Covington lawmaker wants ban on pay raises
BATON ROUGE — Gov. Bobby Jindal’s budget doesn’t propose giving extra money to state agencies for pay raises next year, but government workers could still get salary boosts if agency chiefs can scrape...
View ArticleState spending on oil leak reaches $5M
BATON ROUGE — Louisiana agencies have spent more than $5 million to combat the still-growing oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, and they estimate the spending could top more than $20 million by next...
View ArticleMidyear cuts force 420 state worker layoffs
BATON ROUGE, La. — More than 400 state workers are expected to be laid off because of qGov. Bobby Jindal’s midyear budget cuts. Ray Stockstill, one of Jindal’s top budget advisers in the Division of...
View ArticleCivil service panel approves insurance contractor
BATON ROUGE — The state’s Civil Service Commission narrowly agreed today to the Jindal administration’s hiring of a private company to manage a state employee health insurance plan, a cost-cutting move...
View ArticleLa. state budget adviser retiring after 39 years
A long-time state budget adviser is retiring after more than 39 years in state government.
View ArticleCovington lawmaker wants ban on pay raises
BATON ROUGE — Gov. Bobby Jindal’s budget doesn’t propose giving extra money to state agencies for pay raises next year, but government workers could still get salary boosts if agency chiefs can scrape...
View ArticleState spending on oil leak reaches $5M
BATON ROUGE — Louisiana agencies have spent more than $5 million to combat the still-growing oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, and they estimate the spending could top more than $20 million by next...
View ArticleMidyear cuts force 420 state worker layoffs
BATON ROUGE, La. — More than 400 state workers are expected to be laid off because of qGov. Bobby Jindal’s midyear budget cuts. Ray Stockstill, one of Jindal’s top budget advisers in the Division of...
View ArticleCivil service panel approves insurance contractor
BATON ROUGE — The state’s Civil Service Commission narrowly agreed today to the Jindal administration’s hiring of a private company to manage a state employee health insurance plan, a cost-cutting move...
View ArticleLa. state budget adviser retiring after 39 years
A long-time state budget adviser is retiring after more than 39 years in state government.
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