December 23, 2009
Louisiana
By Robert Travis Scott at Times-Picayune
BATON ROUGE — Obligated to close a $247.9 million gap in the current-year state budget, Gov. Bobby Jindal announced cuts for agencies across the board Tuesday, including $108.1 million in health dollars and $84 million from higher education.
Slack tax revenue during the recession is leaving state coffers short of anticipated [...]
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November 3, 2009
Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS, Va. — The state Department of Health and Hospitals plans to dip into several one-time revenue sources and cut spending on mental health, public health and prescription drugs to make up for a $308 million deficit in its Medicaid program, authorities said Monday. By an Moller, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans)
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