Oops, bungled language keeps state lawmakers from getting pet project money

Fisheye view of the Louisiana Capitol. (File photo)

For months, Louisiana has struggled to fund a handful of legislators’ controversial pet projects because lawmakers inserted the wrong information into state budget documents or used vague language that financial staff members can’t decipher. 


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