In a special televised address Governor John Bel Edwards said there is a possibility there will be no LSU football next fall unless legislators resolve the state’s budget deficit. Political analyst Clancy Dubos does not think Edwards wants to make these cuts, but the governor’s hands are tied unless taxes are raised.
Lawmakers will meet in a special session Sunday to address the budget deficit.
The Governor’s Executive Budget for the 2016-2017 fiscal year will be presented to lawmakers Saturday. Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne says legislators and the public aren’t going to like it, but they will be given the honest truth…:
The adopted economic forecast projects the next deficit at around $2 billion dollars.
A poll released by the Americans for Prosperity shows a majority of Louisiana residents oppose Governor John Bel Edwards’ proposals to raise personal income and sales taxes to address the state’s budget deficit. AFP released an online ad criticizing the governor’s proposals. AFP state director Phillip Joffrion says their goal is to educate the people of Louisiana about these proposed tax hikes.
Joffrion says the sales tax increase would put Louisiana at the highest combined local and state sales tax in the country.
Louisiana’s Longest Know Married Couple of 2016 has been announced by the Louisiana Family Forum. LFF President Gene Mills says for the second year in a row, Lawrence and Varrie Player have been the married the longest in Louisiana, tying the knot 81 years ago.
Mills says Lawrence is 101-years-old and Varrie is 97.