Edwards unveils budget, calls for significant investments in education and infrastructure

By Rebecca Chaisson on Tuesday, January 25, 2022
  • Gov. John Bel Edwards on Monday proposed substantial spending increases on infrastructure and higher education. (Photo by Piper Hutchinson/LSU Manship School News Service)
    Gov. John Bel Edwards on Monday proposed substantial spending increases on infrastructure and higher education. (Photo by Piper Hutchinson/LSU Manship School News Service)

    With the state flush with cash, Gov. John Bel Edwards unveiled a proposed budget Monday that includes more than $1.1 billion in infrastructure spending and investments in education at all levels. “I think we have once in a generation, and maybe once in a lifetime opportunity in some respects, to move our state forward,” Edwards said. He outlined his budget priorities at a news conference at the …