The current Legislative session adjourns near the end of June. What cuts were ultimately made to cover Louisiana’s $1.3 billion shortfall and how will they affect you and the state? Watch “Legislative Review 2009” on Louisiana Public Square, Wednesday, June 24th at 7 pm.
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Backgrounder:
The 2009 Legislative session began on Monday, April 27th and will adjourn on Thursday, June 25th. The focus of this session has been fiscal with most of the attention going to Governor Jindal’s proposed $26.7 billion Executive Budget. With the state facing a $1.3 billion revenue shortfall, the governor offset some of the income gap with federal stimulus money, but Higher Education and Healthcare still took big hits – $219 million and $413 million respectively.
While last year’s session may best be remembered as one where both chambers worked together on parallel paths, observers note that this session has been dominated by two distinctively different approaches to dealing with the governor’s budget. Read more.
- Kirby Goidel, Director of Public Policy Research at the Manship School
- Rep. Kevin Pearson, (R), Slidell
- Mark Ballard, The Advocate Capitol Editor
- ULL Political Science Department Chair, Pearson Cross, Ph.D. (confirmed)
- President and CEO of Council for a Better Louisiana, Barry Erwin (confirmed)
Links:
- http://www.lpb.org/capitolbeat/ – LPB’s daily legislative video update!
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