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The budget is the big issue when the legislature convenes next week, and the administration is placing heavy emphasis on GEMS initiatives. “GEMS” is the...
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Louisiana’s budget problems have many criticizing the tax incentives for the entertainment industry, which cost the state about $250-million last year....
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One component of the Jindal administration’s 2016 budget proposal, revealed Friday, involves holding the line on spending in the public-private hospital...
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The Jindal administration unveils its budget proposal today for the next fiscal year. What solutions to the $1.6-billion deficit will be proposed? ...
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“It’s horrible. It’s as bad as we’ve seen, for sure.” Barry Erwin, president of the Council for a Better Louisiana, says the budget cuts looming ahead...
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State lawmakers refused to approve part of the Jindal administration’s plan for balancing the current budget Friday, making it clear they’re fed up with...
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The Joint Legislative Budget Committee meets today to vote on the governor’s plan for slicing $103-million from current year spending. “These mid-year...
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State officials have been burning up the phone lines between Baton Rouge and New York City this week, trying to stave off the threatened downgrade of...
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Statewide elected officials believe the Jindal administration’s budget ax must have become dull from overuse, since the latest round of proposed cuts...
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Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain says the mid-year budget cuts proposed last week by the Jindal administration could end up costing you...