Bills aimed at cutting state consulting contracts advance to House

BATON ROUGE - Bills aimed at cutting consulting contracts were advanced by the House Appropriations Committee this week, according to State Treasurer John Kennedy."We had $12.23 billion in contracts last year. State agencies will tell you every one of those contracts is necessary. I disagree," said Treasurer Kennedy. "We have to get our spending in check.”The two bills are focused on reining in the number of consulting contracts across state government.House Bill 454 would create a lay