- Louisiana
Louisiana lawmakers capped their third session of the year on Thursday adopting a fiscal 2017 budget with $300 million in cuts while failing to address a projected $200 million current-year deficit.
June 24 - Texas
With dozens of oil and gas company bankruptcies, energy producing states face a growing backlog of abandoned wells as revenue to fix the problems dwindles.
June 20 - Louisiana
As Louisiana lawmakers remain at odds with the governor over program funding as the state faces an even higher deficit estimate.
June 20 - Louisiana
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards opened the state's third legislative session Tuesday urging lawmakers to resume work on a budget for 2017 that 'no one likes' in order to prevent severe cuts to critical state services.
June 8 - Louisiana
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards on Friday said that lawmakers should begin a special session on June 6 to continue work on the fiscal 2017 budget to avoid what he said are unnecessary cuts in important state services.
May 31 -
German Pellets Texas LLC and Texas Pellets Inc. filed petitions for Chapter 11 reorganization last month with $184.7 million of tax-exempt industrial development bonds outstanding.
May 13 -
Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, blasted a budget proposal by House Republicans to address a $600 million deficit by funding a college scholarship program at the expense of health care programs.
May 12 -
State budget conditions vary widely as of late fiscal 2016, with the overall picture getting better while states with less diversified economies face significant stress, Standard & Poor's said Wednesday.
April 27 - Louisiana
It will take time to repair Louisianas structural budget imbalance but the state is committed to resolving its challenges, Gov. John Bel Edwards said at the National Municipal Bond Summit.
April 21 -
Louisianas fiscal problems require that the state alter how it prioritizes capital outlay projects, particularly those financed with state bonds, said Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne.
April 14