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Article Election Ballot # Amendment Pass or Fail Article I: Declaration of Rights I 11/08/22 7 Limits on Involuntary Servitude Fail I 12/10/22 1 Prohibit Voting for People Who Aren’t U.S. Citizens Pass I 11/03/20 1 No Right to Abortion Pass I 11/06/18 1 Felon in Public Office Pass I 11/06/18 2 Unanimous Jury […]
Voting on Louisiana Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1978-2026 May 16, 2026 1.) Job Creation Outside the Civil Service System. A vote for would allow lawmakers to remove state government jobs from the civil service system and its protections without needing approval from the Civil Service Commission. A vote against would Retain the current provisions requiring Civil […]
Economist provides information on impacts of enacted income and sales tax changes on Louisiana households RESET Louisiana hired noted economist Greg Albrecht in fall 2024 to estimate the impacts of proposed changes to state income and sales taxes from Gov. Jeff Landry’s administration as part of its tax reform initiative. Lawmakers in a November special […]
In the November 2024 special session, the legislature enacted a variety of changes to the state tax system affecting the individual income tax, the sales tax, and corporate income and franchise taxes. Leaders for a Better Louisiana along with the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana, have commissioned an analysis of the implications of the […]
The number of people who are elderly is growing at a faster pace than the rest of the population across the country and in Louisiana. The U.S. Census Bureau projects that people age 65 and older will outnumber children by 2034, a first in the nation’s history.
RESET hired well-known economist and fiscal expert Greg Albrecht to conduct an independent analysis of the tax reform plan recently proposed by Gov. Jeff Landry’s administration for debate during an upcoming special session of the Legislature.
The administration has announced that it intends to call the legislature into a special session in early November 2024 to consider a multi-faceted package of changes to the state tax system. In preparation for that session, RESET Louisiana, a collaboration of the Council for A Better Louisiana, the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana, and […]