HB 390 Archives - Louisiana Budget Project

May 11, 2017

Leadership needed to fix tax structure

Louisiana’s tax structure is unfair, unsustainable and inadequate, LBP Director Jan Moller explains in a guest column for The Advocate.

Number of the Day

1.1 percent - First quarter growth in Louisiana’s gross domestic product (GDP). That’s slower than Texas (3.4), Alabama (2.2) and Georgia (1.8) but faster than Mississippi (0.1) and Arkansas (0.5) (Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis)

April 20, 2017

The changing mission of TOPS

The Nola.com/Times-Picayune editorial board says that if lawmakers don’t fully fund the TOPS scholarship program, low and moderate-income families should be prioritized for full awards.

Number of the Day

$2.6 billion - Medicaid costs that would be shifted from the federal government to Louisiana from 2020 - 2023 under the American Health Care Act, which House GOP leaders are signaling they want to revive. (Source: LBP analysis)

April 6, 2017

A Medicaid marathon

Louisiana spends less than the national average, on a per-capita basis, to support its Medicaid program, and the growth of Medicaid spending in Louisiana is also slower than average.

Number of the Day

$43,032 - The average Household Survival Budget for a Louisiana family of four — nearly double the federally recognized family poverty level of $23,550. (Source: The ALICE Report - 2016 Update)