budget crisis

Governor John Bel Edwards says Louisiana finished the fiscal year that ended June 30th with a budget surplus of approximately $300 million.

The final act of this year’s special session trilogy is less than a week away, with the administration and many legislators scrambling to find some extra cash for programs like TOPS, which is facing a 30 percent cut.

The majority of projects cut from the budget just happen to be in the districts of some of his biggest detractors.

No budget bill passed and Rep. Alan Seabaugh (R-Shreveport) is being blamed by many.

State funding issues could affect the jobs of thousands of healthcare workers in Lafayette, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans.

The most we could have gotten is $176 million. We budgeted for $140 million. We're getting $82 million. That's why we're broke.

This might be the best way to get real input from real Louisiana residents about our looming budget shortfall.

You know the budget crisis is pretty severe when parish jails are "going out of business".

A bipartisan gathering of lawmakers will take place in Baton Rouge today. You and I are not invited.

Here are five outrageous ways that Louisiana could spend the budget surplus money. They make more sense than what the legislature is proposing.

State Senators mull over the budget which is nearing approval.

The governor recommended a $5 million cut to State Police, but the House’s spending plan calls for much deeper cuts.

Legislators continue to try and find ways to fund TOPS for Louisiana's deserving students. This probably isn't one of those ways.

If you give the government the right to get money as a result of people’s interaction with the internet, the government will never stop, and they’ll kill the internet sooner or later.

Halfway through the film tax credit cap restriction period, Louisiana's film industry fights to hang on.

What is the future of TOPS in Louisiana. This informative video could answer some of your questions about some of the proposed changes.

It's sure easy to spend money that isn't yours. Just check out these examples of who was spending our money on what.

The House Appropriations Committee could cast a major vote on the future of the TOPS program in our state today.

I'm sure the communities these talented artist live in appreciate all the money we've just dropped into their local economies. It's not like we needed that money floating around in our communities, right?

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards is going to be featured on the HBO Series Vice. The topic of conversation will be how states are struggling across the nation to fund higher education.