Mayor Landrieu Says No Big Layoffs In 2013 Budget
The New Orleans City Council is now reviewing the budget proposed for next year by Mayor Mitch Landrieu. The city is dealing with lower revenues and higher expenses.
View ArticleState Hospice Cuts Worse Than Previously Announced
Louisiana's health department is acknowledging that planned cuts in the state's Medicaid program will eliminate hospice care for all Medicaid recipients beginning in February.
View ArticleBudget Cuts Hit Domestic Violence Programs
Gov. Bobby Jindal's latest round of budget cuts is falling on shelters that take in battered women and other domestic violence prevention providers.The reductions were made to help close a $166 million...
View ArticleHealth Care Budget Cuts Begin This Week
The state's Medicaid hospice care received a last-minute reprieve from shutdown, but Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration is moving ahead with other health care cuts this week.
View ArticleDelgado to Lay Off 46 Employees Next Month
About 10 percent of Delgado Community College's 465 employees will be laid off at the end of next month.Chancellor Monty Sullivan said Tuesday the layoffs are a consequence of the school's $13 million...
View ArticleState Medicaid Cuts Take Effect Friday
Nearly $52 million in state cuts to Medicaid services go into effect Friday, Feb. 1. The reductions are part of the Dept. of Health and Hospitals’ response to a mid-year shortfall in Louisiana’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
All About Efficiency: DHH Secretary On The Latest Round of Healthcare Cuts
Almost $83 million in cuts to healthcare programs and services went into effect Friday to shore up a mid-year deficit in the state budget. These are separate from a previous round of cuts made in...
View ArticleState House Leader Says Budget Glimpse Encouraging
The chairman of the House budget-writing committee says he's feeling a bit better about coping with the state's more than $1 billion shortfall.Appropriations Committee Chairman Jim Fannin made the...
View ArticleDept. of Health and Hospitals Proposed Budget Depends on Contingencies
Gov. Bobby Jindal’s proposed $24.7 billion state budget for the next fiscal year seemingly leaves the state Department of Health and Hospitals relatively unscathed.
View ArticleFailure To Expand Medicaid To Directly Effect Low-To-Moderate Income New...
Gov. Bobby Jindal has remained steadfast thus far in his opposition to expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act saying it’s too expensive and that Medicaid is an outdated, inflexible program....
View ArticleThe Tolls Of Budget Cuts On Higher Education
After five years of steep budget cuts, some members of LSUnited, the faculty union, are hoping the legislature’s budget negotiations will raise enough revenue to prevent further cuts.Lawmakers are...
View ArticleMedical Research In Louisiana Will Be Pared Back Under Federal Budget Cuts,...
The head of a nonprofit advocacy group that promotes health research said Louisiana stands to lose millions of dollars in medical research funding due to the across-the-board federal spending cuts...
View ArticleUNO President Addresses Impact Of Budget Cuts On Higher Education
Governor Jindal announced his proposal Friday afternoon to close a $1.6 billion shortfall for the budget year that begins July 1, 2015. The University of New Orleans was originally expecting a $17...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Holding the Line on Hospitals May Leave Louisiana Holding the Bag
One component of the Jindal administration’s 2016 budget proposal, revealed Friday, involves holding the line on spending in the public-private hospital partnerships. The private partners in the LSU...
View ArticleClik here to view.
"Excellence Fee" Idea Not Measuring Up
At first, it seemed as though everyone was breathing a sigh of relief, as the 2016 executive budget proposal unveiled last week did not slash higher education as deeply as expected.“The true reduction...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Killing the Goose: Higher Ed Cuts Hamper Innovation
“You have to remember what you may be losing in the higher education system as you go into deeper cuts,” warns Public Affairs Research Council president Robert Travis Scott.Scott addressed the Baton...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bell is Tolling for Higher Education
Louisiana’s House Appropriations Committee has been asking every agency to present their worst-case scenario when showing up for budget hearings. Wednesday, the committee got the grim prognosis—full...
View ArticleState budget cuts limit access to waterworks museum in Shreveport
The 16 Louisiana state-run museums will be open a lot less – at least until June 30 – due to mid-year budget cuts. At the McNeill Street Pumping Station in Shreveport, this tiny museum operation is to...
View ArticleThe Medicaid Waiver Waiting Game
Last year, groups advocating for Louisianians with developmental disabilities sought and won an expansion of supports through Medicaid waivers. But when mid-year cuts to the state budget were enacted,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
'Run in Circles, Scream and Shout'
“When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.” The naval adage, quoted in Wouk’s 1951 “The Caine Mutiny” and again in Heinlein’s 1973 “Time Enough for Love”, pretty well describes the...
View Article
