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In The Spotlight

September 18, 2019

Public school funding should keep up with inflation

September 13, 2019

Food insecurity is falling in Louisiana, but is still among the highest rates in the nation

September 10, 2019

Louisiana’s uninsured rate remains low as national rate rises

Medicaid expansion here to stay

The expansion of Medicaid coverage to low-income adults – nearly 460,000 of whom have gained coverage since 2016 – is popular in Louisiana. That may explain […]

The Daily Dime

Number of the Day

$3 billion

Cuts proposed to the federal departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education in the Senate Majority’s 2020 funding plan, in inflation-adjusted 2019 dollars. (Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)