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The $34,000 proposed pay raise for legislators is absurd. The increase would bring Louisiana legislators’ compensation to $70,000, which is 198 percent of the average pay for part-time legislatures across the nation and 102 percent of the average pay for full-time legislatures – including per diem amounts and expense allowances. The proposal nearing final passage […]
A bill to decrease legislative control over setting tuition for higher education institutions would grant college and university officials a reprieve for a few years from the annual struggle to get two-thirds of the Legislature to approve tuition increases. While the proposed policy does not go far enough in expanding flexibility for institutions, it is […]
Click here for a copy of the research brief. Click here for a copy of the backgrounder. A research brief released today by the Public Affairs Research Council outlines the essential elements of comprehensive capital outlay reform, many of which are missing from the reform bills currently making their way through the Legislature. “Capital Outlay […]
Click here to download a copy of the report. The pace of the recovery in communities damaged by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita is accelerating as money and long-term rebuilding plans come together, according to a new study released today by the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana and the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government. […]
The bottom could fall out of the state budget if the bottom falls out of oil prices. To prevent an economic crisis in the future, the state should maintain budget flexibility and a diverse revenue base that includes a progressive personal income tax. The proposed return to pre-Stelly income tax rates and the state’s growing […]
Click here for a copy of the report. A new report by the Public Affairs Research Council (PAR) recommends changes in higher education policy to increase student success rates. “Higher Education Performance Funding: Louisiana’s Options” finds Louisiana institutions continue to rank below their peers on a wide variety of indicators, such as graduation rates and […]
It is time to end the broad exception from public records laws that Louisiana grants to the governor’s office. A limited exception that would shield from public view only the records directly in the custody of the governor, his chief of staff and his executive counsel should replace the current exception that covers records in […]