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There’s good state financial news, for a change.“Revenue is finally exceeding – slightly – the forecast.”After Governor John Bel Edwards made that…
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In the 2016 sessions, House members were ready to blame the state's budget problems on inaccurate fiscal notes from the Legislative Fiscal Office. Now…
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The House Appropriations Committee met at the Capitol Tuesday to begin discussing the Governor's proposal for next fiscal year's budget.“Because of the…
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When the Revenue Estimating Conference meets this morning, “They will peg a number that we are short in the current midyear,” says Governor John Bel…
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The Revenue Estimating Conference met Tuesday to determine just how many millions short the state’s budget will be for the current fiscal year.“Somewhere…
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The Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget meets Friday to acknowledge the state collected $315 million less in revenue than needed for fiscal year…
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The state’s Revenue Estimating Conference met Thursday, to officially acknowledge the shortfall for the fiscal year that ended July 1st.“The bottom line:…
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We often talk about the Revenue Estimating Conference, but did you know that since 1990 the state is supposed to have other estimating conferences for…
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The previous fiscal year ended July 1st, but we still don’t know how deeply in the hole the state ended up.“The Division is still trying to reconcile ‘16.…
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No confetti showers or champagne toasts greeted today’s start of the new fiscal year. Instead, there’s massive uncertainty.“I’m assuming you’re not…