One Acadiana will host a meeting Thursday with newly appointed Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne, who will discuss the upcoming special legislative session.
Dardenne’s new boss, Gov.-elect John Bel Edwards, is planning a three-week special session that will commence the week after Mardi Gras to work on stabilizing Louisiana’s finances, the Associated Press reports. His administration estimates the state faces a $750 million shortfall in the remaining six months of the $25 billion budget that ends June 30, and a gap more than twice that size next year, AP says.
Edwards takes office Jan. 11.
Dardenne will speak from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at The Picard Center, following U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy’s 9:30 a.m. discussion.