Governor John Bel Edwards proposes hopeful budget with no spending cuts
Governor John Bel Edwards proposes hopeful budget with no spending cuts 9News at 6, Fri., Feb. 26 Governor's budget presentation By Austin Kemker | February 26, 2021 at 4:30 PM CST - Updated February 26 at 7:28 PM BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Edwards administration proposed a budget for fiscal year 2022 that would use federal coronavirus aid to avoid cuts and provide additional funds to K-12 and higher education. The $36.6 billion budget provides annual pay increases of $400 to K-12 public school teachers and $200 for K-12 support staff, a proposal that teachers unions immediately criti...