Louisiana expects recovery in early 2011

Louisiana officials say the economic recovery should hit in the early months of 2011, according to a new report from the National Conference of State Legislatures. That puts the state around the middle of the pack from getting out of the recession. Vermont officials say their state has already recovered, while 21 more states expect to be on their way to better economic times during 2010. “Once it begins, state budget recovery will be a painfully slow process with some hiccups along the way,” says Corina Eckl, fiscal director at the National Conference of State Legislatures. “Even if the recession is over, state budgets are still in appalling condition and are going to be that way for quite a while.”