Budget Negotiations: A Smart Start
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.
Resource Category: Budget & Taxes
The Budget Bonanza
Louisiana is awash in state and federal cash, but will the state spend it smartly or blow it?
Tackling Our Debts
Louisiana lawmakers are using the state’s budget boom to pay off much of a $1.1 billion multiyear debt owed to the federal government for flood protection system improvements constructed across the New Orleans region after Hurricane Katrina.
RESET: 2021 Legislative Session Commentary
Legislators made significant progress toward many of the RESET agenda’s goals.
The Road So Far
Three weeks into the Louisiana Legislature’s nine-week session, much progress has been made moving tax reform bills and addressing how to disburse massive federal stimulus dollars.
Fiscal Crossroads
If money talks, the Louisiana Legislature’s 2021 session may be the most loquacious ever. Rising state revenue combined with eye-blinking billions of federal stimulus dollars – plus major tax reform proposals – will drive decisions impacting the state and its citizens for many years to come.
RESET: State Tax System Redesigns
2021 Regular Session Policy Priority: Guided by the principle of low tax rates and broad tax bases, provide a fairer, simpler, and more competitive tax environment for individuals and businesses that also produces stable, sufficient state revenue for essential government operations and services.