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Governor expresses surprise a capital outlay cuts

Gov. John Bel Edwards

House Ways and Means Committee Chair Neil Abramson’s 378 amendments to the state capital outlay budget, eliminating hundreds of state and local government projects on top of the nearly $1 billion in projects the executive branch already excluded, came as a surprise to Gov. John Bel Edwards.

Eunice project among capital outlay cuts

Rep. Neil Abramson, D-New Orleans, presents his capital outlay budget bill to the House Ways and Means Committee Monday. Credit: Justin DiCharia

More than a quarter of a billion dollars in eliminations and reductions to Louisiana’s capital outlay projects for the fiscal year beginning July 1 were dispatched to the full House on a unanimous vote Monday in the Ways and Means Committee following the introduction of 375 amendments to House Bi

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