Louisiana
State Budget Sources
State Budget Sources: An Annotated Guide to State Budgets, Financial Reports, and Fiscal Analyses is a resource published by the Volcker Alliance designed to help public officials, policy advocates, journalists, academics, and concerned citizens fully understand the critical fiscal decisions that governors and legislators must make. The guide includes the links below to budgets for this state as well as legislative analyses of budget bills and treasurers’ or comptrollers’ monthly state cash-flow statements; capital spending plans; reports on public-worker pension funding and returns; and reports by local and national fiscal research organizations, bond rating firms, and associations of state fiscal and finance officials.
Executive and Other Constitutional Finance Offices
Financial information in a simplified format aimed at citizens.
Budget in development and past budget documents, as well as performance information.
Expenditure and revenue data, economic incentives, contracts, and performance information.
Non-Governmental Organizations
Analysis of state fiscal issues, with a focus on low- and moderate-income families; part of the State Priorities Partnership, a network of state organizations coordinated by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
Pension, tax, and occasional budget coverage; part of the State Policy Network of state-focused, free market-oriented think tanks.
Research on budget and fiscal issues; member of the Governmental Research Association and the National Taxpayers Conference.
Legislative Offices
Legislative fiscal highlights and periodic newsletter, "Focus on the Fisc".
Historical and current state fiscal data, plus links to financial reports, state transparency website, and current budget information.
Financial, performance, and investigative audits; advisory, actuarial, and legal services.