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Louisiana ConsideredNavigating ICE raids; impact of Louisiana tax reform; history of Mardi Gras parade throwsAnxieties are high at schools and churches after moves by the Trump Administration suggested these institutions could be visited by Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE). .The Gulf States Newsroom’s Kat Stromquist spoke with Nora Ahmed, legal director of the ACLU of Louisiana, to explain immigrants’ Constitutional rights. In a special legislative session late last year, Louisiana passed a sweeping overhaul to its tax system year that saw the state income tax slashed to a flat tax rate and increased the rates of the state sales tax.Some have said the new tax syste...2025-02-2624 min
Along the Gravel Road PodcastTaxes, Motherhood, and Postpartum with Neva ButkusYou may not think that taxes, motherhood, and postpartum issues intersect, but you'd be wrong! Neva Butkus is a tax policy analyst with the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy where she studies and advocates on progressive tax issues that lift up workers and families. She is also a new mom being confronted with how societal expectations and public policy choices make the lives of parents (and especially mothers) more isolating and difficult than necessary. In this episode, we explore maternal mental health, gender disparities postpartum in cishet relationships, and the structural/societal choices in America that c...2023-11-151h 07
60 minučių60 minučių. Lietuvos vyrų rinktinė baigė pirmąjį etapą pasaulio krepšinio čempionatePasaulio krepšinio čempionate Lietuvos ir Juodkalnijos vyrų rinktinių kova dėl pirmos vietos grupėje.Sekmadienį, Lietuvoje gyvenančiam vyrui pagrobus savo 9-ių mėnesių dukrą ir valtimi per Skirvytės upę pabėgus į Rusiją, viešojoje erdvėje pasigirdo kritika, jog vandens siena su Kaliningradu yra itin prastai saugoma. Neva, jeigu taip lengva pabėgti į Rusiją, tai ir į Lietuvą iš Rusijos gali lengvai patekti įvairūs asmenys. Valstybės sienos apsaugos tarnyba tikina, kad sienos kontrolė vykdoma užtikrintai, o neteisėti jos kirtimo atvejai - itin reti.Skirtingos Lietuvos valdžios žinios dėl galimo sienos uždarymo suglumino...2023-08-2940 min
Didja Know?Didja Know? 3-25-21: Unemployment Insurance Trust FundLouisiana will receive $3 billion from the American Rescue Plan. Business lobbyists want part of the money to be used for bailing out the state’s unemployment insurance trust fund, and have found an ally in Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration. But LBP policy analyst Neva Butkus thinks this is a bad idea. In our latest episode, she breaks down the structural issues with the state's unemployment insurance system - and how to fix them - and better ways to use federal recovery dollars so that they are reaching the people who have suffered the most during the pandemic.2021-03-2521 minDidja Know?Didja Know?: Unemployment InsuranceIn this episode, we talk to LBP policy analyst Neva Butkus about unemployment insurance. We break down what the recently passed coronavirus stimulus bills do for these benefits and what Gov. John Bel Edwards and the Louisiana Workforce Commission should do to take full advantage of the new federal funding.2020-04-0228 minDidja Know?Didja Know? Podcast 2-12-20After a winter hiatus, the Didja Know? Podcast is back! In our first episode of 2020, LBP executive director Jan Moller and policy analyst Neva Butkus discuss the newest stalemate at the Revenue Estimating Conference, a lawsuit filed by Gov. John Bel Edwards against Treasurer John Schroder over unclaimed property and the proposed state budget for Louisiana. Click here to listen.2020-02-1222 minDidja Know?DIDJA KNOW?: October 3, 2019The Didja Know? Podcast is back! In this episode LBP's Stacey Roussel and Neva Butkus break down Louisiana’s state-level Census data (poverty, child poverty, median household income, income inequality). What strides has Louisiana made in the past year? What policies do we need to keep moving forward? Also, LBP’s executive director Jan Moller explains our views on the four proposed amendments to the state constitution that voters will see on their ballots and gives a rundown on the state of the governor's race. Click here to listen.2019-10-0334 minDidja Know?DIDJA KNOW?: May 14, 2019On this episode we’re talking to Rep. Royce Duplessis of New Orleans about his bill to lift the statewide preemption law that forbids local governments from setting their own minimum wage. Next we talk to Neva Butkus about what lawmakers can still do this legislative session to reform Louisiana’s antiquated tax code. She also discusses the 65th anniversary of the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education and the segregation that still exists in public schools despite it. Finally, Jan Moller recaps the last few weeks of the legislative session and what we should be paying atte...2019-05-1435 minDidja Know?Didja Know? Legislative Session PreviewIn the inaugural edition of the Louisiana Budget Project’s “Didja Know?” podcast, we talk all things 2019 Louisiana Legislative Session. Our guests include three members of the LBP team who break down the important issues and pieces of legislation that our organization will be focusing on over the next two months. They include Jan Moller, Executive Director, Neva Butkus, Policy Analyst, and Davante Lewis, Public Affairs and Outreach Coordinator.2019-04-0126 min