Louisiana Politics

Jeff Landry cuts money to Democrat-led New Orleans

BY JESSICA WILLIAMS | Capitol News Bureau Editor

Landry cuts Dems: Gov. Jeff Landry has cut millions of state dollars for projects slated for the New Orleans area that had been championed by Democratic lawmakers, James Finn reports. He has vetoed over 30 bills total.

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Numbers to Know

Gov. Jeff Landry has vetoed:

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$4.3M for 21 funding requests for projects overall

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There were 600 funding requests total

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15 of the 21 he vetoed were for projects in the New Orleans area

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Source: Gov. Jeff Landry

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$4.32 million for 21 funding requests

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