• Bond Rating
• Budget, State
• Budget & Fiscal Reforms
• Campaign Finance
• Constitution
• Constitutional Amendments
• Constitutional Convention
• Debt, State
• Economic Development
• Education, Accountability
• Education, Higher
• Education, K-12
• Education, Vo-Tech
• Elections
• Ethics
• Executive Branch

• Forced Heirship
• Gambling
• Health Care Policy
• Home Rule
• Homestead Exemption
• Initiative
• Judiciary
• Labor
• Legislature
• Libraries
• Local Government
• Lottery
• Mineral Revenues
• New Orleans
• Open Meetings & Public Records
• Open Primary

• Personnel
• Public Service Commission
• Reapportionment
• Recovery
• Retirement
• Spending, Government
• State Employment
• State Government
• Surplus & Nonrecurring Funds
• Taxes & Fees
• Term Limits
• Tobacco Settlement
• Tourism
• Transportation
• Unemployment Insurance
• Wildlife & Fisheries
• Workers' Compensation

BOND RATING

• 1994 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Louisiana Recovery District, October 1, 1994
• PARticles Vol. 1, No. 2--Summary of PAR Commentaries: Wall Street Views Louisiana (December 26, 1990); March 1991
• Borrowing for Cash Flow (Louisiana Recovery District), Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 35, No. 5, June 1, 1987

BUDGET, STATE

• PAR Issues Letter on 2013-2014 Budget Amendments May 2013
• On the Health Record: Creating an Open Process to Prepare Louisiana for National Reforms, June 2010
• State and Local Revenue and Spending: How Louisiana Compares Post-Katrina, April 2010
• Don't raid the funds, PAR says, April 2010
• Working Toward a Client-Centered and Cost-Effective Approach to Medicaid Long-Term Care for the Elderly, April 2010
• Public Mental Health Care in Louisiana, December 2009
• Filling the Gap or Tipping the Scale? An Analysis of Louisiana’s Use of Financial Incentives to Spur Economic Development, August 2009
• Moving Highway Funding to Stable Ground, July 2009
• Short session, short on ideas, June 2009
• Delay cuts to develop plan, PAR says, June 2009
• Don't delay the REC, PAR says, May 2009
• Delaying Tax Cuts Should Be Considered, PAR Says, April 2009
• PAR Names Top Five Sunshine Solutions, March 2009
• Highway Funding: Is There a Crisis?, March 2009
• Constitutional convention only helps future budgets, PAR says, February 2009
• Assessing the Louisiana Health First Plan, December 2008
• Guide to the Proposed Consitutional Amendments, September 2008
• PAR Calls Vetoes a Good First Step, July 2008
• Session Yielded Little Reform, PAR Says, June 2008
• PAR Calls Pay Raise Absurd Proposal, June 2008
• Capital Outlay Reform Agenda for Louisiana, June 2008
• Louisiana's Captial Outlay Process, June 2008
• PAR Says Proposed Tax Cut is Shortsighted Fiscal Policy, May 2008
• Higher Education Performance Funding: Louisiana’s Options, May 2008
• PAR Says Stronger Burden of Proof Weakens Ethics Reform, April 2008
• Special Session Set Stage for Growth, PAR Says, March 2008
• Spending Federal Disaster Aid, September 2007
• Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments, September 2007
• Questioning Candidates Beyond the Platitudes, September 2007
• PAR Wraps Up 2007 Session, June 2007
• PAR Says Help Fund Local Redevelopment and Road Home, June 2007
• Higher Education Tuition and Fees: Louisiana’s Options for Keeping Pace, May 2007
• Teacher and School Employee Pay: A Strategic Approach, May 2007
• GulfGov Reports: A Year and a Half After Katrina and Rita, An Uneven Recovery , April 2007
• PAR Calls Session a Waste, December 2006
• PAR Says Delay Session, November 2006
• Reject Proposals to Issue Rebates, PAR Says, October 2006
• Guide to the Constitutional Amendments on the November 7, 2006, Ballot , October 2006
• GulfGov Reports: One Year Later, August 2006
• PAR Says Session Missed Opportunities, June 2006
• Keep Nursing Home Payments Flexible, PAR Says , June 2006
• Par Urges More Oversight for Aid Spending, June 2006
• Hurricanes and Health Care Reform, April 2006
• Municipal Bankruptcy in Perspective, April 2006
• PAR Says Keep Cuts, Save Reserves, November 2005
• Take the High Road, Not the Highways, PAR Says, Commentary, 4/8/04
• White Paper on State Finances and Taxation, Issue Paper #2, August 2003
• 2003 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; Budget Stabilization Fund, August 25, 2003
• 2002 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; Budget Adjustments, November 5, 2002
• Fiscal Decision-making: Room for Improvement, March 2001
• Tobacco Addiction: Just Say No, Commentary, May 19, 1999
• 1999 PAR Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; Biennial State Budgeting, October 23, 1999
• Now Is Not The Time, Commentary, June 1, 1998
• The Tangled Web of State Mandates, Teacher Pay and the MFP, Legislative Bulletin, May 20, 1998
• TIME... and TIME Again?, November, 1997
• The Addictions of Our Politicians; Commentary, May 26, 1994
• Meaningful Debt Limit Requires Strong Constitutional Provision; Commentary, May 3, 1993
• Memo To PAR Members: Balancing the State Budget Without New Taxes: The Deficit Elimination Plan; May 3, 1993
• Summary of PAR Press Conference on 1994 State Budget; April 21, 1993
• Memo To PAR Members: More Taxes Won't Solve the Fiscal Crisis; February 17, 1993
• 1993 Guide to the Consitutional Amendments; Feasability Studies/Spending Limit, October 16, 1993
• 1992 Guide to the Constitutional Convention Proposal; State Expenditure Limit, Budget Reduction Authority, Capital Budget Priorities, Feasibility Study for Capital Outlay Projects, November 3, 1992
• Proposed State Budget: More Quick Fixes; Commentary, March 12, 1992
• Limitations on Budget Cutting; Memo, July 3, 1991
• The Budget Cutting Option; Commentary, July 3, 1991
• 1990 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; State Budget Controls, October 6, 1990
• A 3-D Session: Disappointing, Deficit Prone, Distracted, Legislative Fiscal Irresponsibility; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 38, No. 6, July 13, 1990
• Scenario 1991: Another Big Budget Crunch; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 38, No. 4, May 11, 1990
• Budget Issues for Fiscal 1990-91; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 38, No. 3, May 8, 1990
• PAR Recommendations on Unresolved Major Issues, Budgetary Reforms; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 38, No. 1, April 25, 1990
• 1990 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; State Budget Controls, October 6, 1990
• 1989 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; State Financial Procedures, April 29, 1989
• Budget (State and Capital); PAR Legislative Analysis, July 1988
• The Unique 1988-89 Recommended State Budget: "Clean, Lean and Mean"; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 36, No. 2, May 9, 1988
• Fiscal Status: Deep Red; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 35, No. 6, June 19, 1987
• Borrowing for Cash Flow: Payable From What Anticipated Revenue?, Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 35, No. 5, June 1, 1987
• 1983 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; Constitutional Status for LIFE Fund, October 22, 1983

BUDGET AND FISCAL REFORMS

• On the Health Record: Creating an Open Process to Prepare Louisiana for National Reforms, June 2010
• Don't raid the funds, PAR says, April 2010
• Working Toward a Client-Centered and Cost-Effective Approach to Medicaid Long-Term Care for the Elderly, April 2010
• Moving Highway Funding to Stable Ground, July 2009
• Short session, short on ideas, June 2009
• Delay cuts to develop plan, PAR says, June 2009
• Don't delay the REC, PAR says, May 2009
• Delaying Tax Cuts Should Be Considered, PAR Says, April 2009
• PAR Says Strengthen Regents' Authority, April 2009
• Constitutional convention only helps future budgets, PAR says, February 2009
• Assessing the Louisiana Health First Plan, December 2008
• Guide to the Proposed Consitutional Amendments, September 2008
• PAR Calls Vetoes a Good First Step, July 2008
• Session Yielded Little Reform, PAR Says, June 2008
• PAR Says Allow Tuition Increases, June 2008
• Capital Outlay Reform Agenda for Louisiana, June 2008
• Louisiana's Captial Outlay Process, June 2008
• PAR Says Proposed Tax Cut is Shortsighted Fiscal Policy, May 2008
• Higher Education Performance Funding: Louisiana’s Options, May 2008
• Strengthening the Standards: A Case Study of Disaster-Related Contracting Practices in Louisiana,April 2008
• Special Session Set Stage for Growth, PAR Says, March 2008
• Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments, September 2007
• Questioning Candidates Beyond the Platitudes, September 2007
• PAR Calls Session a Waste, December 2006
• Reject Proposals to Issue Rebates, PAR Says, October 2006
• Par Urges More Oversight for Aid Spending, June 2006
• Hurricanes and Health Care Reform, April 2006
• Municipal Bankruptcy in Perspective, April 2006
• PAR Says Keep Cuts, Save Reserves, November 2005
• Take the High Road, Not the Highways, PAR Says, Commentary, 4/8/04
• Begin Business Tax Cuts, PAR Urges, Commentary, 3/1/04
• White Paper on State Finances and Taxation, Issue Paper #2, August 2003
• 2003 PAR Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; Wetlands Restoration Fund, Budget Stabilization Fund, August 25, 2003
• The 'Stelly Plan:" A Proposed Income/Sales Tax Swap, September 2002
• Fiscal Decision-making: Room for Improvement, March 2001
• 2000 PAR Guide to the Constitutional Amendments, "The Stelly Plan," November 7, 2000
• Now Is Not The Time, Commentary, June 1, 1998
• TIME... and TIME Again?, November, 1997
• Memo to Members of the Louisiana House of Representatives: Revenue Estimating Conference; May 9, 1995
• Reform Scorecard 1993; May 24, 1993
• Louisiana Fiscal Focus Report No. 4: Louisiana Fiscal Policies: There Are Choices, November 1992
• PARticles Vol. 1, No. 3--Summary of PAR Commentaries: State Budget Reforms Continue (June 5, 1991), The Budget Cutting Option (July 3, 1991); July 1991
• State Budget Reforms Continue; Commentary, June 5, 1991
• Louisiana Fiscal Focus, Report No. 1: Two Decades of Tax Instability; April 1991
• PARticles Vol. 1, No. 1--Summary of PAR Commentaries:Amendment No. 2: State Budget Reforms Mean Huge Dollar Savings (September 26, 1990); January 1991
• Constitutional Budget Reforms; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 38, No. 4, May 11, 1990
• PAR Recommendations on Unresolved Major Issues; Legislative Bulletin; Budgetary Reforms, Vol. 38, No. 1, April 25, 1990
• Memo to PAR Members: Governor's Fiscal Reform Package; September 28, 1988
• Memo to Legislature: Update on Fiscal Reforms; June 5, 1987
• The 1987-88 Proposed State Budget: Abdication of Executive Responsibility; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 35, No. 4, May 26, 1987
• Constitutional Budget Reforms; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 35, No. 2, May 12, 1987
• Financing Louisiana's Future, PAR Special Report #1: Budget Reform Essential To Fiscal Sanity; April 1987

CAMPAIGN FINANCE

• Campaign Finance Disclosure Fact Sheet, September 2011(Spanish) (Vietnamese)
• The Unfinished Business of Ethics Reform, January 2010
• PAR Wraps Up the Special Session on Ethics, February 2008
• PAR Announces Ethics Reform Agenda for 2007, March 2007
• PAR Says Keep Ban on Contributions During Session, April 2006
• PAR Says Keep Ban on Riverboat Campaign Contributions, Commentary, 4/30/04
• White Paper on Governmental Ethics and Constitutional Revision, Issue Paper #4, September 2003
• Judicial Campaign Finance and Merit Selection; PAR Analysis No. 292; July 1996
• Governmental Ethics Laws in Louisiana: Public Trust or Private Gain; PAR Study, September 1995
• Campaign Finance; PAR Legislative Analysis, July 1988
• Campaign Finance; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 36, No. 4, May 27, 1988
• Campaign Finance Reform; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 36, No. 3, May 13, 1988
• Campaign Finances in the 1987 Governor's Race; PAR Analysis 284, May 1, 1988

CONSTITUTION

• PAR clarifies higher ed position, September 2009
• Short session, short on ideas, June 2009
• PAR Says Strengthen Regents' Authority, April 2009
• Constitutional convention only helps future budgets, PAR says, February 2009
• Redistricting 2010: Reforming the Process of Distributing Political Power, February 2009
• Guide to the Proposed Consitutional Amendments, September 2008
• Session Yielded Little Reform, PAR Says, June 2008
• Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments, September 2007
• PAR Wraps Up 2007 Session, June 2007
• Reject Proposals to Issue Rebates, PAR Says, October 2006
• Guide to the Constitutional Amendments on the November 7, 2006, Ballot, October 2006
• Guide to the Constitutional Amendments on the September 30, 2006, Ballot, September 2006
• PAR Says Session Missed Opportunities, June 2006
• White Paper on Governmental Ethics and Constitutional Revision, Issue Paper #4, September 2003
• 2003 PAR Guide to the Constitutional Amendments
• 2002 PAR Guide to the Constitutional Amendments
• PAR Says It's Time to Update Constitution, Commentary, May 14, 2001
• 2000 PAR Guide to the Constitutional Amendments
• 1999 PAR Guide to the Constitutional Amendments
• 1998 PAR Guide to the Constitutional Amendments
• Constitutional Reforms Under Attack; Commentary, March 28, 1995
• Assault on Louisiana Constitution Intensifies; Commentary, May 10, 1994
• Meaningful Debt Limit Requires Strong Constitutional Protection; Commentary, May 5, 1993

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

• PAR Guide to the 2012 Constitutional Amendments September 2012
• Smart election date for Constitutional Amendments would save money and encourage voter participation January 2012
• PAR Guide to the 2011 Constitutional Amendments September 2011
• Guide to the Constitutional Amendments, November 2, 2010, Ballot
• Guide to the Constitutional Amendments, October 2, 2010, Ballot
• Don't raid the funds, PAR says, April 2010
• PAR says don't abolish Regents, February 2010
• PAR clarifies higher ed position, September 2009
• Short session, short on ideas, June 2009
• Don't Increase the Homestead Exemption, PAR Says, May 2009
• Constitutional convention only helps future budgets, PAR says, February 2009
• Guide to the Proposed Consitutional Amendments, September 2008
• Session Yielded Little Reform, PAR Says, June 2008
• PAR Says Proposed Tax Cut is Shortsighted Fiscal Policy, May 2008
• Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments, September 2007
• PAR Wraps Up 2007 Session, June 2007
• Higher Education Tuition and Fees: Louisiana’s Options for Keeping Pace, May 2007
• Guide to the Constitutional Amendments on the November 7, 2006, Ballot, October 2006
• Guide to the Constitutional Amendments on the September 30, 2006, Ballot, September 2006
• PAR Says Session Missed Opportunities, June 2006
• PAR Says Consolidate New Orleans Assessors, June 2006
• 2004 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; November 2, 2004
• 2004 Guide to the Constitutional Amendment on the Defense of Marriage Act; September 18, 2004
• 2003 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; October 4, 2003
• 2002 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; November 5, 2002
• 2000 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; November 7, 2000
• 1999 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; October 23, 1999 and November 20, 1999
• 1998 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; October 3, 1998 and November 3, 1998
• 1996 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; September 21, 1996
• 1995 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; October 21, 1995 and November 18, 1995
• 1994 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; October 1, 1994
• 1993 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; October 16, 1993
• 1992 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; October 3, 1992 and November 3, 1992
• 1991 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; October 19, 1991
• 1990 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; October 6, 1990
• 1989 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; October 7, 1989
• 1989 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; April 29, 1989
• 1988 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; October 1, 1988
• 1987 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; November 21, 1987
• 1986 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; September 27, 1986
• 1984 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; November 6, 1984
• 1983 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; October 22, 1983
• 1982 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; September 11, 1982
• 1980 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; November 4, 1980
• 1979 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; September 1979
• 1978 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; November 7, 1978
• 1974 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; April 20, 1974

CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION

• Constitutional convention only helps future budgets, PAR says, February 2009
• White Paper on Governmental Ethics and Constitutional Revision, Issue Paper #4, September 2003
• PAR Says It's Time to Update Constitution, Commentary, May 14, 2001
• 1992 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Limited Constitutional Convention, November 3, 1992
• Guide to the Constitutional Convention Proposal; November 3, 1992
• Louisiana Fiscal Focus Report No. 3: 1992 Constitutional Convention PAR Recommendations, August 1992
• The Proposed Constitutional Convention; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 40, No. 2, April 30, 1992 
  That's Why We Elected Them; Commentary, March 27, 1992

DEBT, STATE

• State and Local Revenue and Spending: How Louisiana Compares Post-Katrina, April 2010
• Capital Outlay Reform Agenda for Louisiana, June 2008
• Louisiana's Captial Outlay Process, June 2008
• PAR Says Proposed Tax Cut is Shortsighted Fiscal Policy, May 2008
• Special Session Set Stage for Growth, PAR Says, March 2008
• Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments, September 2007
• Questioning Candidates Beyond the Platitudes, September 2007
• PAR Wraps Up 2007 Session, June 2007
• PAR Says Delay Session, November 2006
• Reject Proposals to Issue Rebates, PAR Says, October 2006
• Municipal Bankruptcy in Perspective, April 2006
• Public Employee Retirement: A Time for Change, March 2005
• 1994 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Louisiana Recovery District, October 1, 1994
• 1993 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; State Debt Limit, Agency Debt Costs, October 16, 1993
• Meaningful Debt Limit Requires Strong Constitutional Protection; May 5, 1993
• 1992 Guide to the Constitutional Convention Proposal; General Obligation Debt, November 3, 1992
• Financing Louisiana's Future: State Debt; PAR Special Report, February 1, 1988
• 1986 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Relax Restriction on Refunding State Debt, September 27, 1986
• 1982 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Allow Refinancing of State Debt at Higher Interest Rates, September 11, 1982

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

• Filling the Gap or Tipping the Scale? An Analysis of Louisiana’s Use of Financial Incentives to Spur Economic Development, August 2009
• Delay cuts to develop plan, PAR says, June 2009
• Session Yielded Little Reform, PAR Says, June 2008
• PAR Says Scrap Records Exception for Governor, Start Over, May 2008
• Higher Education Performance Funding: Louisiana’s Options, May 2008
• Special Session Set Stage for Growth, PAR Says, March 2008
• Spending Federal Disaster Aid, September 2007
• Questioning Candidates Beyond the Platitudes, September 2007
• PAR Wraps Up 2007 Session, June 2007
• GulfGov Reports: A Year and a Half After Katrina and Rita, An Uneven Recovery , April 2007
• PAR Calls Session a Waste, December 2006
• Secrecy is Bad Business, PAR Says, Commentary, 6/2/04
• PAR Says Continue Drive to Elevate LSU, Commentary, 3/25/04
• Begin Business Tax Cuts, PAR Urges, Commentary, 3/1/04
• White Paper on Governmental Ethics and Constitutional Revision, Issue Paper #4, September 2003
• White Paper on Elementary and Secondary Education, Issue Paper #3, September 2003
• White Paper on State Finances and Taxation, Issue Paper #2, August 2003
• White Paper on Higher Education, Issue Paper #1, 4/29/03
• 2003 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; Wetlands Restoration Fund, Coastal Restoration Fund, Coastal Restoration Liability, Leasing Local Property, August 25, 2003
• Considering a "Deal Closing Fund" for Louisiana, April 2002
• 2000 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments, Louisiana, Inc. and Donation for Economic Development, November 7, 2000
• Louisiana Inc. Plan Moving at the Speed of Business, Commentary, March 24, 2000
• Memo to Members of the Louisiana Legislature: Economic Development and Gaming; May 28, 1992
• 1992 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Use of Public Funds, November 3, 1992
• 1991 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Use of Public Funds, October 19, 1991
• Government Limits Louisiana's Potential; Commentary, September 25, 1991
• "New Directions" for Economic Development and Financing Business Development; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 39, No. 4, May 22, 1991
• 1990 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Donations for Industry, October 6, 1990
• Economic Development; PAR Legislative Analysis, July 1988

EDUCATION, ACCOUNTABILITY

• Short session, short on ideas, June 2009
• PAR Says Keep Eighth-Grade LEAP Standards Intact, May 2009
• Questioning Candidates Beyond the Platitudes, September 2007
• East Baton Rouge Parish Schools: A New Beginning?, July 2005
• NCLB: A Steep Climb Ahead, July 2004
• Close-up on Education Accountability, Fourth in Series, April 2004
• White Paper on Elementary and Secondary Education, Issue Paper #3, September 2003
• 2003 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; State Takeover of Failing Schools, August 25, 2003
• Close-up on Education Accountability, Third in Series, April 2003
• Close-up on Education Accountability, Second in Series, February 2002
• Close-up on Education Accountability, Assessing the Accountability Plan, March 2001
• BESE Should Delay Decision on Two Accountability Program Changes, December 11, 2000

EDUCATION, HIGHER

• Don't raid the funds, PAR says, April 2010
• PAR says don't abolish Regents, February 2010
• PAR clarifies higher ed position, September 2009
• Short session, short on ideas, June 2009
• Delay cuts to develop plan, PAR says, June 2009
• Higher Education Governance Structure: Louisiana's Options for Keeping Pace, April 2009
• Constitutional convention only helps future budgets, PAR says, February 2009
• Session Yielded Little Reform, PAR Says, June 2008
• PAR Says Allow Tuition Increases, June 2008
• Higher Education Performance Funding: Louisiana’s Options, May 2008
• Special Session Set Stage for Growth, PAR Says, March 2008
• Questioning Candidates Beyond the Platitudes, September 2007
• PAR Wraps Up 2007 Session, June 2007
• Higher Education Tuition and Fees: Louisiana’s Options for Keeping Pace, May 2007
• Realigning Charity Health Care and Medical Education in Louisiana, May 2007
• 2006 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments, September 30, 2006
• PAR Says Session Missed Opportunities, June 2006
• PAR Says Continue Drive to Elevate LSU, Commentary, 3/25/04
• PAR Says Community College Cuts Costly, Commentary, 5/23/03
• White Paper on Higher Education, Issue Paper #1, 4/29/03
• 2002 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; Higher Education Investments, November 5, 2002
• 2000 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments;"The Stelly Plan'" November 7, 2000
• 1999 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; Higher Education Funding, October 23, 1999
• 1998 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; Rename Board of Trustees, Board of Regents Membership, Community College System, October 3, 1998 and November 3, 1998
• The Community College Question, August 1997
• 1994 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Investing in the Education Trust Fund, October 1, 1994
• 1992 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Regents' Membership, Investment of 8(g) Fund in Stocks, October 3, 1992 and November 3, 1992
• 1991 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Regents' Membership and Authority, New Fund For Higher Education, October 19, 1991
• Merit Cannot Be Rewarded "Across The Board"; Commentary, August 29, 1991
• PARticles Vol. 1, No. 3--Summary of PAR Commentaries: Superboard for Higher Education: The Only Solution? (April 24, 1991); July 1991
• Superboard for Public Higher Education: Solutions or New Problems?; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 39, No. 1, April 22, 1991
• PARticles Vol. 1, No. 1--Summary of PAR Commentaries: Amendment No. 3: Added Protection for the Quality Education Trust Fund (September 26, 1990); January 1991
• 1990 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; College Stock Acquisition, October 6, 1990
• Superboard for Higher Education; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 36, No. 3, May 13, 1988
• Higher Education (Superboard for Higher Education); PAR Legislative Analysis, July 1988
• Vo-Tech - In Search of a System, December 1981
• 1980 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Student Voting Members on Higher Education Boards, November 4, 1980
• Meeting Louisiana's Need for vocational-Technical Education: A Summary, October 1972
• Legislative Bulletin, May 1959
• Legislative Bulletin, May 1958

EDUCATION, K-12

• Open Letter to Superintendent White Re: Education Reforms (pdf) July 2012
• Commentary on the 2012 Regular Legislative Session: Part I - Education June 2012
• PAR Says Strengthen Accountability to Strengthen Education Reforms March 2012
• A Future at Risk: Meeting the Challenge of Louisiana's High School Dropout Problem, October 2011 (Full report) (Check each high school's dropout prevention target)
• Charter Schools in Louisiana, March 2010
• Short session, short on ideas, June 2009
• PAR Says Keep Eighth-Grade LEAP Standards Intact, May 2009
• PAR Urges School Board Reform, March 2009
• Constitutional convention only helps future budgets, PAR says, February 2009
• Session Yielded Little Reform, PAR Says, June 2008
• Special Session Set Stage for Growth, PAR Says, March 2008
• Questioning Candidates Beyond the Platitudes, September 2007
• PAR Wraps Up 2007 Session, June 2007
• Teacher and School Employee Pay: A Strategic Approach, May 2007
• GulfGov Reports Education Research Tracks School Recovery, April 2007
• PAR Says Don't Pull Plug on the RSD, March 2007
• Guide to the Constitutional Amendments on the November 7, 2006, Ballot, October 2006
• Guide to the Constitutional Amendments on the September 30, 2006, Ballot, September 2006
• PAR Says Session Missed Opportunities, June 2006
• Education Finance Reform: A 65% Solution?, March 2006
• Expanded Takeover a Promising First Step, PAR Says, November 2005
• East Baton Rouge Parish Schools: A New Beginning?, July 2005
• NCLB: A Steep Climb Ahead, July 2004
• Close-up on Education Accountability, Fourth in Series, April 2004
• White Paper on Elementary and Secondary Education, Issue Paper #3, September 2003
• 2003 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; State Takeover of Failing Schools, August 25, 2003
• Close-up on Education Accountability, Third in Series, April 2003
• Close-up on Education Accountability, Second in Series, February 2002
• Education Funding: How Does Louisiana Compare?, October 2001
• Close-up on Education Accountability, Assessing the Accountability Plan, March 2001
• Teacher Pay Plan Has Major Drawbacks, Commentary, March 7, 2001
• BESE Should Delay Decision on Two Accountability Program Changes, December 11, 2000
• 2000 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments, "The Stelly Plan," November 7, 2000
• An Open Letter to the Governor From PAR, December 29, 1999
• Education Accountability and the Role Of School Choice, March 30, 1999
• 1999 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; Zachary School District, North Rapides Parish School District, October 23, 1999 and November 20, 1999
• School Employee Pay: How Does It Stack Up?, April 1997
• Louisiana's Children At Risk; PAR Analysis 293, February 1997
• 1995 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Baker and Rapides Parish School Districts, October 21, 1995 and November 18, 1995
• 1994 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Investing in the Education Trust Fund, October 1, 1994
• Teacher Evaluation and Professional Development; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 41, No. 1, June 10, 1994
• 1992 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Investment of 8(g) Money in Stocks, BESE Membership, November 3, 1992
• 1992 Guide to the Constitutional Convention Proposal; Local Government Scholarships, November 3, 1992
• PARticles Vol. 1, No. 3--Summary of PAR Commentaries: Statewide Teacher Evaluation Essential For the Children, Teachers and Us (April 10, 1991); July 1991
• PARticles Vol. 1, No. 2--Summary of PAR Commentaries: Children First in Recommended New MFP Formula Funding (March 20, 1991) and Teacher Evaluation: It's Wounded and Needs First Aid (February 20, 1991); March 1991
• Formula Funding of Public Higher Education: Myth Vs. Reality; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 39, No. 2, May 6, 1991
• Evaluating Teacher Evaluation; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 39, No. 3, May 13, 1991
• PARticles Vol. 1, No. 1--Summary of PAR Commentaries: Amendment No. 3: Added Protection for the Quality Education Trust Fund (September 26, 1990) and Class Size: How Small, How Much? (December 12, 1990); January 1991
• 1990 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Education Trust Fund, October 6, 1990
• MFP Changes Urgent; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 38, No. 5, May 25, 1990
• PAR Recommendations on Unresolved Major Issues; Legislative Bulletin, Elementary and Secondary Education, Vol. 38, No. 1, April 25, 1990
• Education (MFP), Retirement, Taxes, Legislature; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 38, No. 5, May 25, 1990
• Assignment Education Summary Report: Findings and Recommendations; November 1989
• Assignment Education Report No. 7: The Very Special 8(g) Money; July 1989
• Assignment Education Report No. 8: Addressing the Needs of At-Risk Children, July 1989
• Assignment Education Report No. 5: Class Size: Impact and Cost; June 1989
• Assignment Education Report No. 6: Teacher Supply: Meeting the Demand; June 1989
• Assignment Education Report No. 4: Student Testing: Problems and Promises; May 1989
• Assignment Education Report No. 3: Louisiana's Students: Children At Risk; February 1989
• Assignment Education Report No. 2: The MFP: Time for a New Approach; December 1988
• A "White Paper;" The MFP: Time for a New Approach; December 1988
• Assignment Education Report No. 1: Ranking Resources and Results; October 1988
• The Children First Act, MFP; PAR Legislative Analysis, July 1988
• Update on Recommended Changes in the MFP; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 36, No. 5, June 3, 1988
• School Reform: Children First Act and Regional Service Centers; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 36, No. 4, May 27, 1988
• 1987 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Legislature or BESE Authority Over State School Aid Program, November 21, 1987
• Educational Evaluation Study: Ouachita Parish and City of Monroe; August 1, 1987
• How Much Legislative Control of the $1 Billion MFP?; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 35, No. 5, June 1, 1987
• Teacher Pay; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 35, No.3, May 19, 1987
• 1986 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Dedicate 8(g) Windfall, September 27, 1986
• 1979 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Four-Year Concurrent Terms for BESE; October 27, 1979

EDUCATION, VO-TECH

• Delay cuts to develop plan, PAR says, June 2009
• Session Yielded Little Reform, PAR Says, June 2008
• Higher Education Performance Funding: Louisiana’s Options, May 2008
• Questioning Candidates Beyond the Platitudes, September 2007
• Keep Technical School Reforms, PAR Says, Commentary, 5/5/04
• PAR Calls for Centralized Technical College System, Commentary, March 29, 2000
• The Community College Question, August 1997
• 1992 Guide to the Constitutional Convention Proposal; Local Government Scholarships, November 3, 1992
• PAR Recommendations on Unresolved Major Issues; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 38, No. 1, April 25, 1990
• Vo-Tech Schools; PAR Legislative Analysis, July 1988
• Vo-Tech Reform Package: A Mixed Bag; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 35, No. 5, June 1, 1987
• Vo-Tech - In Search of a System, December 1981
• Meeting Louisiana's Need for vocational-Technical Education: A Summary, October 1972

ELECTIONS

• Redistricting 2010: Reforming the Process of Distributing Political Power, February 2009
• Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments, September 2007
• Questioning Candidates Beyond the Platitudes, September 2007
• Guide to the Constitutional Amendments on the September 30, 2006, Ballot, September 2006
• White Paper on Governmental Ethics and Constitutional Revision, Issue Paper #4, September 2003
• Louisiana's Unique "Free-For-All" Open Primary; Commentary, November 22, 1991
• Recall Gives Dark Horse A Very Longshot; Commentary, November 4, 1991
• Louisiana Voter Participation Can Be Improved; Commentary, July 17, 1991

ETHICS

• PAR Issues Letter on Senate Bill 148 May 2013
• Toward Stronger Ethics, March 2012
• The Unfinished Business of Ethics Reform, January 2010
• Resolve Ethics Adjudication Issues, PAR Says, September 2009
• Short session, short on ideas, June 2009
• No whining for dining, PAR Says, May 2009
• Session Yielded Little Reform, PAR Says, June 2008
• PAR Says Stronger Burden of Proof Weakens Ethics Reform, April 2008
• Special Session Set Stage for Growth, PAR Says, March 2008
• PAR Wraps Up the Special Session on Ethics, February 2008
• PAR Says Postpone Ethics Board Reorganization, February 2008
• PAR Wraps Up 2007 Session, June 2007
• PAR Says Financial Disclosure Bill Offers Historic Chance, June 2007
• PAR Announces Ethics Reform Agenda for 2007, March 2007
• PAR Says Session Missed Opportunities, June 2006
• PAR Says Close Loophole Allowing Free Tickets for Elected Officials, June 2006
• PAR Says Ban Recovery Contracts for Officials, May 2006
• PAR Says Keep Ban on Contributions During Session, April 2006
• PAR Says Disclosure First Step, Must Ban Contracts, November 2005
• PAR Says Fortify Financial Oversight , October 2005
• PAR Says Keep Ban on Riverboat Campaign Contributions, Commentary, 4/30/04
• White Paper on Governmental Ethics and Constitutional Revision, Issue Paper #4, September 2003
• 2003 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; Legislative Auditor's Political Activity, August 25, 2003
• PAR Lauds House Action on Bad Ethics Bill, Commentary, 6/20/03
• PAR Says Bill Would Make Bad Ethics Provision Worse, Commentary, April 5, 2002
• PAR Says Senate Bill Would Gut Major Ethics Code Provision, Commentary, May 25, 2001
• The Big Chill, Commentary, June 8, 1999
• Memo To Members of Louisiana Legislature: Authority of the Proposed Ethics Board to Initiate Investigations; April 11, 1996
• Ethics Reform Update; PAR Study, April 1, 1996
• Governmental Ethics Laws in Louisiana: Public Trust or Private Gain; PAR Study, September 1995
• Ethics Board Direction To Be Decided by 1995 Appointments; Commentary, March 22, 1995
• Prohibit Legislators' Contracts With State Agencies; Commentary, April 25, 1995
• PARticles Vol. 1, No.2--Summary of PAR Commentaries: Prohibit Legislators' Contracts With State (March 6, 1991); March 1991
• 1989 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Ethics Board, October 7, 1989

EXECUTIVE BRANCH

• Open more governor's records to public scrutiny, PAR says, May 2010
• The Unfinished Business of Ethics Reform, January 2010
• PAR says public records bill would stifle open government, June 2009
• Records bill would thwart transparency, PAR says, May 2009
• PAR Says Strengthen Regents' Authority, April 2009
• Guide to the Proposed Consitutional Amendments, September 2008
• Session Yielded Little Reform, PAR Says, June 2008
• PAR Says Scrap Records Exception for Governor, Start Over, May 2008
• PAR Wraps Up the Special Session on Ethics, February 2008
• Spending Federal Disaster Aid, September 2007
• Questioning Candidates Beyond the Platitudes, September 2007
• PAR Wraps Up 2007 Session, June 2007
• Guide to the Constitutional Amendments on the September 30, 2006, Ballot, September 2006
• PAR Says Session Missed Opportunities, June 2006
• Par Urges More Oversight for Aid Spending, June 2006
• PAR Says Let Sun Shine on Agencies within Governor's Office, May 2006
• PAR Says Embed Recovery Authority in Law, January 2006
• PAR Recommends Levee Board Consolidation, February 2006
• PAR Says Fortify Financial Oversight , October 2005
• Veto Pay Raises, PAR Says, Commentary, 5/27/04
• White Paper on Governmental Ethics and Constitutional Revision, Issue Paper #4, September 2003
• An Open Letter to the Governor From PAR, December 29, 1999
• PAR Recommendations on Unresolved Major Issues; Legislative Bulletin; Executive Branch Reorganization; Vol. 38, No. 1, April 25, 1990
• The 1987-88 Proposed State Budget: Abdication of Executive Responsibility; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 35, No. 4, May 26, 1987

FORCED HEIRSHIP

• 1995 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Abolish Forced Heirship, October 21 and November 18, 1995

GAMBLING

• PAR Wraps Up 2007 Session, June 2007
• PAR Says Keep Ban on Riverboat Campaign Contributions, Commentary, 4/30/04
• 2003 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; Dedication of Lottery Proceeds, August 25, 2003
• Teacher Pay Plan Has Major Drawbacks, Commentary, March 7, 2001
• 1996 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Local Voter Approval of New Gambling, Statewide Proposition: Local Option Election, August 1996
• Memo to Members of the Louisiana Legislature: Economic Development and Gaming; May 28, 1992
• Casinos: Gold Mine or Fools' Gold?; Commentary, April 1, 1992
• Education, Gambling; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 39, No. 3, May 13, 1991
• State Budget, Gambling; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 38, No. 4, May 11, 1990

HEALTH CARE POLICY

• PAR Statement on updated DHH Medicaid Analysis March 2013
• Research Brief: Medicaid expansion needs better analysis to project long-term impact in Louisiana March 2013
• PAR Says More Time and Planning Needed for Successful Health Care Transition, October 2012
• Checkup on Bayou Health: What Louisiana Needs to Know About Medicaid Managed Care Privatization, December 2011 
• On the Health Record:Medicaid Managed Care for Louisiana: Round 2, October 2010
• On the Health Record: Creating an Open Process to Prepare Louisiana for National Reforms, June 2010
• Don't raid the funds, PAR says, April 2010
• Working Toward a Client-Centered and Cost-Effective Approach to Medicaid Long-Term Care for the Elderly, April 2010
• Public Mental Health Care in Louisiana, December 2009
• On the Health Record, October 2009
• Short session, short on ideas, June 2009
• Constitutional convention only helps future budgets, PAR says, February 2009
• Assessing the Louisiana Health First Plan, December 2008
• Session Yielded Little Reform, PAR Says, June 2008
• Questioning Candidates Beyond the Platitudes, September 2007
• PAR Wraps Up 2007 Session, June 2007
• Realigning Charity Health Care and Medical Education in Louisiana, May 2007
• LRA Should Limit Grant for LSU Hospital, PAR Says, December 2006
• Health Care Collaborative: Go Statewide, Consider Charity Hospitals, October 2006
• 2006 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments Medicaid Trust Fund Investment, September 30, 2006
• PAR Says Session Missed Opportunities, June 2006
• Action Steps for Access to Care, June 2006
• Keep Nursing Home Payments Flexible, PAR Says, June 2006
• Hurricanes and Health Care Reform, April 2006
• 2002 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; Medicaid Trust Fund Investment, November 5, 2002
• Moving Toward Medicaid Managed Care, ; PAR Analysis 294, June 30, 1997
• 1992 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Lottery Dedication for Health Insurance, November 3, 1992
• Curing Charity Hospital Ills; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 39, No. 2, May 6, 1991

HOME RULE

• PAR Says End Run on Home Rule an Outrage, Commentary, April 12, 2001
• A Proposed Home Rule Charter for St. Landry Parish; July 1, 1992
• Accountability and Innovation; Commentary, February 11, 1992
• Home Rule Charter for Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government; PAR Study, February 1, 1992

HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION

• Short session, short on ideas, June 2009
• Don't Increase the Homestead Exemption, PAR Says, May 2009
• 2008 Guide to the Proposed Consitutional Amendments, September 2008
• 2006 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments on the November 7, 2006, Ballot , October 2006
• 2006 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments on the September 30, 2006, Ballot, September 30, 2006
• 2004 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; Homestead Exemption, November 2, 2004
• 1998 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; Homestead Assessment for Seniors, October 3, 1998
• Governor's Homestead Exemption Proposal a Bad Idea; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 42, No. 1, May 17, 1996
• 1993 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Mobile Home Tax Exemption, October 16, 1993
• 1992 Guide to the Proposed Constitional Amendments; Homestead Exemption for Mobile Homes, October 3, 1992
• 1980 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Increased Homestead Exemption, November 4, 1980

INITIATIVE

• Should Louisianians Take The Initiative?; Commentary, January 15, 1996

JUDICIARY

• Resolve Ethics Adjudication Issues, PAR Says, September 2009
• Session Yielded Little Reform, PAR Says, June 2008
• PAR Wraps Up the Special Session on Ethics, February 2008
• PAR Wraps Up 2007 Session, June 2007
• 2006 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments on the November 7, 2006, Ballot, October 2006
• 2006 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments on the September 30, 2006, Ballo; Judge's Qualifications, September 2006
• 2004 Guide to the Constitutional Amendment on the Defense of Marriage Act; September 18, 2004
• 2003 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; Judges' Retirement Age, Contraband, August 25, 2003
• PAR Says Merit Selection of Judges Should Be Considered; Commentary, April 24, 2003
• 1999 Guide to the Constitional Amendments; Board of Pardons Approval, Jury Exemption for Elders, First-time Felon Pardons, October 23, 1999 and November 20, 1999
• 1998 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; Crime Victims' Rights, Bail Denial, Felon in Public Office, Jury Requirements, October 3, 1998
• Merit Selection and Retention Elections for Judges; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 43, No. 2; May 2, 1997
• Judicial Campaign Finance and Merit Selection; PAR Analysis No. 292; July 1996
• 1995 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Mandatory Retirement for Judges, Jury Instruction, October 21, 1995 and November 18, 1995
• 1994 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Juveniles Tried as Adults, Family Court Jurisdiction, October 1, 1994
• Civil Court Costs in the District Court; PAR Study, January 1993
• 1992 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Family Court Jurisdiction, November 3, 1992
• 1989 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Supreme Court Judges, District and Appeals Judges, October 7, 1989
• 1987 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Appointment of Temporary Lower Court Judges, November 21, 1987
• 1986 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Clarify Authority of Supreme Court to Appoint Temporary Judges, September 27, 1986
• 1983 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Fewer Special Elections for Judges, October 22, 1983
• 1980 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Appeal of Criminal Cases, November 4, 1980
• 1979 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Adult Trials for Certain Juvenile Offenders, October 27, 1979

LABOR

• Session Yielded Little Reform, PAR Says, June 2008
• Questioning Candidates Beyond the Platitudes, September 2007
• Prevailing Wage, Workers' Compensation, Unemployment Insurance; PAR Legislative Analysis, July 1988

LEGISLATURE

• PAR Special Session Wrap-Up, April 2011
• Open more governor's records to public scrutiny, PAR says, May 2010
• Don't raid the funds, PAR says, April 2010
• Working Toward a Client-Centered and Cost-Effective Approach to Medicaid Long-Term Care for the Elderly, April 2010
• Don't exclude citizens from redistricting briefing, PAR says, September 2009
• Short session, short on ideas, June 2009
• PAR says public records bill would stifle open government, June 2009
• Delay cuts to develop plan, PAR says, June 2009
• No whining for dining, PAR Says, May 2009
• Records bill would thwart transparency, PAR says, May 2009
• Delaying Tax Cuts Should Be Considered, PAR Says, April 2009
• PAR Says Strengthen Regents' Authority, April 2009
• Constitutional convention only helps future budgets, PAR says, February 2009
• Redistricting 2010: Reforming the Process of Distributing Political Power, February 2009
• 2008 Guide to the Consitutional Amendments; Term Limits for Calling Special Sessions, November 4, 2008
• PAR Calls Vetoes a Good First Step, July 2008
• Session Yielded Little Reform, PAR Says, June 2008
• PAR Calls Pay Raise Absurd Proposal, June 2008
• Capital Outlay Reform Agenda for Louisiana, June 2008
• Louisiana's Captial Outlay Process, June 2008
• PAR Says Proposed Tax Cut is Shortsighted Fiscal Policy, May 2008
• PAR Says Scrap Records Exception for Governor, Start Over, May 2008
• PAR Says Stronger Burden of Proof Weakens Ethics Reform, April 2008
• Special Session Set Stage for Growth, PAR Says, March 2008
• PAR Wraps Up the Special Session on Ethics, February 2008
• PAR Says Postpone Ethics Board Reorganization, February 2008
• Spending Federal Disaster Aid, September 2007
• Questioning Candidates Beyond the Platitudes, September 2007
• PAR Wraps Up 2007 Session, June 2007
• PAR Says Financial Disclosure Bill Offers Historic Chance, June 2007
• Higher Education Tuition and Fees: Louisiana’s Options for Keeping Pace, May 2007
• PAR Says Senate Should Expand Transparency,January 2007
• PAR Calls Session a Waste, December 2006
• PAR Says Delay Session, November 2006
• PAR Says Session Missed Opportunities, June 2006
• PAR Says Close Loophole Allowing Free Tickets for Elected Officials, June 2006
• PAR's Special Session Wrap-up, February 2006
• PAR Guide to the 2006 Louisiana Legislature, March 2006
• PAR Calls Hijacked Bill Abuse of Process, November 2005
• PAR Says Disclosure First Step, Must Ban Contracts, November 2005
• Veto Pay Raises, PAR Says, Commentary, May 2004
• The 2005 Session: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, June 2005
• PAR Guide to the 2005 Louisiana Legislature, April 2005
• PAR Guide to the 2004 Louisiana Legislature, March 2004
• White Paper on Governmental Ethics and Constitutional Revision, Issue Paper #4, September 2003
• PAR Says House Expense Proposal Off Base, Commentary, June 8, 2001
• Fiscal Decision-making: Room for Improvement, March 2001
• 2000 Guide to the Louisiana Legislature
• Legislative Wrap-Up 1999, July 8, 1999
• 1999 Update For PAR Legislative Guide, April 9, 1999
• 1999 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; Legislative Sessions, October 23, 1999
• Citizen's Guide to the 1996 Louisiana Legislature
• Session Provided Short-Term Solutions, Long-Term Questions; Commentary; June 24, 1996
• Legislative Wrap Up-Regular Legislative Session April 29-June 12, 1996; PAR Analysis 291, May 1, 1996
• Memo To Members of Louisiana Legislature: Authority of the Proposed Ethics Board to Initiate Investigations; April 11, 1996
• Legislative Wrapup-Special Legislative Session March 24-April 19, 1996; PAR Analysis 290, April 1, 1996
• Governmental Ethics Laws in Louisiana: Public Trust or Private Gain; PAR Study, September 1995
• Memo to Members of the Louisiana House of Representatives: Revenue Estimating Conference; May 9, 1995
• Prohibit Legislators' Contracts With State Agencies; Commentary, April 25, 1995
• Support to End Early Retirement Intensifies; Commentary, April 19, 1995
• Your Legislators' Voting Record: 1995
• 1995 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; State and Local Liability Limit, October 21, 1995
• Should Our Legislators Be Paid More?; Commentary, June 29, 1994
• The Addictions of Our Politicians; Commentary, May 26, 1994
• Your Legislators' Voting Record: 1994
• Reform Scorecard 1993; May 24, 1993
• Your Legislators' Voting Record: 1993
• 1993 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Legislative Sessions, October 16, 1993
• 1992 Guide to the Constitutional Convention Proposal; Statutory Dedications, Constitutional Amendment Procedure, November 3, 1992
• 1992 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Effective Date of Laws, October 3, 1992
• Memo to Members of the Louisiana Legislature: Economic Development and Gaming; May 28, 1992
• That's Why We Elected Them; Commentary, March 27, 1992
• Citizen's Guide to the 1992 Legislature; January 1992
• Changing Characteristics of Louisiana Legislators: More Representative, Better Educated; Commentary, January 8, 1992
• Government By Supermajority; Commentary, October 23, 1991
• 1991 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Notice of Local/Special Bills, October 19, 1991
• Unique Power of Louisiana Legislature To Suspend Laws; Commentary, October 9, 1991
• Legislative Reapportionment Not What It Used To Be; Commentary, July 31, 1991
• Recap of the 1991 Legislative Session; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 39, No. 5, July 17, 1991
• PARticles Vol. 1, No. 3--Summary of PAR Commentaries: Stop Legislative Suspension of Laws By Resolution (June 19, 1991); July 1991
• Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 39, No. 2, May 6, 1991
• Reapportionment Means Shift in Political Power; Commentary, January 9, 1991
• PARticles Vol. 1, No.1--Summary of PAR Commentaries: Should Legislative Terms Be Limited? (October 17, 1990); January 1991
• 1990 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Regular Legislative Sessions, October 6, 1990
• A 3-D Session: Disappointing, Deficit Prone, Distracted; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 38, No. 6, July 13, 1990
• The 1990 Legislative Session; Commentary, May 25, 1990
• Senate Shuffle; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 38, No. 5, May 25, 1990
• Legislature; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 38, No. 2, May 2, 1990
• PAR Recommendations on Unresolved Major Issues; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 38, No. 1, April 25, 1990
• 1990 Supplement: PAR Guide to the 1988 Louisiana Legislature; January 1, 1990
• 1989 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Organizational Session; Vetoes, October 7, 1989
• Citizens' Guide to the 1988 Legislature; January 1, 1988
• How Much Legislative Control of the $1 Billion MFP?; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 35, No. 5, June 1, 1987
• Legislative Fiscal Office; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 35, No.3, May 19, 1987
• 1986 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Shorten the "Lame Duck" Period for Statewide Elected Officials, September 27, 1986
• 1984 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Organizational Sessions of the Legislature, November 6, 1984

LIBRARIES

• Reading Between the Lines: An Analysis of LA Libraries; February 1, 1993

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• State and Local Revenue and Spending: How Louisiana Compares Post-Katrina, April 2010
• The Unfinished Business of Ethics Reform, January 2010
• Don't Increase the Homestead Exemption, PAR Says, May 2009
• Constitutional convention only helps future budgets, PAR says, February 2009
• Guide to the Proposed Consitutional Amendments, September 2008
• Capital Outlay Reform Agenda for Louisiana, June 2008
• Louisiana's Captial Outlay Process, June 2008
• GulfGov Reports: The Role of Community Rebuilding Plans in the Hurricane Recovery, June 2008
• PAR Wraps Up the Special Session on Ethics, February 2008
• GulfGov Reports:Response, Recovery, and the Role of the Nonprofit Community in the Two Years Since Katrina and Rita, October 2007
• Spending Federal Disaster Aid, September 2007
• Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments, September 2007
• Questioning Candidates Beyond the Platitudes, September 2007
• PAR Wraps Up 2007 Session, June 2007
• PAR Says Financial Disclosure Bill Offers Historic Chance, June 2007
• PAR Says Help Fund Local Redevelopment and Road Home, June 2007
• Teacher and School Employee Pay: A Strategic Approach, May 2007
• GulfGov Reports: A Year and a Half After Katrina and Rita, An Uneven Recovery , April 2007
• Guide to the Constitutional Amendments on the November 7, 2006, Ballot, October 2006
• Guide to the Constitutional Amendments on the September 30, 2006, Ballot, September 2006
• GulfGov Reports: One Year Later, August 2006
• PAR Says Session Missed Opportunities, June 2006
• PAR Says Consolidate New Orleans Assessors, June 2006
• Municipal Bankruptcy in Perspective, April 2006
• PAR Recommends Levee Board Consolidation, February 2006
• Property Assessment Reforms Needed, PAR Says, Commentary, 5/3/04
• White Paper on State Finances and Taxation, Issue Paper #2, August 2003
• PAR Says For Tax Equity, Appoint Assessors, Commentary, 5/2/03
• Public Contracting for Legal Services, November 2001
• PAR Says Senate Bill Would Gut Major Ethics Code Provision, Commentary, May 25, 2001
• 2000 PAR Guide to the Constitutional Amendments, "Donation for Economic Development," September 2000
• 1996 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Donation of Abandoned Housing, August 1996
• 1995 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; State and Local Liability Limit, Limit Local Tax Votes, Local Hunting and Fishing Laws, October 21, 1995 and November 18, 1995
• 1992 Guide to the Constitutional Convention Proposal; Local Government Scholarships, November 3, 1992
• Accountability and Innovation (Home Rule Charters); Commentary, February 11, 1992
• 1991 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; State Mandates on Locals, Notice of Local/Special Bills, October 19, 1991
• State Mandates: The Rest of The Story; Commentary, November 14,1990
• 1990 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Local Inheritance Tax, October 6, 1990
• PAR Recommendations on Unresolved Major Issues; Legislative Bulletin; State Aid; Vol. 38, No. 1, April 25, 1990
• 1989 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Donations for Industry, October 7, 1989
• 1989 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; State & Local Taxes, April 29, 1989

LOTTERY

• 2003 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; Dedication of Lottery Proceeds, August 25, 2003
• 1992 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Lottery Dedication for Health Insurance, November 3, 1992
• Proposals To Dedicate Lottery Proceeds; Legislative Bulletin, May 13, 1991
• PAR Lottery Recommendations; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 38, No. 4, May 11, 1990
• PARticles Vol. 1, No.2--Summary of PAR Commentaries: Lottery Dedications: The Shell Game (February 6, 1991); March 1991
• 1990 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; State Lottery, October 6, 1990

MINERAL REVENUES

• Don't raid the funds, PAR says, April 2010
• Constitutional convention only helps future budgets, PAR says, February 2009
• Guide to the Proposed Consitutional Amendments, September 2008
• Questioning Candidates Beyond the Platitudes, September 2007
• Guide to the Constitutional Amendments on the November 7, 2006, Ballot, October 2006
• Guide to the Constitutional Amendments on the September 30, 2006, Ballot, September 2006
• PAR Says Keep Cuts, Save Reserves, November 2005
• 2003 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; Budget Stabilization Fund, October 4, 2003
• 1995 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Mineral Rights of Restored Coastal Lands, Mineral Revenue Fund Use, Oilfield Site Restoration Fund, Oil Spill Contingency Fund, October 21, 1995 and November 18, 1995
• 1992 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Title to Certain Terrebonne Parish Land, October 3, 1992
• 1991 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Mineral Settlement Money, October 19, 1991
• Mineral Settlement Windfalls: Blessing or Curse?; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 39, No. 1, April 22, 1991
• PARticles Vol. 1, No. 1--Summary of PAR Commentaries: This Year's Mineral Revenues: Last Chance for a Choice (October 30, 1990); January 1991
• This Year's Mineral Windfall: Last Chance For A Choice; Commentary, October 30, 1990
• 1989 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Wetlands Fund, October 7, 1989
• Mineral Stabilization Fund Update; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 35, No. 6, June 19, 1987
• Mineral Stabilization Fund Update; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 35, No. 5, June 1, 1987
• Setting Aside Excess Mineral Revenues; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 35, No. 2, May 12, 1987
• Financing Louisiana's Future: Mineral Revenues; PAR Special Report, April 1987

NEW ORLEANS

• Charter Schools in Louisiana, March 2010
• Short session, short on ideas, June 2009
• Session Yielded Little Reform, PAR Says, June 2008
• GulfGov Reports: The Role of Community Rebuilding Plans in the Hurricane Recovery, June 2008
• GulfGov Reports:Response, Recovery, and the Role of the Nonprofit Community in the Two Years Since Katrina and Rita, October 2007
• Spending Federal Disaster Aid, September 2007
• Questioning Candidates Beyond the Platitudes, September 2007
• PAR Says Help Fund Local Redevelopment and Road Home, June 2007
• Realigning Charity Health Care and Medical Education in Louisiana, May 2007
• GulfGov Reports: A Year and a Half After Katrina and Rita, An Uneven Recovery, April 2007
• LRA Should Limit Grant for LSU Hospital, PAR Says, December 2006
• Guide to the Constitutional Amendments on the November 7, 2006, Ballot, October 2006
• Guide to the Constitutional Amendments on the September 30, 2006, Ballot, September 2006
• GulfGov Reports: One Year Later, August 2006
• PAR Says Session Missed Opportunities, June 2006
• PAR Says Consolidate New Orleans Assessors, June 2006
• Municipal Bankruptcy in Perspective, April 2006
• Expanded Takeover a Promising First Step, PAR Says, November 2005
• Close-up on Education Accountability, Second in Series, February 2002
• Close-up on Education Accountability, Assessing the Accountability Plan, March 2001
• 1998 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; Property Tax Sale, October 3, 1998
• 1995 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Redeeming New Orleans Property, Donating Abandoned (New Orleans) Homes, October 21, 1995 and November 18, 1995
• 1990 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; New Orleans Property Tax, October 6, 1990
• 1989 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Transportation Fund, October 7, 1989
• 1987 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Nominees, New Orleans City Civil Service Commission, November 21, 1987
• 1986 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Fill a Nominating Vacancy for New Orleans Civil Service Commission, September 27, 1986
• 1984 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; New Orleans Civil Service Commission, November 6, 1984
• 1982 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Remove Homestead Exemption on City Taxes in New Orleans, September 11, 1982

OPEN MEETINGS AND PUBLIC RECORDS

• Open more governor's records to public scrutiny, PAR says, May 2010
• Technology and Sunshine Fact Sheet, March 2010 (Spanish) (Vietnamese)
• Public Records Fact Sheet, March 2010 (Spanish) (Vietnamese)
• Open Meetings Fact Sheet, March 2010 (Spanish) (Vietnamese)
• The Unfinished Business of Ethics Reform, January 2010
• Don't exclude citizens from redistricting briefing, PAR says, September 2009
• Filling the Gap or Tipping the Scale? An Analysis of Louisiana’s Use of Financial Incentives to Spur Economic Development, August 2009
• Short session, short on ideas, June 2009
• PAR says public records bill would stifle open government, June 2009
• Records bill would thwart transparency, PAR says, May 2009
• PAR Names Top Five Sunshine Solutions, March 2009
• Redistricting 2010: Reforming the Process of Distributing Political Power, February 2009
• Session Yielded Little Reform, PAR Says, June 2008
• PAR Says Scrap Records Exception for Governor, Start Over, May 2008
• Strengthening the Standards: A Case Study of Disaster-Related Contracting Practices in Louisiana,April 2008
• PAR Wraps Up the Special Session on Ethics, February 2008
• Spending Federal Disaster Aid, September 2007
• Questioning Candidates Beyond the Platitudes, September 2007
• PAR Wraps Up 2007 Session, June 2007
• PAR Says Health Care and Airports Need Sunshine, Too, June 2007
• PAR Says Senate Should Expand Transparency, January 2007
• PAR Says Session Missed Opportunities, June 2006
• Par Urges More Oversight for Aid Spending, June 2006
• PAR Says Let Sun Shine on Agencies within Governor's Office, May 2006
• PAR Says Fortify Financial Oversight , October 2005
• Secrecy is Bad Business, PAR Says, Commentary, 6/2/04
• White Paper on Governmental Ethics and Constitutional Revision, Issue Paper #4, September 2003
• PAR Questions Secret Votes On Legislative Auditor Candidates, Commentary, 4/25/03
• Louisiana's Sunshine Laws: The Promise and Peril of New Technology, February 12, 2003
• Louisiana's Sunshine Laws: Technological Change and New Fears Challenge Open Government, July 2002
• Citizens' Rights Card on Open Meetings and Public Records; April 2002
• PAR Says Sunshine Laws Under Threat; Study Underway; Commentary, July 11, 2001
• Citizens' Rights Card on Open Meetings and Public Records; April 2000
• Louisiana's Sunshine Laws, April 25, 1998
• Citizens' Rights Card on Open Meetings and Public Records; October 1996
• Citizens' Rights Card on Open Meetings and Public Records; February 1993
• Citizens' Rights Card on Open Meetings and Public Records; 1991
• Citizens' Rights Card on Open Meetings and Public Records; September 1987

OPEN PRIMARY

• Louisiana's Unique "Free-For-All" Open Primary; Commentary, November 22, 1991

PERSONNEL

• State and Local Revenue and Spending: How Louisiana Compares Post-Katrina, April 2010
• PAR Wraps Up the Special Session on Ethics, February 2008
• 2000 PAR Guide to the Constitutional Amendments, "The Stelly Plan," September, 2000
• Education Funding: How Does Louisiana Compare?, October 2001
• School Employee Pay: How Does It Stack Up?, April 1997

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

• The LPSC Re-examined; PAR Analysis 286, May 1992
• PARticles Vol. 1, No. 3--Summary of PAR Commentaries: Weaning the PSC From Outside Consultants (May 8, 1991); July 1991

REAPPORTIONMENT

• PAR Special Session Wrap-Up, April 2011
• Reapportionment and Redistricting Fact Sheet, March 2011 (Vietnamese) (Spanish)
• Louisiana Redistricting: A 2011 Progress Report, February 2011
• Don't exclude citizens from redistricting briefing, PAR says, September 2009
• Redistricting 2010: Reforming the Process of Distributing Political Power, February 2009
• Legislative Reapportionment Not What It Used To Be; Commentary, July 31, 1991
• PARticles Vol. 1, No. 2--Summary of PAR Commentaries: Reapportionment Means Shifts in Political Power (January 9, 1991); March 1991

RECOVERY

• State and Local Revenue and Spending: How Louisiana Compares Post-Katrina, April 2010
• GulfGov Reports: Three Years after Katrina and Rita, Challenges Remain, December 2008
• Guide to the Proposed Consitutional Amendments, September 2008
• Session Yielded Little Reform, PAR Says, June 2008
• GulfGov Reports: The Role of Community Rebuilding Plans in the Hurricane Recovery, June 2008
• Strengthening the Standards: A Case Study of Disaster-Related Contracting Practices in Louisiana,April 2008
• Special Session Set Stage for Growth, PAR Says, March 2008
• GulfGov Reports:Response, Recovery, and the Role of the Nonprofit Community in the Two Years Since Katrina and Rita, October 2007
• Spending Federal Disaster Aid, September 2007
• GulfGov Reports: A Year and a Half After Katrina and Rita, An Uneven Recovery , April 2007
• GulfGov Reports Education Research Tracks School Recovery, April 2007
• GulfGov Reports: One Year Later, August 2006

RETIREMENT

• Cash-Balance Plan Offers Advantages But Questions Remain, April 2012
• Guide to the Proposed Consitutional Amendments, September 2008
• Special Session Set Stage for Growth, PAR Says, March 2008
• Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments, September 2007
• Questioning Candidates Beyond the Platitudes, September 2007
• PAR Wraps Up 2007 Session, June 2007
• PAR Says Session Missed Opportunities, June 2006
• Public Employee Retirement: A Time for Change, March 2005
• White Paper on State Finances and Taxation, Issue Paper #2, August 2003
• 2003 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; Judges' Retirement Age, August 25, 2003
• 2002 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; Retirement Communities Tax Break, November 5, 2002
• 1996 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Part-Time Officials' Retirement, August 1996
• 1995 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Mandatory Retirement for Judges, October 21, 1995 and November 18, 1995
• Support to End Early Retirement Intensifies; Commentary, April 19, 1995
• Memo To PAR Members: Public Employee Retirement: Problems and Solutions; April 30, 1993
• Early Retirement Issue Lingers On; Commentary, January 23, 1992
• Weakening Retirement Oversight; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 38, No. 5, May 25, 1990
• Budget Issues for Fiscal 1990-91, Funding The Retirement System Debt; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 38, No. 3, May 8, 1990
• PAR Recommendations on Unresolved Major Issues; Legislative Bulletin; Public Employee Retirement; Vol. 38, No. 1, April 25, 1990
• Pensions; PAR Legislative Analysis, July 1988
• Pension Reform; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 36, No. 5, June 3, 1988
• Public Retirement Funding; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 36, No. 3, May 13, 1988
• 1987 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Actuarial Funding, Retirement Systems, November 21, 1987
• Public Retirement Funding Reform; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 35, No. 2, May 12, 1987
• Financing Louisiana's Future: Public Retirement; PAR Special Report, May 1987

SPENDING, GOVERNMENT

• State and Local Revenue and Spending: How Louisiana Compares Post-Katrina, April 2010
• Don't raid the funds, PAR says, April 2010
• Working Toward a Client-Centered and Cost-Effective Approach to Medicaid Long-Term Care for the Elderly, April 2010
• Public Mental Health Care in Louisiana, December 2009
• Filling the Gap or Tipping the Scale? An Analysis of Louisiana’s Use of Financial Incentives to Spur Economic Development, August 2009
• Moving Highway Funding to Stable Ground, July 2009
• Short session, short on ideas, June 2009
• Delay cuts to develop plan, PAR says, June 2009
• Don't delay the REC, PAR says, May 2009
• Delaying Tax Cuts Should Be Considered, PAR Says, April 2009
• PAR Names Top Five Sunshine Solutions, March 2009
• Highway Funding: Is There a Crisis?, March 2009
• Constitutional convention only helps future budgets, PAR says, February 2009
• Assessing the Louisiana Health First Plan, December 2008
• 2008 Guide to the Proposed Consitutional Amendments; Investment of Non-Pension Benefit Trusts,September 2008
• PAR Calls Vetoes a Good First Step, July 2008
• Session Yielded Little Reform, PAR Says, June 2008
• Capital Outlay Reform Agenda for Louisiana, June 2008
• Louisiana's Captial Outlay Process, June 2008
• PAR Says Proposed Tax Cut is Shortsighted Fiscal Policy, May 2008
• Strengthening the Standards: A Case Study of Disaster-Related Contracting Practices in Louisiana,April 2008
• Special Session Set Stage for Growth, PAR Says, March 2008
• Spending Federal Disaster Aid, September 2007
• Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments, September 2007
• Questioning Candidates Beyond the Platitudes, September 2007
• PAR Wraps Up 2007 Session, June 2007
• PAR Says Help Fund Local Redevelopment and Road Home, June 2007
• Higher Education Tuition and Fees: Louisiana’s Options for Keeping Pace, May 2007
• Realigning Charity Health Care and Medical Education in Louisiana, May 2007
• Teacher and School Employee Pay: A Strategic Approach, May 2007
• GulfGov Reports: A Year and a Half After Katrina and Rita, An Uneven Recovery , April 2007
• 2006 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; Hurricane Protection Liability, September 30, 2006
• PAR Calls Session a Waste, December 2006
• LRA Should Limit Grant for LSU Hospital, PAR Says, December 2006
• PAR Says Delay Session, November 2006
• Reject Proposals to Issue Rebates, PAR Says, October 2006
• GulfGov Reports: One Year Later, August 2006
• PAR Says Session Missed Opportunities, June 2006
• Keep Nursing Home Payments Flexible, PAR Says , June 2006
• Par Urges More Oversight for Aid Spending, June 2006
• Hurricanes and Health Care Reform, April 2006
• PAR Says Embed Recovery Authority in Law, January 2006
• PAR Says Keep Cuts, Save Reserves, November 2005
• PAR Says Fortify Financial Oversight , October 2005
• Take the High Road, Not the Highways, PAR Says, Commentary, 4/8/04
• White Paper on State Finances and Taxation, Issue Paper #2, August 2003
• 2003 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; Dedication of Lottery Proceeds, Wetlands Restoration Fund, Coastal Restoration Fund, State Infrastructure Bank, TIMED Projects, Budget Stabilization Fund, August 25, 2003
• 2002 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; Groundwater Conservation, November 5, 2002
• Public Contracting for Legal Services, November 2001
• Fiscal Decision-making: Room for Improvement, March 2001
• State/Local Revenue and Spending: How Louisiana Compares; PAR Brief #1; January 2000
• Voters Trust Tobacco; Commentary; October 27, 1999
• Making the Most of the Tobacco Windfall; Commentary; June 9, 1999
• Tobacco Addiction: Just Say No; Commentary; May 19, 1999
• Now Is Not The Time, Commentary, June 1, 1998
• Taxes: The Unfinished Business Of Fiscal Reform, May 6, 1998
• TIME... and TIME Again?, November, 1997
• State/Local Spending: How Louisiana Compares; PAR Analysis 289, February 1, 1995
• The Addictions of Our Politicians; Commentary, May 26, 1994
• Fiscal 1991 State/Local Spending: How Louisiana Compares; PAR Analysis 287, January 1, 1994
• 1993 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; Feasibility Studies/Spending Limit, October 16, 1993
• 1992 Guide to the Constitutional Convention Proposal; State Expenditure Limit, November 3, 1992
• Louisiana Fiscal Focus Report No. 2: State/ Local Spending: How Louisiana Compares, July 1992
• The 1992-93 Fiscal Balancing Act; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 40, No. 1, April 20, 1992
• 1991 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; State Mandates on Locals, October 19, 1991
• A 3-D Session: Disappointing, Deficit Prone, Distracted; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 38, No. 6, July 13, 1990
• Budget Issues for Fiscal 1990-91, Spending Growth; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 38, No. 3, May 8, 1990
• State Spending; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 35, No.3, May 19, 1987
• 1984 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Limit State Spending, Use Surpluses for a Rainy Day Fund and Economic Development, November 6, 1984, November 7, 1978

STATE EMPLOYMENT

• State and Local Revenue and Spending: How Louisiana Compares Post-Katrina, April 2010
• PAR Wraps Up the Special Session on Ethics, February 2008
• PAR Wraps Up 2007 Session, June 2007
• 2007 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; Supplemental Pay Protection, Supplemental Pay Expansion, October 20, 2007
• 2002 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; Removal of Public Employees, Supplemental Pay, November 5, 2002
• 1999 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; Supplemental Pay, October 23, 1999
• "Rightsizing" Louisiana Government; Commentary, December 11, 1991
• 1990 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; State Police Commission, Supplemental Pay, October 6, 1990
• Pay Increases for Almost Everybody, Maybe; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 38, No. 6, July 13, 1990
• Budget Issues for Fiscal 1990-91, Staffing Levels; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 38, No. 3, May 8, 1990
• Employment in Louisiana; PAR Analysis 283, April 1, 1988
• Public Employment; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 36, No. 5, June 3, 1988
• State Employees: Ending The Numbers Game; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 35, No.3, May 19, 1987
• 1982 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Allow Referees to Decide Appeals of State Civil Service Employees, September 11, 1982

STATE GOVERNMENT

• PAR says don't abolish Regents, February 2010
• The Unfinished Business of Ethics Reform, January 2010
• Short session, short on ideas, June 2009
• PAR Says Strengthen Regents' Authority, April 2009
• Highway Funding: Is There a Crisis?, March 2009
• Constitutional convention only helps future budgets, PAR says, February 2009
• 2008 Guide to the Proposed Consitutional Amendments, November 4, 2008
• Session Yielded Little Reform, PAR Says, June 2008
• PAR Says Scrap Records Exception for Governor, Start Over, May 2008
• PAR Says Stronger Burden of Proof Weakens Ethics Reform, April 2008
• PAR Wraps Up the Special Session on Ethics, February 2008
• PAR Says Postpone Ethics Board Reorganization, February 2008
• Spending Federal Disaster Aid, September 2007
• Questioning Candidates Beyond the Platitudes, September 2007
• PAR Wraps Up 2007 Session, June 2007
• Realigning Charity Health Care and Medical Education in Louisiana, May 2007
• GulfGov Reports: A Year and a Half After Katrina and Rita, An Uneven Recovery , April 2007
• GulfGov Reports: One Year Later, August 2006
• PAR Says Session Missed Opportunities, June 2006
• Par Urges More Oversight for Aid Spending, June 2006
• PAR Says Let Sun Shine on Agencies within Governor's Office, May 2006
• PAR Says Embed Recovery Authority in Law, January 2006
• PAR Recommends Levee Board Consolidation, February 2006
• PAR Says Fortify Financial Oversight , October 2005
• White Paper on Governmental Ethics and Constitutional Revision, Issue Paper #4, September 2003
• White Paper on State Finances and Taxation, Issue Paper #2, August 2003
• 2003 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; Administrative Law System, August 25, 2003
• Public Contracting for Legal Services, November 2001
• Fiscal Decision-making: Room for Improvement, March 2001
• Citizen's Guide to Government, January 29, 1999
• 1995 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; State and Local Liability Limit, October 21, 1995 and November 18, 1995
• PARticles Vol. 1, No. 1--Summary of PAR Commentaries: State Mandates: The Rest of the Story (November 14, 1990); January 1991
• Upgrading State Management; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 38, No. 5, May 25, 1990

SURPLUS AND NONRECURRING FUNDS

• Don't raid the funds, PAR says, April 2010
• Short session, short on ideas, June 2009
• Delay cuts to develop plan, PAR says, June 2009
• PAR Says Proposed Tax Cut is Shortsighted Fiscal Policy, May 2008
• Special Session Set Stage for Growth, PAR Says, March 2008
• Spending Federal Disaster Aid, September 2007
• Questioning Candidates Beyond the Platitudes, September 2007
• PAR Wraps Up 2007 Session, June 2007
• GulfGov Reports: A Year and a Half After Katrina and Rita, An Uneven Recovery , April 2007
• PAR Calls Session a Waste, December 2006
• PAR Says Delay Session, November 2006
• Reject Proposals to Issue Rebates, PAR Says, October 2006
• GulfGov Reports: One Year Later, August 2006
• PAR Says Session Missed Opportunities, June 2006
• PAR Says Keep Cuts, Save Reserves, November 2005
• 2003 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; Wetlands Conservation Fund, Budget Stabilization Fund, August 25, 2003
• 1998 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; "Rainy Day" Fund and Uses of Nonrecurring Money, October 3, 1998
• Rainy Days and Windfalls; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 43, No. 1; April 14, 1997
• 1993 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Nonrecurring Revenues, October 16, 1993
• 1992 Guide to the Constitutional Convention Proposal; Nonrecurring Revenue, November 3, 1992
• PARticles Vol. 1, No. 3--Summary of PAR Commentaries: A Saner Policy for Surplus Funds Use (May 22, 1991); July 1991
• Budget Issues for Fiscal 1990-91, Use of Surplus; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 38, No. 3, May 8, 1990
• Mineral Stabilization Fund; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 35, No. 5, June 1, 1987

TAXES AND FEES

• Louisiana's Taxes: Problems, Solutions and the Controversy of Reform (pdf) April 2013
• PAR Examines Key Components of the Governor's Tax Reform Plan for Louisiana  (pdf) March 2013
• PAR Tax Advisory Group Principles and Recommendations (pdf) January 2013
• Open Letter to Senator Donahue Re: Revenue Study Commission July 2012
• State and Local Revenue and Spending: How Louisiana Compares Post-Katrina, April 2010
• Moving Highway Funding to Stable Ground, July 2009
• Short session, short on ideas, June 2009
• Delay cuts to develop plan, PAR says, June 2009
• Don't Increase the Homestead Exemption, PAR Says, May 2009
• Delaying Tax Cuts Should Be Considered, PAR Says, April 2009
• Highway Funding: Is There a Crisis?, March 2009
• Constitutional convention only helps future budgets, PAR says, February 2009
• Session Yielded Little Reform, PAR Says, June 2008
• PAR Says Allow Tuition Increases, June 2008
• PAR Says Proposed Tax Cut is Shortsighted Fiscal Policy, May 2008
• Special Session Set Stage for Growth, PAR Says, March 2008
• 2007 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments, September 2007
• Questioning Candidates Beyond the Platitudes, September 2007
• PAR Wraps Up 2007 Session, June 2007
• Higher Education Tuition and Fees: Louisiana’s Options for Keeping Pace, May 2007
• PAR Calls Session a Waste, December 2006
• Guide to the Constitutional Amendments on the November 7, 2006, Ballot, October 2006
• Guide to the Constitutional Amendments on the September 30, 2006, Ballot, September 2006
• Property Assessment Reforms Needed, PAR Says, Commentary, 5/3/04
• Begin Business Tax Cuts, PAR Urges, Commentary, 3/1/04
• White Paper on State Finances and Taxation, Issue Paper #2, August 2003
• 2003 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; Offshore Drilling Rigs Tax Break, Dedication of Lottery Proceeds, August 25, 2003
• The 'Stelly Plan:" A Proposed Income/Sales Tax Swap, September 2002
• 2002 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; Income/Sales Tax Swap, November 5, 2002
• Corporate Tax Burdens in the Southern States: A Comparison; PAR Analysis 303, April 8, 2002
• Fiscal Decision-making: Room for Improvement, March 2001
• 2000 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments, State Personal Income Tax Change, State Food and Utitlities Sales Tax Repeal, November 7, 2000
• Value Added Tax Needs More Study; Commentary; February 24, 2000
• 1999 Louisiana Tax Handbook
• Now Is Not The Time, Commentary, June 1, 1998
• Taxes: The Unfinished Business Of Fiscal Reform, May 6, 1998
• 1998 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; Court-Ordered Taxes, Blighted Property, October 3, 1998
• TIME... and TIME Again?, November, 1997
• 1997 Louisiana Tax Handbook
• 1996 Louisiana Tax Handbook
• 1996 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Intangible Property Exemption, Sales Tax Exemptions, August 1996
• 1995 Louisiana Tax Handbook
• 1995 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Two-Thirds Vote for Fees, Limit Local Tax Votes, October 21, 1995 and November 18, 1995
• Corporate Tax Burdens in the Southern States: A Comparison; PAR Analysis 288, December 12, 1994
• 1994 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Louisiana Recovery District, October 1, 1994
• Louisiana Fiscal Focus Report No. 5: Family Tax Burdens: A National Comparison, February 1994
• 1993 Louisiana Tax Handbook
• 1993 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Mobile Home Tax Exemption, October 16, 1993
• 1992 Louisiana Tax Handbook
• 1992 Guide to the Constitutional Convention Proposal; Industrial Tax Exemption Job Criteria, Local Sales Tax Exemptions, Local Occupational License Tax, November 3, 1992
• 1992 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Home Builders' Property Tax Exemption, Homestead Exemption for Mobile Homes, October 3, 1992
• 1991 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Single Parish Sales Tax Collector, October 19, 1991
• Inventory Tax Relief; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 39, No. 4, May 22, 1991
• Too Many Local Sales Collectors; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 39, No. 1, April 22, 1991
• Louisiana Fiscal Focus, Report No. 1: Two Decades of Tax Instability; April 1991
• PARticles Vol. 1, No.2--Summary of PAR Commentaries: Too Many Tax Collectors (January 24, 1991); March 1991
• PARticles Vol. 1, No. 1--Summary of PAR Commentaries: Inventory Taxation is Bad Business for Louisiana (November 28, 1990); January 1991
• 1991 Louisiana Tax Handbook
• 1990 Louisiana Tax Handbook
• 1990 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Local Inheritance Tax, Wholesale Inventory Tax Exemption, Tax Break for Improvements, Tax Break for Housing Homeless, New Orleans Property Tax, Donations for Industry, Lignite Tax Dedication, October 6, 1990
• State Tax Increases and Failure of Tax Reform; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 38, No. 6, July 13, 1990
• Inventory Tax Reform; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 38, No. 5, May 25, 1990
• Budget Issues for Fiscal 1990-91, Proposed Tax Plan; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 38, No. 3, May 8, 1990
• PAR Recommendations on Unresolved Major Issues; Legislative Bulletin; Property Tax, Local Sales Tax; Vol. 38, No. 1, April 25, 1990
• 1989 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Tax-Exempt Inventory, Municipal Property Tax, Tax Break for Improvements, Drug Property Seizure, Auto License Tax, Lignite Tax Allocation, October 7, 1989
• 1988 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Five-Year Property Tax Assessment Freeze for Housing Restoration, October 1, 1988
• Property Tax; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 35, No. 6, June 19, 1987

TERM LIMITS

• Guide to the Proposed Consitutional Amendments, September 2008
• PAR Wraps Up the Special Session on Ethics, February 2008
• Questioning Candidates Beyond the Platitudes, September 2007
• PAR Wraps Up 2007 Session, June 2007
• 1995 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Term Limits for Legislators, October 21 and November 18, 1995
• Terms: Limited or Unlimited; Legislative Bulletin, May 13, 1991
• PARticles Vol. 1, No. 1--Summary of PAR Commentaries: Budget Reform, Education Trust Fund, Term Limits, Mineral Revenues, State Mandates, Inventory Tax, Class Size; January 1991
• PAR Recommendations on Unresolved Major Issues ; Legislative Bulletin; Taxes, Property Tax, Local Sales Tax; Vol. 38, No. 1, April 25, 1990

TOBACCO SETTLEMENT

• Don't raid the funds, PAR says, April 2010
• Guide to the Constitutional Amendments on the November 7, 2006, Ballot, October 2006
• Guide to the Constitutional Amendments on the September 30, 2006, Ballot, September 2006
• Municipal Bankruptcy in Perspective, April 2006
• 2003 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; Coastal Restoration Fund, August 25, 2003
• Voters Trust Tobacco; Commentary; October 27, 1999
• Making the Most of the Tobacco Windfall; Commentary; June 6, 1999
• Tobacco Addiction: Just Say No; Commentary; May 19, 1999

TOURISM

• GulfGov Reports: A Year and a Half After Katrina and Rita, An Uneven Recovery , April 2007
• Leadership of State Tourism: An Organizational Nightmare; Commentary, March 5, 1992
• Tax-Free Shopping for Foreigners; PAR Legislative Analysis, July 1988

TRANSPORTATION

• Moving Highway Funding to Stable Ground, July 2009
• Highway Funding: Is There a Crisis?, March 2009
• Capital Outlay Reform Agenda for Louisiana, June 2008
• Louisiana's Captial Outlay Process, June 2008
• Special Session Set Stage for Growth, PAR Says, March 2008
• Questioning Candidates Beyond the Platitudes, September 2007
• PAR Wraps Up 2007 Session, June 2007
• Take the High Road, Not the Highways, PAR Says, Commentary, 4/8/04
• White Paper on State Finances and Taxation, Issue Paper #2, August 2003
• 2003 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; TIMED Projects, August 25, 2003
• Now Is Not The Time, Commentary, June 1, 1998
• TIME... and TIME Again?, November, 1997
• Impact of Transportation Trust Fund; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 38, No. 4, May 11, 1990
• 1989 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Transportation Fund, October 7, 1989
• Administration Proposal Would Gut Highway Priority Program; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 35, No. 2, May 12, 1987

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE

• Unemployment Insurance; PAR Legislative Analysis, July 1988

WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES

• Guide to the Constitutional Amendments on the September 30, 2006, Ballot, September 2006
• 2004 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; Freedom to Hunt, Fish & Trap, Agricultural & Seafood Fund, November 2, 2004
• 1995 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Local Hunting or Fishing Laws, October 21, 1995
• 1989 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Wetlands Fund, October 7, 1989
• 1987 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Constituional Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation Fund, November 21, 1987

WORKERS' COMPENSATION

• 2003 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments; LWCC Board, August 25, 2003
• 1999 Guide to the Constitutional Amentments; Workers' Compensation Corporation, No Sale; Workers' Compensation Corporation, Join LIGA, November 20, 1999
• 1991 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; State Workers' Compensation Fund, October 19, 1991
• 1990 Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments; Workers' Compensation, October 6, 1990
• Workers' Compensation; PAR Legislative Analysis, July 1988