4+ day, 11+ min ago   (968+ words) (Andrew Rice, The Center Square) — President Donald Trump said he would offer every eligible American adult a $5,000 “Trump Dividend” if Republicans maintain control of the U.S. House and Senate in the midterm elections. “It’s $5,000 to every adult,” Trump told…...

4+ day, 50+ min ago   (518+ words) The Hayride Rather than throw more money at a perceived problem, perhaps Louisiana should reconceptualize how it addresses child care. Money that the country didn’t have was thrown at states through federal grants during the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic to give…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (127+ words) The Hayride A growing number of Americans are learning to embrace self-sufficiency. New data from Curion found that nearly 70 percent of Americans make, grow, or preserve their own food at home. Robert and Jill Malone, authors of Homesteading for Health:…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (873+ words) The Hayride In order to actually solve a problem, you need to understand it, which it isn’t at all clear that Louisiana’s Legislative Higher Education Funding and Formula Task Force does. As the landscape of higher education continues to change,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (404+ words) (Citizens for a New Louisiana) — 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…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (571+ words) The Hayride Economic prosperity through data centers is being thrown into Louisiana’s lap. But it’s not enough just to solve the puzzle of economic incentives; political necessities all need attending to. It turns out that a number of states, run…...

3+ week, 1+ min ago   (322+ words) (Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square) — The Trump administration is temporarily lifting the tariff on beef to help lower prices for Americans at the grocery store. “For the next 90 days, the United States will allow up to 300,000 metric tons of product…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (528+ words) (Andrew Rice, The Center Square) — Mississippi, Wyoming and Arkansas lead the nation in car crash fatalities, according to a new report. The Welcome Law Firm, a personal injury and immigration legal clinic, analyzed fatal crash data from the National Highway…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (697+ words) (Wendy Barnes, Real Clear Wire) — As candidates spend the coming months telling voters how they would transform American health care, they should not overlook reforms that could make care more accessible and affordable without requiring complex new government programs. Millions…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (771+ words) (Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) – The typical American has to save for at least a decade to afford a home in their state, despite the federal government spending nearly half a trillion dollars on housing programs since 2015, a new report…...