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It’s often said here on the Hayride and in other sources covering state government that when budget cuts come in Louisiana, the state’s constitution all but dictates them to come in health care and higher education. In today’s Times-Picayune John Maginnis shows why in an excellent column dealing with Jindal’s attempts to rein in the [...]

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From today’s Alexandria Town Talk:
PINEVILLE — Major changes to benefits for retired state employees would be a “disaster,” a top official with the Retired State Employees Association said Thursday.

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This week’s news that startup car company V-Vehicle (see their highly informative website here), which promises to revolutionize the auto industry through a “holistic change…thinking about – from beginning to end – how to reconstruct a car company” fell far short of its capital requirements to access some $130 million in Louisiana Economic Development funds [...]

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If there’s one thing you’ve got to give U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu credit for, it’s her passion on the issue of Obamacare and her role in the Louisiana Purchase.
Perhaps passion isn’t the correct word. Emotionalism might be a more appropriate term. It seems every time the state’s senior senator is asked about the subject she [...]

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Let’s preface this piece by admitting that I’m a fan of Bobby Jindal, comparatively speaking. No, I don’t think he’s presidential or vice-presidential timber at this point. Cabinet secretary, perhaps, but not much beyond that without a bit more experience. I do think Jindal gets a bad rap from people looking to criticize him for [...]

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In the Advocate today is a story describing how public school superintendents are red-hot about Gov. Bobby Jindal’s plan to freeze state spending on public K-12 education in the coming year’s budget rather than put through a 2.75 percent increase as custom – they think -should dictate.

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In what is sure to be a controversial move, Gov. Bobby Jindal proposed this morning that state legislators allow Louisiana universities and community colleges more freedom in setting tuition and fee increases in exchange for higher demands on admissions and graduation rates. The proposal, named the Louisiana GRAD (Granting Resources and Autonomy for Diplomas) Act, would seek to restructure college education [...]

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Governor Bobby Jindal was a very busy man in 2009. He was working non-stop, not on Louisiana business, but on his own personal political agenda. Over the last year, Jindal traveled out of the state for approximately 40 fund raising events, raking in about $5 million. Over the past two years, Governor Jindal has raised [...]

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The revelation yesterday that Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal will have a book coming out in July has made waves among those who were convinced all along that he’s gunning for something larger than his current job.

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Today, the news hit that Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has filed a petition with the Environmental Protection Agency challenging its December ruling that “greenhouse gases,” most notably carbon dioxide, represent a threat to humans and thus were subject to regulation under the Clean Air Act.

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