LSU
August 9, 2017
Louisiana faces a $1.2 billion “fiscal cliff” in July of 2018 when a number of temporary taxes - most notably a 1 cent sales tax - expire.
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99.999 - Percentile in the income distribution seeing the largest income gains. In the 1980’s the largest income gains went to low and moderate-income households. (Source: The New York Times)June 2, 2017
Louisiana’s future growth and prosperity depends on its ability to educate its citizens. Our state’s K-12 schools and colleges are at the forefront of efforts to provide opportunities for our children, and to prepare the next generation of workers for the challenges they’ll face in the 21st Century economy.… Read more...
May 19, 2017
Gov. John Bel Edwards toured the crumbling Middleton Library at Louisiana’s flagship university and made a pitch for reinvestment on Thursday.