From DailyComet.com:

Joel Chaisson II, D-Destrehan, spoke to a group of Lafourche business leaders during the Thibodaux Chamber of Commerce’s monthly meeting Thursday.

The looming projected budget shortfall of $1 billion to $2 billion for 2011 could lead to massive cuts at Nicholls State University and other state four-year institutions, Chaisson said. It could also have negative repercussions for the state’s health-care industry, Chaisson warned. Cooperation between lawmakers will be crucial in next year’s legislative session, he said.

“When I come back next year, I hope I’m not giving a speech that because we didn’t have action by the conservative House leadership we had no choice but to slash and burn,” Chaisson said. “That’s going to be a sad day for Nicholls and other institutions.”

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