BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A panel charged with finding ways to slash government spending by more than $800 million began to consider cut ideas.
The Commission on Streamlining Government held hearings around the state. Its advisory panels and the full commission received suggestions and testimony from consultants, department heads, state employees and government watchdogs who offered ideas for shrinking state spending.
The commission started sifting through some of the recommendations Tuesday. They weren’t expected to vote on those ideas yet, however, pushing that back to a later meeting.
Gov. Bobby Jindal and lawmakers created the commission to offer cost-cutting ideas amid years of projected state budget shortfalls. Jindal asked for $802 million in budget cut recommendations. The panel must pull together its report by Dec. 15.
 
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