Published: June 7, 2024
By: Elizabeth White, LSU Manship School New Service
BATON ROUGE – Three senior lawmakers said a decision last Friday to shift $717 million in state funds was one of the highlights of the legislative session that ended Monday.
The lawmakers said they supported moving the money from a state trust fund for revenue stabilization to increase spending on transportation projects, maintenance of facilities on college campuses and public safety efforts.
“We tried to address some shovel-ready projects and deferred maintenance and our water and sewer and our highway priority program, and it’s putting people to work,” Sen. Glen Womack, R-Harrisonburg, said.
Read more at Daily Advertiser.
LSU Manship School Statehouse Bureau 
Leave a comment