09-02-2017 13:48 via wbrz.com

Latest feud between governor, attorney general: Budget cuts

BATON ROUGE - The latest flashpoint between Gov. John Bel Edwards and Attorney General Jeff Landry involves budget cuts sought by Edwards to help close a $304 million deficit.The Democratic governor wants to cut $6 million from the Republican attorney general's office.Landry's office says it agreed to "belt tightening," but objects to part of Edwards' plan that takes $4 million in escrow, dollars from a drug company settlement.Landry says taking that money would ravage his office's ability to ta
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