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The Louisiana House has agreed to a $34 billion operating budget for next year that includes hundreds of millions in federal coronavirus aid. They passed…

Senator Bill Cassidy is pushing for a 500 billion dollar relief package in Congress aimed at aiding local and state governments who are facing coronavirus…

Saying "a great education cures a lot of ills," Gov. John Bel Edwards on Tuesday signed Louisiana's $30 billion operating budget at a Baton Rouge…

Lawmakers will put the finishing touches on Louisiana's more than $30 billion budget for next year in the final hours of their legislative session. The…

Republicans bristling about the rising price tag of Louisiana's Medicaid program on Tuesday questioned whether the state health department was doing…

Lawmakers in the Louisiana House are opening their budget hearings amid a new round of partisan financial disputes.Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards and…

Gov. John Bel Edwards' plans to steer more money to sheriffs and open more dorms in a new juvenile prison stalled Tuesday when the House budget committee…

Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, members of the legislature, my fellow Louisianans:Good afternoon.Today, I’m going to be brief. The time for politics and…

Higher Education in Louisiana is about to get pushed off the fiscal cliff. The state will enact severe budget cuts to the T.O.P.S. program and university…

There’s only two months left in the fiscal year, and doubts are growing as to whether a spending plan for next budget year can be approved in the current…