LAFAYETTE ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE INDEX
It's the big question on just about everybody’s mind: Where is Lafayette's economy headed?
Section LABI'S Outlook
Absolute power corrupts absolutely, which is why the Senate should rebel against Sen. Harry Reid feathering his own nest. The popular 19th century English nobleman, Lord Acton, is perhaps best...
If natural gas is the ‘champagne of hydrocarborns,’ Congress and the Obama team would be well served to start with a tall glass. Some 30 years ago, I was coordinating a group of independent oil and...
LABI's Outlook - February 2009
Is the cost worth the cure? ‘Climate Change’ legislation is coming, but you and I are going to pay for it. It would be funny if it weren’t so serious. California Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman...
New Legislature, more health insurance mandates Sometimes it is true indeed that the more things change, the more they remain the same. That may be the case with our new Legislature and the issue of...
The spending cap flap The rhetoric is flying over Louisiana’s constitutionally imposed expenditure limit on the growth of the state budget, a feature commonly called the “spending cap.” The Republican...
Tax Commission appointments are crucial Some of the most interesting — and revealing — appointments Gov. Bobby Jindal will make will be on the Tax Commission. This regulatory body is, essentially, a...
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