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.
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 […]
Described as a ‘drifter’: Lafayette shooting gunman … Lafayette theater gunman John Russel Houser, a “drifter” from Alabama who had stayed in Lafayette, Louisiana, since early July, apparently was estranged from his family, Lafayette Police Chief Jim Craft said.
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.
Gov. Jindal, mulling 2016 run, faces troubles at … WASHINGTON (CNN) — They’re making their case in Washington, in the early states and even on foreign trips: The governors vying for the presidency in 2016 say that their party must nominate a candidate who has led a state. But for a handful of Republican governors eyeing the White House, their popularity at home is […]
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.”
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 […]
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.
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 […]
Sen. Landrieu: South ‘not always friendliest’ for blacks With less than a week to go before the 2014 election, Sen. Mary Landrieu has started a firestorm.
Gov. Jindal declares state of emergency due to severe … Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal declared a state of emergency Monday as a result of severe weather moving through the state.