Joint Budget committee

Gov. John Bel Edwards presents the executive budget for the upcoming fiscal year to lawmakers this morning. "The budget proposal will be in balance,"…

"These are mega-contracts, and they entail 25 percent of our budget," insisted state Senator Conrad Appel, during the Joint Budget committee's fourth…

“We are sitting here with a fourth of the state budget in front of us, and there is nothing we can do to adjust that for the next two years? I find that…

When the administration said no to his requests for more money last month, Attorney General Jeff Landry didn’t like the answer, so he took his grievance…

Louisiana is not totally strapped for cash – yet. But the state’s capital outlay escrow account is dwindling rapidly.“We are spending approximately $40-45…

One component of the Jindal administration’s 2016 budget proposal, revealed Friday, involves holding the line on spending in the public-private hospital…