Budget debate
May 2, 2017
Louisiana Budget Project executive director, Jan Moller, sent a letter to each member of the House Ways and Means Committee calling for action to raise money to account for both the $440 million fiscal year 2018 shortfall and the fiscal year 2019 cliff of at least $1.4 billion.… Read more...
June 2, 2016
The House spent 14 hours last month debating the state budget bill. On Wednesday, the full Senate completed its work on House Bill 1 in about an hour. The bill’s likely next stop is a compromise committee to work out differences between the two competing versions
May 27, 2016
Governor requests changes to budget; Business tax breaks stalled by governor; How safe is IBM? and; Housing “Out of Reach”
May 13, 2016
House debates budget bill; ‘Local hire’ under fire; Rick Scott seeks free publicity; Paid family leave