Louisiana fiscal crisis
January 9, 2017
The executive budget won’t be unveiled until Feb. 24, but the annual debate over spending is expected to kick off on Friday, when the state’s Revenue Estimating Conference meets to decide on the size of the current-year budget gap.
November 14, 2016
The Advocate’s editorial page looks at the recent recommendations from the Task Force on Structural Changes in Budget and Tax Policy and likes a lot of what it sees. But after the voters’ rejection of Amendment 3, which sought to eliminate the ability of corporations to deduct federal income taxes on their state returns, that job got considerably tougher.
August 22, 2016
In the two decades since the federal government transformed America’s welfare system into a block grant, Louisiana’s poverty rate hasn’t budged - but the number of poor families receiving cash assistance and help finding jobs has plunged.