LOUISIANA POLITICS & GOVERNMENT Hospitals, colleges, sheriffs eyed for budget cuts if Louisiana revenue insufficient - Melinda Deslatte, AP

Louisiana's safety-net hospitals, public colleges and local sheriffs housing state prisoners could face budget cuts, while the opening of the state's new youth prison could be delayed, if government income projections come up short this year. That's the take-away from the first round of ideas submitted by Gov. John Bel Edwards' administration for as much as $60 million in cuts if Louisiana faces a midyear deficit. The three-page spreadsheet was sent to lawmakers with a caveat the proposals could change. Agencies are planning for cuts, just in case. http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/08/hospitals_colleges_sheriffs_ey.html