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Gov. John Bel Edwards presents the executive budget for the upcoming fiscal year to lawmakers this morning. "The budget proposal will be in balance,"…
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"These are mega-contracts, and they entail 25 percent of our budget," insisted state Senator Conrad Appel, during the Joint Budget committee's fourth…
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“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…
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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…
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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…
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One component of the Jindal administration’s 2016 budget proposal, revealed Friday, involves holding the line on spending in the public-private hospital…