The coronavirus crisis and economic shutdown it has caused will take an estimated $23 million toll on city-parish finances—about 7% of the general fund budget, according to preliminary data released today by Mayor Sharon Weston Broome. Much of the projected shortfall will come as a result of reduced sales tax collections, which account for approximately
Baton Rouge revenues projected to come in $23M short; no layoffs yet planned
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