Lieutenant governors from around the nation are converging in New Orleans for a three-day summit. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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Since 2016, the state legislature has battled huge budget deficits, but the Edwards’ administration now says we can look forward to financial stability over the next seven years. Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne says the legislature’s decision to renew a portion of an expiring one-cent sales tax will give the state a stable revenue source.
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Most state agencies survived the special session without a cut, but the Department of Corrections was not so lucky. Construction and repair projects were put off once again, leading to concerns from department officials that the facilities used to house inmates could be running low on time. Secretary Jimmy LeBlanc says they got hit pretty hard at the last second.
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The Revenue estimating conference modified the state’s revenue forecast to reflect the nearly 500 million dollars in taxes that the legislature approved in the two special sessions this month. The 29.9 billion dollar budget goes into effect July 1st.