Hollywood South News with Jabari Thomas Ep. 2 There’s a lot of discussion in Baton Rouge about the entertainment industry’s tax incentives and if the state is getting a return on its investments.
Mike Pence: ‘Was I expecting this kind of backlash? … Gov. Mike Pence pledged Tuesday to “fix” Indiana’s controversial religious freedom law to clarify that it does not allow discrimination against gays and lesbians.
Indiana law reveals possible 2016 battles (CNN) — Indiana is the new ground zero in the battle over the Republican Party’s future. The GOP’s years-long existential debate over how to expand the party’s reach is exploding in the Hoosier State after Republican Gov. Mike Pence signed a controversial religious freedom bill into law last week. The measure, which is being criticized […]
Gov. Jindal co-signs Senate letter to Iran WASHINGTON (CNN) — Hillary Clinton lambasted Senate Republicans who penned a letter aimed at undermining President Barack Obama’s nuclear negotiations with Iran, calling the move “out of step with the best traditions of American leadership.” The Democratic frontrunner for the 2016 presidential campaign told reporters at the United Nations on Tuesday that “one has to […]
Rand Paul wins CPAC straw poll; Gov. Jindal comes … Sen. Rand Paul won the Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll for the third year in a row on Saturday, with 25.7% of the vote, event organizers announced Saturday at the National Harbor, Maryland, Confab.
UNO braces for looming program cuts and tuition hikes “It’s already high enough,” say freshmen Meagan Riche. “I wouldn’t want them to be higher than they already are, and then I still have like three more years left.”
Governor Jindal calls out President Obama at CPAC The 2016 presidential election is a year and a half away and potential candidates are getting ready. This week is the first chance for many Republican hopefuls to lay out their visions for the country.
Landrieu welcomes Viking Cruises to New Orleans Governor Bobby Jindal and Viking Cruises Chairman Torstein Hagen selected New Orleans as the homeport for the company’s first North American river cruise itineraries Tuesday.
Bobby Jindal: The right’s unlikely Common Core hero WASHINGTON (CNN) — When Louisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal recently finished a speech blasting the Common Core education standards, a room full of activists from the conservative American Principles Project jumped from their seats in applause. Less than a year ago, they might have rushed for the door. The scene of Jindal railing against Common […]
Fact-checking Gov. Jindal’s ‘no-go zone’ claims (CNN) — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal on Monday stood by his criticism of so-called “no-go” zones in Europe, where sovereign nations allegedly cede authority to Muslim immigrants, a controversial idea that many critics say is overblown. And the potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate decried what he called immigrants’ insistence on “non-assimilation, the fact that “you’ve […]
GOP leaders stand by Rep. Scalise WASHINGTON (CNN) — House Republican leadership is standing by Rep. Steve Scalise, the No. 3-ranking House Republican, in the wake of a firestorm of criticism surrounding his 2002 speech to a white supremacist group. Scalise’s position as House majority whip has been thrown into doubt by the revelation, and the congressman had been calling members […]
Scalise on hate group: I detest these kinds of views Rep. Steve Scalise, the No. 3-ranking House Republican, defended his speech before a a white supremacist forum in 2002 on Monday night, saying he did not subscribe to their philosophy.