Federal budget
February 14, 2018
As the Legislature heads toward a long-anticipated special session, some conservatives have tried blaming Louisiana’s Medicaid program - instead of expiring temporary taxes - for the state’s ongoing structural budget deficits.
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$115 billion - Estimated annual cost of the ongoing opioid crisis in 2017. Most of the cost is due to lost earnings and productivity from overdose deaths. (Source: Altarum via Axios)May 24, 2017
Vice President Mike Pence visits Baton Rouge on Wednesday - his third visit to the Pelican State in the past year.
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$190 billion- Proposed budget cut, over 10 years, to the federal SNAP program that provides food assistance to low-income families. The plan would shift costs to states, low-income families, temporarily unemployed adults and the elderly. (Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)March 15, 2016
The state of the state; Special session re-caps; What Americans think of their K-12 schools; and Feds propose damaging cuts