The state’s budget deficit for fiscal year 2018, which begins next July, is up to one-point-five billion dollars. Most of the shortfall is due to the loss of temporary taxes. But rising costs and inflationary expenses also make up the budget gap. Some don’t feel inflation should be included, but Barry Dusse, with the governor’s budget office, responded that’s the law:
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Legislators and the governor have yet to reach an agreement on how to handle the fiscal cliff.

Former prison warden Nate Cain, the son of former Angola Warden Burl Cain, is facing 18 federal fraud charges over purchases he allegedly made with state credit cards during his tenure at Avoyelles Correctional Center in Cottonport. The 50-year-old and his wife, Tonia, each face one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and 17 counts of wire fraud. Nate Cain resigned his post last year amid multiple investigations surrounding his family’s links to alleged corruption.

First Lady Donna Edwards launched a website that provides a network of support for foster parents. Edwards says at Louisiana-fosters-dot-la-dot-gov, there’s a list of organizations who can provide much needed assistance to help foster parents take care of their children…..
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The website also contains information how you can become a foster parent.

Another inch of rain is expected to fall across Louisiana this weekend as the daily showers and thunderstorms will not stop. State Climatologist Barry Keim says at least the wet ground is helping to cool things off during one of Louisiana’s hottest months of the year…
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He says the wet pattern is caused by summer fronts crossing Louisiana and stalling along the coast.