Daily Dime

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The Senate Finance Committee made hundreds of changes to the state budget on Thursday, as lawmakers were forced to look for spending cuts after the state’s revenue forecast was downgraded by $217 million over the next 14 months.

The public will get another chance to weigh in on Louisiana’s political boundaries on Thursday when the House and Governmental Affairs Committee holds its first public hearing

Louisiana voters overwhelmingly rejected five proposed amendments to the state constitution on Saturday.

Louisiana’s public school funding formula does not send dollars to districts with the most need, according to a new report from Louisiana Kids Matter.

Democratic legislators plan to resist any efforts from their Republican colleagues to reduce the number of Black-majority congressional districts in the state, according to party leaders.

Louisiana could soon be forced to pay an extra $95 million or more each year for federal food assistance thanks to a change in federal law.

A conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a key pillar of the Voting Rights Act on Wednesday, ruling that Louisiana’s Sixth Congressional District constitutes an “unconstitutional racial gerrymander.”