State budget could face hundreds of millions in shortfalls

By: GRACIE THOMAS, DAKOTA LASZLO, and KYLAH BABIN LSU Manship School News Service BATON ROUGE – Federal and state budgeting policies could force Louisiana into structural budget shortfalls approaching $300 million in fiscal 2027 and more than $1 billion by 2029, the director of a nonpartisan think tank, Invest in Louisiana, told the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday. “These aren’t my numbe…