Medicaid expansion in Louisiana
As part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the eligibility of Medicaid was expanded to include nearly all-low income individuals with incomes at or below 138% of the federal poverty level ($27,310 for a...
View ArticleThe Myth of the Unskilled Worker
Kacey L. Rodgers, MBA, is an Instructor of Economics at Northwestern State University. Over the past several months, the nation has debated the merits of increasing the minimum wage. Part of this...
View ArticleLouisiana and the Continuing Battle for Equal Pay
The issues of equal pay for women and specifically pay discrimination protections for women have been receiving increased national attention. April 14th of this year marked Equal Pay Day and sparked a...
View ArticleAnother year, another fight to expand Medicaid
Three bills to expand Medicaid coverage in Louisiana will be heard by the legislature tomorrow. This is one of the most important issues currently facing our state, particularly in light of our...
View ArticleSummer Hunger Among Students With Free and Reduced-Price Lunch
Child hunger is a major issue facing Louisiana, which ranks near the top in both child poverty and hunger and food insecurity. According to the Kid Counts Data Center, a project of the Annie F. Casey...
View ArticleGuest Post: Open Letter to Louisiana State Senators on Equal Pay
Dear Senators, You have the chance today to take a stand for fairness and equality by voting for SB 219 (Murray). Women who make up almost half the workforce and close to 40% of the heads of households...
View ArticleWe’re tackling child poverty in 2015
Part of our mission at Louisiana Progress is to produce policies that promote economic opportunity for all Louisianians and to act as a policy and research hub for the progressive movement in our...
View ArticleWhy Louisiana Progress supports the Homeless Children and Youth Act
Almost one year ago, in October 2014, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) reported that they counted only 4,606 homeless people in Louisiana on a single night in January 2014 using...
View ArticleReflections on the Anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
It’s time to talk about one of Louisiana’s bottom-ranking statistics: the pay disparity between men and women. You may already know that, on average in the US, women make 79% of what men make, but in...
View ArticleIn 2016, Louisiana Should Raise the Minimum Wage
If you’ve been paying attention, you may have noticed that things have been getting more expensive (the notable exception, of course, being gasoline). If you live in New Orleans or another larger city,...
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