PAR commentary: State should avoid using trust fund to cover budget shortfalls 

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Louisiana has quietly poured more than $1 billion in higher-than-usual business tax collections into a 6-year-old trust fund aimed at lessening the state’s overreliance on the volatile income source, according to a new commentary from the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana.  In its commentary, PAR urges the governor and lawmakers to avoid using the

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