand and reduce political polarization in Louisiana, while promoting dialogue and civic thought.

Medicaid Enrollment Declines

• Health Care
• Insurance

Louisiana Medicaid enrollment has fallen to pre-pandemic levels after more than 400,000 people were removed from the taxpayer financed health insurance program over the last two years. A congressional aid package passed during the COVID-19 pandemic prohibited states that accepted increased federal financing for Medicaid from removing people from the rolls, even if they were […]

2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season

• Budget & Taxes
• Coastal Restoration & Protection

As Louisiana braces for what the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts will be another season of “above normal” hurricane activity in the Atlantic, the 2025 season also marks the 20-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, one of the most destructive and expensive hurricanes to hit the state.