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Politics
6:24 pm
Wed January 16, 2013

What are One-Time Funds?

Credit Representative Brett Geymann's Office
Representative Brett Geymann sits on the House Appropriations Committee.

On Tuesday, two republican lawmakers filed suit against the state for using one-time revenues to balance the budget. Where does the money come from?

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Politics
11:30 am
Wed January 16, 2013

Lawsuit Filed Over One-Time Money in Jindal Budget

Representatives Kirk Talbot and Cameron Henry have made waves about the constitutionality of the budget before. Talbot led a group of 19 GOP lawmakers that appealed to State Attorney General Buddy Caldwell with the same concerns last fall. Caldwell suggested the lawmakers go directly to the courts.


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The Jim Engster Show
2:27 pm
Mon November 26, 2012

Melinda Deslatte, David Nasaw

Associated Press State Capitol correspondent Melinda Deslatte discusses Governor Jindal's post-election turn on Mitt Romney, and where he and the state go from here.

History professor David Nasaw on his book, "The Patriarch", about the turbulent life and times of Joseph P. Kennedy.


On the Ballot
3:58 pm
Mon November 5, 2012

Ballot Amendment would Restrict Medicaid Fund Use

The first of nine constitutional amendments on the ballot in Louisiana would prevent the legislature from raiding the state’s Medicaid Trust Fund to balance the budget. But LSU Political Scientist Robert Hogan says it could also hamstring the budgeting process if Louisiana’s demographics shift. 

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