Insight: An Almost Balanced Budget Mid-Year

89.3 WRKF Baton Rouge | By Amy Jeffries ,

Melinda Deslatte

Published January 17, 2014 at 6:03 AM CST

The Revenue Estimating Conference, which crunches the numbers on the state’s income every year, announced on Wednesday that revenues are $35 million short of what was expected for 2013-2014. But for the first time since Gov. Bobby Jindal took office, there should be no mid-year cuts to Louisiana's budget.

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Amy Jeffries

Amy started her career in public radio at WNPR in Hartford, CT more than a decade ago. NPR flew her in to Baton Rouge to help WRKF cover the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina while she was still based in the North. Here she found her journalistic calling.

Melinda Deslatte

Insight: An Almost Balanced Budget Mid-Year

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