Jeremy Alford
Eager to get a jumpstart on finding savings for the 2017-2018 fiscal year, the House Appropriations Committee is planning a set of meetings for the first two weeks of December to begin reviewing agency budgets.
House Appropriations chairman Cameron Henry, R-Mandeville. Credit: D.B. Narveson
The House Appropriations Committee voted 18-4 along party lines to cut another $9 million from the House’s further attempt at balancing the state’s budget.
A legislative proposal to create a transparency website for fiscal matters that would give the “average constituent” the tool to root out “inefficiencies” and “waste” in state government unanimously sailed through the House Appropriations Committee Monday.
Rep. Cameron Henry, R-Metairie, chairs four hours of testimony during a House Appropriations Committee hearing Monday. In foreground is Rep. John Berthalot, R-Gonzales. Credit: Justin DiCharia
Republican lawmakers, eying spending cuts to shift money to fully fund TOPS, the state’s college scholarship program for in-state students, pushed through committee approval Monday to require the executive branch to cut $184 million from state contracts.
