Miguez Stands Alone
Welcome to election season, when your favorite candidate finds out all kinds of things about themselves they didn’t know before. It reminds me of that meme: “Have you ever heard a rumor about yourself and actually wanted to hear more? Like d@#$, what did I...
Constitutional Amendments 1, 2, 6, 9 and 10: About Tax Policy
We wish we could say it is simply that time of year, but for the second time this year, Louisiana voters will be asked to amend the state constitution. This time, ten separate propositions will appear on the November 3rd ballot, and many voters may instinctively...
SpaceX: Louisiana’s Blueprint for Exponential Business Growth
SpaceX may have given Louisiana more than a transformational investment. It may have given us a blueprint. When attracting the project mattered enough, Louisiana demonstrated its willingness to reconsider taxes, remove regulatory obstacles, coordinate government...
StateLens: A NewLouisiana Solution Goes National
Several years ago, I realized that keeping up with the legislature would require more than a shared Google Sheet. A spreadsheet doesn’t notice when a bill changes, and that’s a big problem. But, like so many other grassroots organizations that try to keep...
Report Card for Superintendent Cade Brumley
by Rep. Charles “Chuck” Owen About six years ago, Louisiana was looking for a new Superintendent of Education. The State’s rankings were poor at the time, and things had not been going in the right direction for a long time. How we got to that low...
Citizens for a New Louisiana is making government more transparent, one parish at a time. Will you become a part of the solution?
