State Treasurer John Kennedy says the Jindal Administration is considering selling the Louisiana Lottery as a way to help the huge state budget shortfall. The Administration is denying it, but Kennedy says he knows differently…:
CUT 3 (10) “considered”
Commissioner of Adminstation Kristy Nichols issued a statement saying -quote- “we are not considering it this year.”
According to LSU’s Public Policy Research Lab’s 2015 Survey, 44 percent of Louisianians feel the state is heading in the right direction. But Research Director Michael Henderson says, the survery was made before the upcoming legislative session with a huge budget deficit to face…
CUT 11 (10) Q: “back down again”
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There’s more talk about more control over the state’s film industry tax credits, as the Louisiana legislature faces a big budget deficit. State Economic Development Secretary Stephen Moret tells lawmakers it’s time to reign in that tax program, and Covington Representative John Schroder says that he favors a cap…
CUT 14 (09) Q: “about now”
The Jindal administration’s budget for next fiscal year does not fund a presidential preference primary for Louisiana in 2016. Secretary of State Tom Schedler says he was assured that elections would be covered by the state through the spring of next year. He says when his office looked at the budget, he found that there was no money for the primary…
CUT 6 (05) “leave office”
Commissioner of Administration Kristy Nichols says they are working with Secretary of State Tom Schedler to find a solution, so that a presidential primary can be held next year.