A sum of $256.4 million is on the table for voters

A sum of $256.3 million is on the table for voters

$256.3 million on the table for citywide investments

Mixed news for Shreveport residents

The Shreveport-Bossier City area is rich with nonprofit organizations making a difference in our region. Recently, leaders of several of those organizations have announced their retirement or departure.

“I am meeting with council members about budget issues,” he said last week. “Water rate increases, the additional garbage fee, which could end up being called something else. I still think we will do the deal with 50 Cent. But the city will pass a budget.

You know when it feels like you have several balls in the air and you are waiting for them all to come down?

“We had a number of principles that we thought were very important for the budget,” he said. “The two main ones had to do with a current-fiscal-year balanced budget, meaning starting the year with an operating reserve of about $25 million and ending...