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  • Speaker of the House Says Jindal, Senate to Blame for Pending Budget Crisis

    Speaker of the House Says Jindal, Senate to Blame for Pending Budget Crisis Speaking to the Monroe Chamber of Commerce, Louisiana House Speaker Jim Tucker laid the blame for a 2011 state budget crisis on Governor Bobby Jindal and the Senate, saying next year's looming $2 billion budget shortfall could have been mitigated if they had been willing to make more significant cuts in the current and previous budgets.  Tucker said the state's colleges and universities will be the hardest hit, pointing to the student protests at UNO this week as a by-product of the deep cuts to higher education. 

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  • Rannah Speaker of the House Says Jindal, Senate to Blame for Pending Budget Crisis Written by Rannah

    Speaker of the House Says Jindal, Senate to Blame for Pending Budget Crisis

    Speaking to the Monroe Chamber of Commerce, Louisiana House Speaker Jim Tucker laid the blame for a 2011 state budget crisis on Governor Bobby Jindal and the Senate, saying next year's looming $2 billion budget shortfall could have been mitigated if they had been willing to make more significant cuts in the current and previous budgets.  Tucker said the state's colleges and universities will be the hardest hit, pointing to the student protests at UNO this week as a by-product of the deep cuts to higher education. 






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