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.
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The general fund budget for the Iberia Parish School Board is in a deficit situation. This year's deficit is projected to be about 1.8 million dollars from the general fund.
Wall Street falls as investors react to deadlock in deficit talk as the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 249 points. Mark Lasseigne has your market report on today's Acadiana Business Index.
The U.S. congressional super-committee inched closer to a Nov
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