State Budget Shortfall (2015)
Louisiana: The State We're In
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Newsmagazine
Place Covered: Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2015-01-30
Duration: 00:07:13
Subjects: STATE BUDGET | OIL INDUSTRY | HIGHER EDUCATION
Contributors:
- Sanford, Shauna Host
- Ballard, Mark Interviewee
- O'Donoghue, Julia Interviewee
- Cross, Pearson Interviewee
Description
This segment from the January 30, 2015, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Shauna Sanford leading an in-studio panel discussion with Mark Ballard of the Advocate newspaper, Julia O’Donoghue of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, and Dr. Pearson Cross, a political science professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. They discuss: the state’s $1.6 billion shortfall; the impact of falling oil prices on the state budget; the Fiscal Hawks in the Louisiana Legislature; and the possible cuts to higher education.