LSU Center for Energy Studies

February 15, 2017

Still searching for solution to mid-year shortfall

Gov. John Bel Edwards and House Republicans remain at loggerheads over how to close the $304 million mid-year shortfall. The lower-chamber GOP leaders want to use less of the state’s Budget Stabilization Fund, while the governor contends that using the maximum allowable allotment will limit the pain of cuts.Read more...