Commentary: Louisiana Can Help Force Congress to Balance Budget
Many Americans are now looking to state legislatures to step in and take the lead in amending the Constitution to curb the Congress’ outrageous spending problem.
Commentary: Louisiana Announces Online Medical Records Exchange For Health Care Providers
The 2009 Stimulus allocated money for states to improve their information technology systems, with the ideal result being enhanced care, readily available patient information, and up-to-speed communication.
Commentary: Jindal’s Budget Cutting Measures Lauded As Successful, Beneficial To Economy
Jindal has managed to keep Louisiana’s unemployment rate at 7.1 percent- two points lower than the national average- and avoid raising taxes altogether.
Commentary: Amtrak Illustrates Inefficiency Of Publicly Funded Transportation
No viable enterprise would hope to operate at a profit with the extremely inefficient procedures currently used by Amtrak.
Commentary: Louisiana Decision to Forgo Federal Early Education Grant Sparks Uproar
This decision… raises important questions about the value of federally funded education programs such as Race to the Top.
Governors Bush And Wise Announce Blueprint For Digital Education Initiative
Online learning engages students in ways that classroom instruction sometimes fails to do, whether due to poor instruction or overburdened class sizes.
NY Times Lauds New Orleans Education Progres, Role Of Charters
The correlation between charters, which employ more flexible and student-tailored teaching methods, and progress is hard to ignore.
Commentary: Obama High Speed Rail Plan Officially DOA
Once the initial government subsidies end, states would be left to pay for the mammoth costs of a higher-speed version of the failing Amtrak model.
Greenstein: ObamaCare Will ‘Cannibalize’ Private Insurance By 2014
‘Government-financed health care does not have to be government-run.’
Commentary: Texas Criminal Justice Model A Resounding Success
Texas has managed to reduce its incarceration rate while saving taxpayers hundreds of millions and reducing crime.