As Jay Dardenne, the now-Commissioner of Administration for Governor Jon Bel Edwards pointed out last month, the state of the Louisianaa budget is worsening.
Even worse, Louisiana, which is currently in a projected $2.6B budget hole as Edwards administration has taken office, also must deal with sharply-dropping oil prices. Oil is hovering over $30 per barrel. At the time of the recent Louisiana governor's election, oil was trading in the mid-forties.