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Click here for a copy of the report. The Public Affairs Research Council released today an analysis of the state’s transportation funding challenges. “Highway Funding: Is there a Crisis?” examines the three major funding “crises” facing the state in the near future and evaluates the severity and immediacy of each. The report finds that Louisiana […]
Lately, several public officials have pointed to a constitutional convention as the solution to the state’s budget woes. While constitutional revision is in order to correct some of the longstanding problems with state government, a full rewrite or even limited revision will do nothing to help balance the budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Louisiana […]
Click here for a copy of the report. A new report by the Public Affairs Research Council (PAR) has identified a way for the state to minimize politics in the upcoming redistricting process. “Redistricting 2010: Reforming the Process of Distributing Political Power” recommends that an independent, nonpartisan commission be established to minimize political influence over […]
The PAR Board of Directors elected two new members to the board. George Pietrogallo, Jr., and Freddie Pitcher, Jr., both of Baton Rouge, recently were elected for three-year terms ending in 2011. Pietrogallo currently serves as the Baton Rouge Area Public Affairs Manager for ExxonMobil. He received his journalism and political science degree in 1981 […]