State Bond Commission

In addition to the Lafayette money, multiple parishes will be benefitting from the State Bond Commission allotting for $199 million in Refunding Revenue Bonds for Louisiana Public Facilities Authority's Entergy Louisiana project.

State officials plan to use federal economic stimulus funds to make nine prisons more energy efficient.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's debt load has grown over the last year, reaching $1,307 for every man, woman and child in the state, nearing the record set for the last 20 years.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — When Congress set up a tax-free recovery bond program after hurricanes Katrina and Rita to help spur private business development, applications poured in and it appeared demand would far exceed Louisiana's $7.8 billion bond capacity.