Maintenance projects for Louisiana colleges will cost billions. See the list lawmakers approved.

The Legislature on Friday gave its stamp of approval to a list of 270 deferred maintenance projects across Louisiana's four college systems. State officials have estimated the backlog of projects will cost more than $2 billion, but as a starting point, colleges have access to $75 million of special funding approved this year. The state's college systems — LSU, Southern University, University of Louisiana and Louisiana Community and Technical Colleges — and their campuses recommended the projects that have long been in need of funding, and they'll handle project management,...