This morning I heard Mr. Jan Moller, Director of the Louisiana Budget Project, make a comment that instantly altered my understanding of Louisiana’s State Budget: “The budget is a moral document.” Yes! What I take away from that brief statement is this: our state budget reflects the morality and ethical values which inform the decisions made by our legislature. Louisiana’s…
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This is a chart of the 26-year history of Louisiana’s KidsCount rank among the states on Child Well-being. For more than a quarter century Louisiana has averaged 49th among the states. After improving to 46th three years ago, Louisiana has declined back to 48th among the states in child well-being.