Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) “has repeatedly claimed that Louisiana’s projected $1.6 billion financial shortfall in the next fiscal year is primarily due to falling oil prices, but the state’s own economist is saying — in no uncertain terms — that this is not the case,” the New Orleans Times Picayune reports. “Unlike Jindal, Albrecht blamed the majority of the shortfall on Louisiana’s budgeting tactics over the last few years.