King Alexander Archives - Louisiana Budget Project

January 11, 2018

State’s budget problems hurt LSU recruitment

Louisiana’s ongoing, self-inflicted budget travails are making it harder for the state’s flagship university to attract the best and brightest students.

Number of the Day

86,000 - Number of Kentucky residents who are expected to lose their health care coverage if Kentucky’s Medicaid waiver application to add work requirements and fees is approved. (Source: Kentucky Center for Economic Policy)

April 20, 2017

The changing mission of TOPS

The Nola.com/Times-Picayune editorial board says that if lawmakers don’t fully fund the TOPS scholarship program, low and moderate-income families should be prioritized for full awards.

Number of the Day

$2.6 billion - Medicaid costs that would be shifted from the federal government to Louisiana from 2020 - 2023 under the American Health Care Act, which House GOP leaders are signaling they want to revive. (Source: LBP analysis)