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Governor Bobby Jindal is back in Louisiana to perform more slight of hand to balance the budget.

This latest over-budget incident is enough to make your blood boil.

State Legislators argued during the legislative session that only a majority vote was needed to fix a $1.6 billion deficit

The VA also faces a budget shortfall of nearly $3 billion.

Johns' bill would have created a pilot program allowing the practice until 2021.

Jindal also signed bills to cap the state's payment on film tax credits at $180 million annually for the next three years.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Health care topped the list of requests from people who asked senators to include their needs in Louisiana's $24 billion budget for next year. With money tight and cuts on the horizon, the wants far outweigh the dollars available as the Senate Finance Committee held public testimony Saturday, the day when the general public can lodge its budget requests...

Legislative leaders haven't coalesced behind a plan yet.

The deficit is tied to the impact of falling oil prices.

Matt Dugas, finance director, said after the meeting the full impact of the board's decision Tuesday had not yet been calculated, but prior to the vote, the board chipped its $7.3 million shortfall down to $7.2 million.

Before the board ended its meeting, Assistant Superintendent Sandra Billeaudeau appealed to the board to move to the instructional staffing accounts as soon as possible.

It just basically kinda came to a head late last week.

Lawmakers must wrap up their work by June 2. The biggest item outstanding is the package of budget bills.

The full House plans to debate the budget bill on May 8.

A House vote is expected today.

The Wisconsin Republican's moves promise to balance the government's books with wide-ranging cuts to programs like food stamps and government-paid health care for the poor and working class.

Democrats controlling the Senate have said they won't advance a budget this year.

The Department of Education says the budget is about $15 million less than what the department expects will be needed to cover the increased student count next year.

Everybody knows higher-ed has lost about $700 million from the budget since 2008.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal's top budget adviser says a consultant hired to devise state money-savings ideas has already come up with enough recommendations to pay for the $4 million contract. Commissioner of Administration Kristy Nichols said Friday that the recommendations from Alvarez & Marsal were included in Jindal's budget proposal for next year. ...