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

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…

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