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Tax breaks may worsen Louisiana budget uncertainty

Gov. John Bel Edwards and Louisiana’s lawmakers spent most of the last four-year term digging out of nearly a decade of financial instability that forced deep cuts across state services, particularly higher education. Now, they appear headed back to that budget uncertainty.

The coronavirus pandemic is wreaking havoc on the global economy, boosting unemployment and damaging tax collections in Louisi…

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