Pat Smith
March 19, 2018
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Louisiana has one of the highest rates of child food insecurity in the nation, with nearly 1 in 4 Louisiana children living in a household that doesn’t have enough food to eat throughout the month.… Read more...
March 15, 2018
Cowed by years of lower-than-expected tax collections for state government, Gov. John Bel Edwards asked state agencies to set aside $60 million last year in case another mid-year shortfall materialized. But this year’s budget is actually running a surplus, so Edwards is allowing agencies to spend the money.
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$4.3 billion - Amount of money in state general fund dollars for the coming year that are dictated by the state Constitution and other laws. (Source: The Advocate)March 6, 2018
The Legislature’s latest attempt to fix Louisiana’s $1 billion “fiscal cliff” ended in failure on Monday, as the House could not overcome the political stalemate that made it impossible to pass any revenue bills.
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3.2 percent - Percent growth in the economic value of arts and cultural production in Louisiana from 2014 to 2015. (Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis)May 2, 2017
Health care services for the poor, K-12 public school education and safety-net services for abused and neglected children are among the state services that would take big hits next year in a spending plan approved by the House budget committee in a party-line vote on Monday.