LOUISIANA BUDGET PROJECT:
Press Releases and Statements
- Statement from LBP On Gov. Jindal’s “Cash Balance” Retirement Plan, April 12, 2012
- Federal Health Insurance Exchange Requires State Cooperation, March 20, 2012
- Statement from LBP About Today’s Report From the Legislative Auditor, March 6, 2012
- Letter to the Publisher, Baton Rouge Business Report, February 23, 2012
- LBP School Voucher Plan Gets An ‘F’ for Accountability, February 14, 2012
- Statement from LBP On Governor’s Executive Budget, February 9, 2012
- Statement from LBP On $895 Million Budget Shortfall For 2012-13, January 20, 2012
- “Medicaid Brings Economic Growth and Creates Jobs in Louisiana,” January 12, 2012
- “Medicaid Reduces the Number of Uninsured and Improves Louisiana’s Health,” December 15, 2011
- “Amendment No. 4: A Sensible Solution to Stabilize The Rainy Day Fund,” October 13, 2011
- “Leadership Transition at LBP Advances Mission, Builds On Momentum,” October 4, 2011
- “Amendment 1 Would Raid the Millenium Trust Fund,” September 29, 2011
- “New Census Data: Poverty Increases Significantly in Louisiana,” September 22, 2011
- “New Census Data: Poverty and Uninsurance Rates Remain High in Louisiana,” September 13, 2011
- “Tax Free Weekend: Popular But Not Prudent,” August 4, 2011
- “Payday Lenders Preying On Louisiana’s Working Poor,” July 26, 2011
- “Debt Default Could Hurt Thousands of Louisiana Social Security Recipients,” July 19, 2011
- “Unemployed Face Discrimination,” July 14, 2011
- “2011 Legislative Wrap-up,” July 1, 2011
- “Tobacco Tax Coalition Trumps Governor,” June 21, 2011
- “Louisiana Public Employee Counts Not Out Of Line With Those In Other States,” June 16, 2011
- “No Override of Gov. Jindal’s Cigarette Tax Veto,” June 16, 2011
- “Applying Income Tax to Social Security Raises $104M,” April 29, 2011
- “Louisiana Needs Better Choices to Succeed,” April 27, 2011
- “Expanding Louisianas Sales Tax Raises $141M in Revenue,” April 26, 2011
- “State Tax Loophole Costs $643 Million,” April 14, 2011
- “Governor Jindal’s Budget: Continuing to do less with less,” April 11, 2011.
- “House Budget Plan Replaces Medicare Benefits with Voucher Program,” April 8, 2011
- “Raising Cigarette Taxes Will Increase Revenue,” March 31, 2011
- “Increasing Upper-Income Tax Rates Would Limit Economic Damage,” March 24, 2011
- “Loophole Costs Louisiana Over $100 Million in State Revenue,” March 17, 2011
- “Jindal Budget Fails to Address State’s Revenue Shortfall and Continues State on Path of Declining Services,” March 11, 2011
- “Jindal’s Poor Choices,” February 17, 2011
- “State Fiscal Crisis Threatens Closure of 8 University Campuses,” May11, 2010
- “Budget Analysts Find State Revenues Still Short of Needs,” March 15, 2010
- “TOPS: A Struggle for Those at Bottom,” February 9, 2010
- “Federal Aid for Food Stamp Program Should Help Louisianans,” February 4, 2010
- “Louisiana Budget Project Calls for State Legislators to Enact PAYGO,” December 29, 2010
- “Christmas Cancelled for LA Healthcare, Higher Education,” December 23, 2009
- “Louisiana’s Economy Still in ICU,” December 18, 2009
- “Louisiana Taxes Hit Poor & Middle Class Far Harder than the Wealthy,” November 18, 2009
- “State Streamlining Commission Should Explain Where Cost Savings Coming From,” November 17, 2009
- “Perfect Storm Awaits Louisiana Medicaid Funding,” November 1, 2009
Op-Eds
- “Privatizing Doesn’t Solve the Problem,” Houma Courier and Thibodeaux Daily Comet, April 30, 2012
- Letter: Reflect on things our taxes buy, the Advocate, April 22, 2012
- “Spires: Health Care Reform Good for LA,” Shreveport Times, March 29, 2012
- “Budget Group Responds to Criticism,” The Political Desk, February 29, 2012
- “OGB sale should be DOA,” The Independent, September 9, 2011
- “Louisiana lets payday loans flourish,” The Times-Picayune, August 21, 2011
- “Tax elimination measures are folly,” The Times-Picayune, June 10, 2011
- “Cigarette Tax Increase Is Smart Policy,” The Times-Picayune, 4.9.11
- “Louisiana’s $7 Billion Money Pit,” ABIZ, March 2011
- “Playing Louisiana for a patsy,” The Shreveport Times, March, 1, 2011
- “TOPS shift a way to get to general fund,” The Times-Picayune, January, 28, 2011
- “Revenue should be part of fix for La. colleges,” The Advertiser, December 25, 2010
- “In Louisiana Doing Less With Less,” The Times-Picayune, November 16, 2010
- “Health-care cost claim denied,” Advocate, April 9, 2010
- “Reversing Stelly Hikes was a Mistake,” The Advertiser, August 22, 2010
- “Getting A Grip on the State’s Hidden Budget,” The Times-Picayune, June 10, 2010
- “Louisiana needs a more equitable approach,” The Shreveport Times, March 26, 2010
- “Cuts hurt people in need,” The Times-Picayune, January 15, 2010
- “Use Fiscal Notes In Streamlining,” The Advocate, December 3, 2009
- “Deficit Demands New Look at Taxes,” The Times-Picayune, November 26, 2009
Media Citations
- “State treasurer blasts Jindal’s proposed budget cuts,” Times Picayune, 5.16.12
- “Moret challenges criticism of corporate tax exemptions,” City Business, May 16, 2012
- “Louisiana Senate panel sinks plan to set up health insurance,” Times Picayune, May 16, 2012
- “Jindal Ranked High On VP Lists, Hits Speech Road,” Bayoubuzz, May 13, 2012
- “Policy groups spar over La,” Independent, May 11, 2012
- “Donelon, Cassidy say idea of Obamacare exchanges has merit,” Baton Rouge Business Report, May 11, 2012
- “Choices loom on budget shortfall,” The Advocate, May 8, 2012
- “State’s budget Calls For Rain,” News Star, April 30, 2012
- “Louisiana’s corporate income tax revenues drop 85 percent,” City Business, March 27, 2012
- State Workers Protest Pension Bill, WAFB, April 24, 2012
- Opponents Rally Against Jindal Plan, The Advocate, April 24, 2012
- Changes to state worker pension plan increases retirement age payments, WWLTV, April 24, 2012
- Letter: Reader opposes Jindal’s proposals, The Advocate, March 26, 2012
- “House set to debate public school proposals,” The Advocate, March 22, 2012
- “State tax breaks coming under greater scrutiny,” American Press, March 22, 2012
- “News Roundup: LBP Releases Fact Sheet on Health Insurance Exchange,” Baton Rouge Business Report, March 21, 2012
- “Audit: State Tax Credits Aid Few, Drain Budget,” The INDependent, March 6, 2012
- “Elephant (Still) In the Room: States’ Budget Crises Looms Over Nonprofits, Social Services,” Nonprofit Quarterly, March 15, 2012
- “Bobby Jindal School Voucher Plan Worries Watchdog Group,” Times-Picayune, March 13, 2012
- “School report tops agenda,” Daily Comet, March 12, 2012
- Inside Report, The Advocate, March 8, 2012
- “Gov. Jindal’s Voucher Plan Gets Backing from Key Social Conservative,” The Times-Picayune, March 6, 2012
- “Tax Break Benefits Unclear,” The Advocate, March 6, 2012
- “The Road to Nowhere,” Pelican Post, March 5, 2012
- “Watchdog Group Gives Jindal Expansion Proposal An ‘F’,” KPEL, February 23, 2012
- “The Buzz,” The Advertiser, February 23, 2012
- “Children’s Parade Can’t Catch a Break,” Town Talk, February 21, 2012
- “Gov. Bobby Jindal’s voucher plan gets an ‘F’ from Louisiana Budget Project,” Times-Picayune, BayouBuzz, February 18, 2012
- “Critics say Jindal’s Voucher Plan Doesn’t Pass the Test,” Town Talk, February 17, 2012
- “Jindal Proposes $25.5B Budget for Next Year,” New Orleans City Business, February 16, 2012
- “Limited Space at La. Catholic Schools for Vouchers,” WFTV, February 16, 2012
- “Group: Grade All Schools,” The Advocate, February 15, 2012
- “Groups Knock Governor’s Voucher Plan,” Shreveport Times, News Star, February 15, 2012
- “State Voucher Students May Find Space Limited,” The Advertiser, February 14, 2012
- “Report: Jindal’s Push to Expand School Vouchers Lacks Accountability,” Baton Rouge Business Report, February 14, 2012
- “Budget Project: Voucher Program Gets ‘F’ in Accountability,” INDependent Weekly, February 14, 2012
- “Catholic Schools Across LA Have Limited Space for Students with Vouchers,” Associated Press, Town Talk, Houma Today, Education News Week, The Republic (Indiana), February 14, 2012
- “Analysts Call Jindal’s Budget ‘Unbalanced’,” WRKF, February 10, 2012
- “Oil site growth yields jobs,” HoumaToday, February 8, 2012
- “Don’t confuse Medicaid with jobs program,” The Advertiser, January 22, 2012
- “State Projecting Red Ink,” The Advocate, Natchez Democrat, KFOX14 (El Paso), WVUE-TV, Project NOLA, WRKF, January 20-23, 2012
- “La. 2012-13 Shortfall Set at $895M,” The Town Talk, 1.20.12
- “Medicaid Report Sparks DHH Response,” Shreveport Times, January 13, 2012
- “Louisiana report on Medicaid’s economic effect triggers criticism,” Town Talk, January 13, 2012
- “Study: Corporate profits often escape state income taxes,” Baton Rouge Business Report, December 9, 2011
- “Should Poor in LA Get Tax Break,” American Press, December 9, 2011
- “Group Raps La. Tax On Poor,” the Advocate, November 17, 2011
- “LA Among Few States Taxing Income of Working Poor, Report Says,” Baton Rouge Business Report, November 16, 2011
- “Louisiana Budget Project opposes ban on real estate transfer tax,” November 14, 2011
- “Louisiana should not ban a tax that communities may need,” The Town Talk, November 14, 2011
- “Realtors Groups Fight Tax On Ballot,” the Advocate, November 12, 2011
- “LA Amendments make tobacco tax permanent, shift funding for TOPS,” The Town Talk, October 19, 2011
- “Industry Has Doubled in Past Decade,” Center for Responsible Lending, October 10, 2011
- “Payday Lending Is Big Business,” WDSU New Orleans, 10.10.11
- “Louisiana voters will weigh in 5 changes proposed for state Constitution,” Times Picayune, 10.8.11
- “Louisiana Budget Project gets new leader,” Times Picayune, 10.8.11
- “Ashworth retiring from Louisiana Budget Project, names successor,” Baton Rouge Business Report, 10.4.11
- “Stricter college admissions rules could keep many local high school graduates out,” Times Picayune, 9.25.11
- “Growth is here; now create jobs,” Daily World, Opelousas , 9.25.11
- “Poverty Rises in LA,” The Advocate, September 26, 2011
- “BR poverty rate rises in 2010,” Baton Rouge Business Report Daily Report AM, 9.23.1
- “Poverty and Uninsured Rates High in Louisiana,” Bayou Buzz and KATC, September 16, 2011
- “New Census Data: Poverty and Uninsurance Rates Remain High in Louisiana,” Beauregard Daily News, September 13, 2011
- “A Holiday’s Deferred Cost”, The Advocate, September 2, 2011
- “Collision Course,” Baton Rouge Business Report, August 22, 2011
- “Louisiana ranks at the bottom for child,” Daily Comet, August 11, 2011
- “Payday Poor,” Baton Rouge Business Report, August 9, 2011
- “Sales Tax Holiday Won’t Hurt State Finances,” Shreveport Times, August 5, 2011
- “Analyst says tax holiday not prudent,” Gannett Capital Bureau, August 4, 2011
- “A New Type and Growing Discrimination Now Faces Job-Seekers,” KNOE, July 14, 2011
- “Lights, camera, credits,”Baton Rouge Business Report, June 28, 2011
- “Jindal’s Veto Sparks Outcry,” The News Star, June 14, 2011
- “Lights, Camera, Louisiana,” LBP’s LA Public Square, May 15, 2011
- “TOPS merits commitment,” Shreveport Times, May 13, 2011
- “New Challenge to Typical Views in Legislature,” The Advocate, May 10, 2011
- “Income tax to social security raises 104M,” The Crowley Post Signal, May 4, 2011
- Quote in the Opinions section, The Advocate, May 2, 2011
- “Crafting a Budget is the Biggest Challenge for Legislators this Session,” Times-Picayune, April 24, 2011
- “Remembering MLK, The Dignity of Workers,” The Huffington Post, April 4, 2011
- “Maybe they cut taxes too much,” The Joplin Globe, March 29, 2011
- “As deficits balloon, persistent tax cuts under scrutiny,” Seattle Times, March 29, 2011
- “States broke maybe they cut taxes too much,” Joplin Globe, Mach 29, 2011
- “Louisiana Budget: A spending peg in a revenue hole,” The Advertiser, March 19, 2011
- “The Imaginary Budget,” The Independent Weekly, March 16, 2011
- “Give ‘em a break,” Baton Rouge Business Report, March 8, 2011
- “Time to Address Revenue Side of the Equation,” The Shreveport Times, March 6, 2011
- “Teachers Unions, Louisiana Budget Project Oppose Extension of Tax Breaks for Businesses,” The Times-Picayune, February 19, 2011
- “Louisiana Student Aid Merits Some Discussion” The Shreveport Times, February 18, 2011
- “Politics Makes Defining Merit More Difficult,” The Advocate, February 17, 2011
- “TOPS a Bottomless Money Pit,” The Advocate, February 13, 2011
- “Briefing Book,” The Times-Picayune, February 13, 2011
- “TOPS a bottomless money pit,” The Times-Picayune, January 28, 2011
- “Spending Cuts Not Only Option,” The Advocate, November 8, 2010
- “Cut a Few Tax Breaks”, The Advocate, August 3, 2010
- “After Stelly Flub, Why Quibble,” The Advertiser, August 2, 2010
- “Stelly Repeal Hurt the State,” The Advocate, July 27, 2010
- “Levine estimates miss the mark,” The Advocate, June 30, 2010
- “State Tax Breaks on Auto-Pilot Despite Deficits,” The Advocate, June 10, 2010
- “Legislation objecting to Obama’s federal health revamp OK’d by La. Senate Committee,” The Examiner, June 10, 2010
- “Another view of state needs and cutbacks,” The Advocate, March 25, 2010
- “Think Beyond the Recession,” The Advocate, January 17, 2010
- “Streamling Panel Tries to Rein in Expenses,” The Times-Picayune, December 14, 2009
BETTER CHOICES FOR A BETTER LOUISIANA:
Press Releases
- “House Veto Is Failure of Leadership,” June 16, 2011
- “Tobacco tax veto irresponsible, indefensible,” June 14, 2011
- “Political Theater a Poor Choice for Louisiana in Fiscal Crisis,” May 25, 2011
Media Advisories
- “Lobby Day and Rally,” May 4, 2011
- “Tax Equity Coalition to Announce Legislative Agenda in Statewide Meetings,” April 17, 2011
Media Citations
- “Legislature fails to overturn Jindal veto“, KNOE, June 16, 2011
- “Cancer Society protests Jindal veto,” The Advertiser, June 15, 2011
- “Jindal’s Veto Sparks Outcry,” The News Star, June 14, 2011
- “Coalition Urges Louisiana Legislature To Override Jindal’s Cigarette Tax Veto,” BayouBuzz, June 14, 2011
- “House Snuffs Veto Override,” News Star, June 17, 2011
- “Groups Object House Sustaining Jindal Veto”, Shreveport Times, June 16, 2011
- “Students to March to Capitol for Higher Ed Rally,” The Daily Reveille, May 3, 2011
- “Rally for Public Services,” Hammond Star, May 2011
- “Coalition pushes $940M in taxes to plug budget gap,” City Business, April 18, 2011
(Also covered by Town Talk, Real Clear Politics, WBRZ and the Advocate) - “Coalition Pushes Taxes To Plug Louisiana Budget Gap,” KTBS Shreveport, April 18, 2011
- “Jefferson School Board’s legislative committee meets — minus three members,” Times-Picayune, April 18, 2011
- “Coalition pushes tax increases,” The Advocate, April 19, 2011
- “Cuts-only budget strategy under fire,” KPLC Lake Charles, April 19, 2011
- “Coalition questions budget cuts,” NBC 33, April 19, 2011
- “Funding on backs of sinners,” Iberianet.com, April 19, 2011
- “New LA group fights against tax cuts,” The News Star, April 21, 2011
- “Crafting a budget is the biggest challenge for legislators this session,” Times-Picayune, April 24, 2011
