BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) â Gov. John Bel Edwards kicked off Louisiana s annual budget negotiations Friday by suggesting a more than $36 billion spending plan for next year, asking lawmakers to use federal pandemic aid to avoid cuts while steering new dollars to education raises and programs.
The governor s 2021-22 state operating budget recommendations were released to the joint House and Senate budget committee, marking the start of months of haggling with lawmakers over a final plan to pay for programs and services in the financial year that begins July 1.
The budget proposal is rosier than expected, after the state treasury took a hit from the coronavirus outbreak. Louisiana s tax collections are rebounding, though not enough to match pre-pandemic levels. The Edwards administration wants to use continuing federal coronavirus aid, particularly enhanced federal payments to cover Medicaid expenses, to close gaps and piece together the plan. The state took a similar approach this
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