Louisiana state budget

Gov. Jeff Landry tied public school teacher pay to a constitutional amendment on budget and tax policies that failed spectacularly at the polls Saturday.

Gov. Jeff Landry’s top budget and tax officials presented a plan for the coming fiscal year to a joint committee of the Legislature on Thursday, despite growing uncertainty over how potential federal funding cuts could affect the state's finances.

A Louisiana House committee advanced a resolution Monday to raise the state’s spending cap. A spending limit increase now seems more likely, though the total increases are less than the amounts proposed by the Senate.

Here’s the language you’ll see on the ballot: “Do you support an amendment to limit the growth of the expenditure limit for the state general fund and...

For the second straight year, Republican lawmakers have refused to accept state economists’ forecast of expected revenue in the upcoming fiscal year, a…

The legislature is in the final days of its special session - and lawmakers are still working to finalize budget and tax bills for the coming fiscal...

Joining us to talk about unique ways for citizens to weigh in on ways to resolve state budget woes, we have LSU Mass Communications Professor Len Apcar,…

LSU Economist Jim Richardson heads the State Revenue Estimating Conference. Jan Moller is president of the Louisiana Budget Project. We speak with…

A group of Louisiana homeowners is suing the state Department of Revenue over denial of solar tax credits.Dawn Naquin of Theriot, Louisiana says she is…

A bill requiring all tax exemptions and credits be included in the budgeting process – letting the legislature decide how much could be spent on each…