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05.19.2025
Legislators Should Strengthen, Not Undermine Louisiana’s Ethics and Disclosure Laws
- Ethics
- Legislature
In a legislative session that should focus on the state’s most pressing problems, Louisiana lawmakers are pursuing a wide-ranging rewrite of the state’s ethics code that would whittle away at the minimal protections enacted to safeguard against conflicts of interest, backroom dealing and corruption.
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05.16.2025
A Tighter Budget
- Budget & Taxes
- Education & Workforce
- Legislature
The Louisiana House backed a nearly $43 billion state operating budget that keeps many agencies at a largely standstill level of financing, continues the stipend that public school teachers have received for the last two years and adds money for a new voucher program backed by the governor.
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05.08.2025
Legislative Session Trends Revisited
- Legislature
Nearing the midpoint of the Louisiana Legislature’s annual regular session, lawmakers are debating more than 900 bills, continuing the trend of fewer filed bills. The fiscal session that began April 14 is designed to focus most heavily on Louisiana’s finances.
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02.24.2025
PAR Guide to the 2025 Constitutional Amendments
- Louisiana Constitution
The 2025 Guide covers the potential impact of four constitutional amendments the public will consider on the March 29 ballot. This nonpartisan, educational review helps you understand the issues and the proposed changes so you can develop your own positions on each proposition. Download: PAR Guide to the 2025 Constitutional Amendments Download: One-Page PAR Guide […]
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02.21.2025
New Budget, With Questions
- Budget & Taxes
- Education & Workforce
- Legislature
The release of Gov. Jeff Landry’s budget proposal to lawmakers came with a cloud of uncertainty. A combination of unanswered questions about state and federal financing sources is driving unpredictability for piecing together the spending plans for the 2025-26 fiscal year that begins July 1.
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02.04.2025
Fewer Teachers Leaving Louisiana Schools
- Education & Workforce
The ranks of Louisiana’s K-12 public school teachers grew for a second consecutive year. Traditional and charter public schools gained 843 teachers and set a new record of 52,808 educators during the 2023-24 school year.
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12.19.2024
Louisiana’s Fiscal Cliff Resolved
- Budget & Taxes
- Legislature
- Louisiana Constitution
Louisiana’s governor and lawmakers will get to sidestep debates over whether to make steep budget cuts next year thanks to the tax changes they adopted last month.
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12.17.2024
Complete Listing of Proposed and Adopted Amendments to Louisiana’s 1974 Constitution
- Louisiana Constitution
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 […]
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12.17.2024
Voting on Louisiana Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1978-2024
- Louisiana Constitution
Voting on Louisiana Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1978-2024 December 7, 2024 1.) Expansion of Judiciary Commission and Reworked Judicial Investigation Process. A vote for would increase the number of members of the state Judiciary Commission and give the Louisiana Supreme Court authority to direct the commission to investigate judicial misconduct allegations. A vote against would maintain […]
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12.11.2024
Recapping the 2024 Constitutional Amendments
- Legislature
- Louisiana Constitution
Voters have adopted 221 changes to the Louisiana Constitution since its ratification 50 years ago, a total that grew with the November and December elections. Nearly 69% of the 321 amendments posed to voters across those decades have won passage.
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11.26.2024
Overhauling Louisiana’s Tax Structure
- Budget & Taxes
- Legislature
- Louisiana Constitution
Louisiana lawmakers embraced much of the tax rewrite package sought by Gov. Jeff Landry in the just-ended special session, agreeing to lower and flatten income tax rates in exchange for new sales tax charges.
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11.18.2024
Louisiana’s State Surpluses
- Budget & Taxes
- Legislature
- Louisiana Constitution
Louisiana has enjoyed repeated state surpluses for the last seven years, and the latest calculations estimate lawmakers will see that trend continue another year. A surplus occurs when a state’s revenue collections exceed its spending within a budget year.