Rainy Day Fud

February 20, 2017

Special Session: House-Senate brinksmanship

The Legislature has until midnight on Wednesday to find agreement on closing a $304 million mid-year budget gap.
February 16, 2017

Special session: Cuts vs. rainy-day dollars

Gov. John Bel Edwards and his allies had complained for days that House Republicans had not produced a viable alternative to his budget-rebalancing plan. That changed on Wednesday, when the House Appropriations Committee sent two budget cutting bills to the floor that cut current-year spending well beyond the levels recommended by the governor.Read more...