Programs
Huey Long implemented an unprecedented program of modernization and reform in Louisiana – building roads and bridges, providing free public education, expanding voting rights to all citizens, and creating economic opportunity for a majority trapped in poverty.
Learn more about Huey Long's programs:
- Share Our Wealth
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- Louisiana State University
- Healthcare
- Economic Reform
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Huey Long's Louisiana Programs
1928 - 1935*
- 9,700 miles of new roads
- 111 new toll-free bridges
- Free textbooks
- Free schools
- Statewide school bussing
- Adult literacy programs
- LSU expansion
- LSU medical school
- Expanded Charity Hospitals
- Reformed mental institutions
- Reformed state prison
- Abolished poll tax
- New State Capitol building
- New governor’s mansion
- New Orleans sea wall
- New Orleans airport
- Reduced utility rates
- Natural gas to all cities
- Reduced property taxes
- Debt Moratorium Act
- Halted home foreclosures
- Reduced bank failures
* Some of Long's programs were completed by his successor, Gov. O.K. Allen.
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