state budget

The regular session ended Thursday, and lawmakers approved a $51 billion budget for the coming fiscal year, which starts in July.

A bill that would expand the definition of “coerced abortion” received final passage in the Senate.

Gov. Jeff Landry tied public school teacher pay to a constitutional amendment on budget and tax policies that failed spectacularly at the polls Saturday.

The future of millions of dollars in funding to help low-income Louisiana residents access solar energy has grown increasingly uncertain as the Trump administration attempts to slash grant programs awarded under its predecessor.

“We should not be decreasing funding to domestic violence shelters,” State Rep. Denise Marcelle, D-Baton Rouge, said.

Gov. Jeff Landry’s top budget and tax officials presented a plan for the coming fiscal year to a joint committee of the Legislature on Thursday, despite growing uncertainty over how potential federal funding cuts could affect the state's finances.

Louisiana is projected to have tens of millions of extra dollars to spend after the state ended its last budget year with a $590 million surplus, according to the latest calculation.

Families would get on average $5,100 if students aren’t reading at grade level

The state’s four-member Revenue Estimating Conference (REC) adopted a revenue projection on Tuesday, which showed the state collected far more in individual income taxes, general sales taxes and corporate taxes than economists predicted last year when it remained unclear what impact the pandemic would have on the economy and the state’s finances.

Here’s the language you’ll see on the ballot:“Do you support an amendment to limit the growth of the expenditure limit for the state general fund and…