Cutting the budget sounds a lot easier than it is, especially in Louisiana, where only $2.9 billion out of a $26.7 billion state budget is discretionary. That’s why one of the places many look first is to the $1.73 billion in statutory dedications (click on chart on left)—money obligated by state law to specific programs
The budget crisis: Wielding the knife
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