Louisiana’s annual budgets swelled over the past decade

(The Center Square) – Louisiana’s annual budgets swelled more than 71% over the past decade, ticking up year after year under a Democratic governor who expanded Medicaid and led the state through the COVID crisis.

While the pace of spending slowed under a Republican governor elected two years ago, the bottom line keeps growing, an analysis of state records by The Center Square found.

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Louisiana’s funding increased more than 27% during the peak pandemic years from 2019 to 2022. But since 2023, the budgets went u