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The National Weather Service is concerned about potential flooding along two major rivers in the northern half of the state. Hydrologist C.S. Ross says all the rain that fell in northwest and northeast Louisiana is making its way down south.
Ross says last week’s rain event produced almost 27 inches of rain near Monroe.
The Revenue Estimating Conference met today to get the exact figures on budget deficit for this and next fiscal year. Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne says Louisiana is now looking at about a $70 million dollar hole for this fiscal year that will have to be filled, which he says is higher than they first thought …:
Dardenne says there was slightly better news for the next fiscal year that begins July 1.
LSU President F. King Alexander tells the House Education Committee budget cuts are impacting enrollment, faculty and research. Alexander says the university has been receiving more money from the federal government than they have from the state. He says research funding originally for LSU is now going to universities in other states because we don’t invest in higher education.
Higher education is facing a 27 million dollar cut in state funding this fiscal year but that number is expected to grow once a new round of cuts are announced.