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$1 billion budget gap topic of John Bel Edwards meeting with Louisiana business leaders

Source: nola.com - Aug 9, 2017

Gov. John Bel Edwards met behind closed doors with 21 Louisiana business leaders at the Capitol on Tuesday (Aug. 8) to discuss the state government's looming $1 billion-plus budget gap. The governor is expected to hold several more meetings with business interests and legislators over the next few months to figure out how to will handle such a shortfall without closing public hospitals and colleges.

"Their input is critically important as these business leaders are on the front lines creating jobs and working to build a strong economy. It's their ideas, combined with the input from legislators and other community leaders, that will, hopefully, guide us as we look for consensus to avoid the fiscal cliff," Edwards said.

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