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LA Lawmakers End Special Session With Compromise Plan

Red River Radio | By Chuck Smith
Published February 23, 2017 at 10:27 AM EST
KEPT KEY PRIORITIES: Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) shared some thoughts about the accomplishments made during the Louisiana Special Legislative Session as it closed Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017.
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KEPT KEY PRIORITIES: Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) shared some thoughts about the accomplishments made during the Louisiana Special Legislative Session as it closed Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017.
KEPT KEY PRIORITIES: Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) shared some thoughts about the accomplishments made during the Louisiana Special Legislative Session as it closed Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017.
Credit Courtesy: La. State Gov.
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Courtesy: La. State Gov.
KEPT KEY PRIORITIES: Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) shared some thoughts about the accomplishments made during the Louisiana Special Legislative Session as it closed Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017.

With the pieces of the deal approved, the House and Senate adjourned the session seven hours before Wednesday's deadline. The House approved tapping the Rainy Day fund with a 92-6 vote  as part of a deal with the Senate to pass the House Speaker’s bill that will allow dedicated funds   more budget flexibility in the future. Governor Edwards remarked that the compromise kept many of his key priorities for addressing the $304 million state budget deficit.  The regular legislative session convenes  April 10th.

LA SPECIAL SESSION ENDS - Louisiana lawmakers are headed home as they closed out the Special Legislative Session 7 hours before the deadline Wednesday. Both House and Senate approved a plan to address the looming $304 million state budget deficit with a portion of "rainy-day funds" and will have to cut about $80 to $90 million more from state agencies.

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Chuck Smith
Chuck Smith brings more than 30 years' experience to Red River Radio having started out as a radio news reporter and moving into television journalism as a newsmagazine producer / host, talk-show moderator, programming director and managing producer and news director / anchor for commercial, public broadcasting and educational television. He has more recently worked in advertising, marketing and public relations as a writer, video producer and media consultant. In pursuit of higher learning, Chuck studied Mass Communications at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and motion picture / television production at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has also taught writing for television at York Technical College in Rock Hill, South Carolina and video / film production at Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport.
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