Edwards makes case to fix $304M mid-year budget shortfall

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Gov. John Bel Edwards and his fiscal staff discuss the state’s fiscal shortfall Friday with the joint legislative Committee on the Budget. Photo by Sam Karlin.

 

By Sam Karlin

Gov. John Bel Edwards made his case Jan. 27 for combining the state’s “rainy day fund” and spending cuts to fix a $304 million mid-year budget shortfall, warning lawmakers that funding reductions will be “deep” and “painful” no matter what.

Read the story in bestofneworleans.com/Gambit

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