Louisiana’s $1.5B budget gap projection is skewed, say Edwards, state lawmakers

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Gov. John Bel Edwards and state lawmakers are decrying next year’s projected $1.5 billion mid-year budget gap, arguing the number skews too high by inflation assumptions. The price tag for the so-called “fiscal cliff” was presented to the joint House and Senate budget committee this morning—the first official calculation since the legislative sessions ended in

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