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Louisiana House lawmakers voted to bust the state’s spending cap by $1.65 billion over the next 13 months. The Senate approved House changes that lowered the increase from an original $2.3 billion, resolving a key-part of session-long budget negotiations.
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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.
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Louisiana lawmakers are in more agreement about teacher pay raises but are still at odds about whether to raise the state’s spending cap — a decision that will impact educators’ salaries, infrastructure projects and the overall budget.
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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...