In The Spotlight

December 20, 2019

LBP 2019 Annual Report

October 29, 2019

Questions for the candidates

October 16, 2019

A Medicaid “freeze” would reverse expansion gains

Consensus on early childhood?

Louisiana legislators are expecting a high-stakes battle among themselves and with Gov. John Bel Edwards on tort “reform” and the state budget. But a quiet consensus […]

The Daily Dime

Number of the Day

3.4 million

Number of Americans who are lifted out of poverty each year by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (Source: U.S. Census Bureau)

(Source: The Advocate)

LBP in the News

January 16, 2020

Louisiana’s Medicaid expansion reduced racial gap in health care coverage, report finds

January 2, 2020

Minimum Wages Going Up – Not in Louisiana

December 25, 2019

Louisiana anti-hunger analyst: New Trump rule on food stamps hurts state’s poor

December 10, 2019

Some States Move Toward Financial Aid Based on Need Rather Than Merit

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