CABL’s 2016 Annual Membership Meeting and Luncheon Governor John Bel Edwards State of the State Address Thursday, December 8th, 2016 Registration – 9:00 a.m. 2016 Membership Meeting – 9:30 to 10:00 a.m. Morning Panel Discussion – 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. KeyNote Address and Luncheon – 12:15 p.m. Adjourn – 1:30 p.m. L’Auberge Casino Hotel 777 […]
CABL was pleased to serve on the Task Force on Structural Change in Budget and Tax Policy. From our perspective, the group’s final recommendations represent a strong step forward for Louisiana in suggesting a permanent tax structure to replace the temporary actions approved by the Legislature in the 2016 legislative sessions.
This year there are six amendments to the state constitution on the November 8 ballot. Four of them – amendments 2, 3, 5 and 6 – can clearly be viewed as substantive and we hope voters will take a few minutes to review those closely. We support three of those amendments. Two other amendments are […]
CABL has released it’s recommendations on the constitutional amendments on the November 8 ballot.
CABL was pleased to host the first, statewide televised debate in Louisiana’s U.S Senate race with our broadcast partner Louisiana Public Broadcasting.
CABL morns the loss of our immediate past chair, Mr. Robert “Bob” Hamm.
The Council for A Better Louisiana has invited five candidates to participate in the upcoming U.S. Senate debate sponsored by CABL and broadcast statewide by Louisiana Public Broadcasting.
The recent floods in south Louisiana have been devastating to tens of thousands of people. Among those hit hard are many thousands of educators and parents of school-age kids.
During this time of crisis in Louisiana, CABL would like to share the following flood recovery documents.
It’s probably a safe bet that most people have at least some vague familiarity with the federal law that was dubbed “No Child Left Behind.” What most people probably don’t know, though, is that that law was replaced this year with a new version called the “Every Student Succeeds Act” or ESSA. In many ways, […]
