“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...

On June 7, Arceneaux hosted a news conference with officials from Amtrak and the Southern Rail Commission to announce one step forward in a plan to bring passenger rail service through Shreveport and across the Interstate 20 corridor that would connect Dallas to Atlanta.