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The chairman of Senate Finance has no desire to approve the budget the House passed last Thursday. Ville Platte Senator Eric LaFleur says he can’t support…

Governor John Bel Edwards says the proposed budget that was approved by the House is a non-starter, and if it reaches his desk, he’s not signing it. The…

The House narrowly passed a budget that would fund TOPS at 80% and maintain higher ed funding, but would implement deep cuts in healthcare funding,…

Chancellors of two LSU Health Sciences Centers delivered impassioned testimonies in front of the Senate Finance Committee, calling on legislators not to…

Higher education is important, especially to the thousands of students who belong to the University of Louisiana school system. Wednesday, students from…

Gov. John Bel Edwards is readying to unveil his worst-case scenario budget, which assumes lawmakers will refuse to replace $1 billion in expiring sales…

Louisiana has a rare bit of good budget news: The governor's chief financial officer says the state ended the last budget year with a surplus topping $100…

The University of Louisiana Monroe is on a roll.That was the message ULM President Dr. Nick Bruno shared with the crowd Thursday at Brown Auditorium.“This…

The leader of the Louisiana House says he doesn't expect lawmakers to pass tax hikes this session to fill a looming, mid-2018 budget gap. Instead,…

The state's income forecasting panel, called the Revenue Estimating Conference, is meeting Tuesday to trim back its income projections for this budget…