Brod Bagert

December 18, 2017

Perverse incentive

The Industrial Tax Exemption Program doles out about $1 billion each year in property tax breaks to corporations.

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$13.7 billion - Lost tax revenue from the Industrial Tax Exemption Program from 2006 - 2016 (Source: Louisiana Tax Commission via The Advocate)
August 21, 2017

Are colleges turning a corner?

It’s no secret that Louisiana’s colleges and universities often bore the biggest brunt of state budget cuts during the 2008 - 16 fiscal downturn.

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21 percent - Drop in the number of tenure-track professors in the University of Louisiana System schools from 2007 to 2015 - from 2,478 to 1,961 (Source: The Advocate)