Surplus spending plan approved
May 16, 2009 A $783 million surplus spending plan was approved Friday by the Louisiana House, which overwhelmingly rejected an attempt to strip $85 million from a planned deal with the New Orleans Saints.
Associated Press - May 3, 2011 2:55 PM ET Gov. Tom Corbett is cautioning against making plans to spend a current surplus of more than $500 million, despite optimism from some legislators that the cash could be used to ease cuts he's proposing to education and other areas.