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  • 08.22.2023

    RESET: Infrastructure

    • RESET
    • Transportation & Infrastructure

    Louisiana’s transportation infrastructure should be an asset, not a liability. The state should significantly invest in its transportation infrastructure, including ports and waterways, enhance public safety, relieve congestion in major urban areas and support commerce and economic development.

  • 03.10.2023

    Louisiana’s Seafood Industry

    • Coastal Restoration & Protection
    • Transportation & Infrastructure

    With the weather getting warmer and the days growing longer, Louisiana’s favorite season is kicking into full gear: seafood season. As the nation’s second-largest seafood supplier, Louisiana is known for its plentiful harvests of seafood products such as crawfish, shrimp, crabs, oysters and alligators.

  • 01.24.2023

    Louisiana Trails U.S. in Public Transportation

    • Transportation & Infrastructure

    Louisiana invests little state money in public transit, and with limited public transportation options, few people around the state rely on buses or other transit to get to work.

  • 06.07.2022

    2022 Legislative Session: Focus on Finances

    • Budget & Taxes
    • Education & Workforce
    • Legislature
    • Transportation & Infrastructure

    Louisiana lawmakers completed a three-month regular session more likely to be remembered for the post-pandemic spending spree, record-setting education increases and significant infrastructure investments than for sweeping policy changes.

  • 05.26.2022

    Broadband Usage and COVID-19

    • COVID-19
    • Transportation & Infrastructure

    Broadband internet affordability appears to be the leading cause of Louisiana’s digital divide. Broadband, short for broad bandwidth, transmits data from the internet to devices at high speeds.

  • 03.03.2022

    Budget Negotiations: A Smart Start

    • Budget & Taxes
    • Education & Workforce
    • Transportation & Infrastructure

    Louisiana lawmakers are entering their latest regular session flush with cash and no shortage of ideas for spending it. Governor kicks off budget talks with focus on education, roads and debt payments.

  • 04.08.2021

    RESET: Increasing Transportation Investment

    • RESET
    • Transportation & Infrastructure

    2021 Regular Session Policy Priority: Significantly increase Louisiana’s annual investment in infrastructure, including roads, bridges, ports, and waterways – enhancing public safety, relieving traffic congestion, and supporting commerce and economic development.

  • 05.01.2019

    RESET: Transportation / Infrastructure

    • RESET
    • Transportation & Infrastructure

    Louisiana’s transportation infrastructure should be an asset, not a liability. The state should significantly invest in its transportation infrastructure, including ports and waterways, enhance public safety, relieve congestion in major urban areas and support commerce and economic development.

  • 06.22.2015

    2015 Legislative Session Wrap-Up

    • Budget & Taxes
    • Education & Workforce
    • Legislature
    • Transportation & Infrastructure

    The Governor and Legislature Raised Taxes and Reduced Credits and Exemptions to Fill the State Budget. (PDF Version) Now that the governor has signed bills for state appropriations and tax increases and has vetoed a few key bills, the final picture of the 2015 legislative session can be seen in focus. The Legislature and the […]

  • 07.11.2009

    Moving Highway Funding to Stable Ground

    • Budget & Taxes
    • Transportation & Infrastructure

    The first of PAR’s two-part series on highway funding came to several basic conclusions. Louisiana’s roads and bridges fare poorly in comparison with national norms. A substantial backlog in unmet needs on existing highways is not getting smaller.

  • 03.15.2009

    Highway Funding: Is There a Crisis?

    • Budget & Taxes
    • Transportation & Infrastructure

    Highway user and highway builder groups, local economic development officials, planners, interested citizens and state highway officials have been raising alarms and pressing for additional transportation funding for many years.

  • 06.01.2007

    PAR Says Help Fund Local Redevelopment and Road Home

    • Budget & Taxes
    • Transportation & Infrastructure

    After a hard-fought battle by the Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA), a waiver of the state’s cost share for rebuilding projects finally was passed by Congress and signed by the President last week. The LRA, the Legislature and the administration now are exploring the state’s options for using the $775 million in Community Development Block Grant […]

  • 12.13.2006

    LRA Should Limit Grant for LSU Hospital, PAR Says

    • Budget & Taxes
    • Health Care
    • Transportation & Infrastructure

    The Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA) board will vote this Thursday on whether to approve a $300 million request to partially fund the rebuilding of charity hospital in New Orleans. The LRA should recommend that the Legislature only grant the Office of Facility Planning and Control enough for land acquisition and planning fees – roughly $70 […]