Collection:LPB

Genre: Speech

Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 2023-11-27

Duration: 00:44:36

Subjects: BATON ROUGE PRESS CLUB | DARDENNE, JAY | STATE BUDGET

Contributors:

• Dardenne, Jay Speaker

This episode of the series “Press Club” features a speech by Louisiana Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne before a meeting of the Baton Rouge Press Club on November 27, 2023. He discusses: the $2 billion state budget shortfall in 2016 at the beginning of the Edwards Administration; the seven consecutive years of budget surpluses; the $3 billion in both the Rainy Day Fund and the Budget Stabilization Fund; the state’s historically low unemployment rate; the establishment of paid parental leave for state employees; and the Edwards Administration’s accomplishments over the last eight years. He also answers questions from the media.