budget shortfall

Among the cuts, officials will no longer attend conferences.

The first rule of American Democracy - what Washington imposes on America it lives with itself.

The suggestion box is expected to open this week.

State Representative Rickey Hardy joined "Mornings With Ken & Bernie" to be the guest for "Acadiana Live".  Hardy is part of the Acadiana delegation at the State Legislature.

Today, the Revenue Estimating Conference will be reporting to Governor Bobby Jindal the latest with sales, business and other taxes coming into the state's coffers.  The question is-will this make a major change in the amount of the this year's budget shortfall?  State Senator Mike Michot tries to answer that question.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Governor Bobby Jindal will again ask lawmakers to make it easier to tap into protected funds when Louisiana faces a budget shortfall.

The Pointe Coupee Police Jury has voted 10-2 to beat back an attempt by one juror to rescind a 3 percent pay increase given to parish employees for the 2011 fiscal year.

State Representative Page Cortez was the guest for latest edition of Acadiana Live during the Morning Report.  Cortez spoke to Ken Romero and  Bernadette Lee about the budget shortfall, redistricting and more.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal sat down with college leaders to discuss next year's budget shortfall, after receiving criticism he's focused too much time on his book and not enough on the state's financial troubles.