Surrogate parenting bill waiting for Governor Jindal’s … Senate bill 162 is waiting for Governor Bobby Jindal’s signature. It will block unmarried and gay couples in Louisiana from becoming surrogate parents. The bill defines intended parents as “married persons.” The surrogacy bill was approved by the Louisiana House of Representatives with a 87 to 8 vote on Sunday. Click here to read more […]
CCC toll tag refund bill If you still haven’t gotten your Crescent City Connection toll tag refund, listen-up: a bill that would streamline the process is now sitting on Governor Bobby Jindal’s desk waiting for his signature. The bill would transfer the refund responsibility from the Department of Transportation to State Treasurer John Kennedy’s office. If the governor signs the […]
Gov. Jindal Calls Fallen Soldier A Hero Monday morning, Governor Bobby Jindal joined the friends and family of Christopher Drake, the Louisiana National Guardsman who was killed in Afghanistan over the Memorial Day weekend, for Drake’s funeral. Jindal told the crowd at the Eagle Heights Community Church in Tickfaw to remember Drake as a hero who gave his life in service for […]
Governor Signs Lifetime Conceal Carry Permits Into … Thursday afternoon, Governor Bobby Jindal’s office announced he signed into law legislation that creates lifetime conceal carry permits in Louisiana. Whoever gets one of the permits must complete the same training as a standard CCP. While the permit will never need to be renewed, the holder of a lifetime CCP must have a firearms training […]
Supreme Court Rules School Vouchers Unconstitutional Tuesday, the Louisiana State Supreme Court shot down Governor Bobby Jindal’s school voucher program. The court ruled it violates the state’s constitution to use public money to pay for private school education. Jindal pushed the plan through the legislature telling lawmakers and parents that it would allow students to leave failing schools and attend the […]
Governor Jindal Helps Break Ground On New Delgado … Governor Bobby Jindal helped break ground on a new Delgado Community College campus in Eastern New Orleans. The first phase of what is being called the Sydney Collier Campus is expected to be completed in about a year. School workers say the project will allow the college to expand its curriculum and broaden existing programs. […]
John Georges Buys The Advocate New Orleans businessman John Georges completed a deal to buy The Advocate Tuesday. On its web site the newspaper says Georges will meet with their 450 employees tomorrow. It also says Georges has been negotiating with the Manship family to buy The Advocate for almost two years. The announcement of the deal comes on the […]
BP Agrees To Pay $340-Million: Most Of The Money … Louisiana is getting millions of dollars from BP with most of it going towards coastal restoration. Governor Bobby Jindal made the long overdue announcement this afternoon, three years after the Deepwater Horizon burst into flames. Vanessa Bolano has the details. “We watching these islands disappear day by day and they’re not going to regrow unless […]
Delgado cutting 115 jobs and about 15 programs “They called us in one at a time and they informed us, well they informed me, that after six and a half years of service that next week i will be terminated,” says Sociology Professor Martin Katz. Professor Katz teaches seven classes at Delgado Community College. He spent four years there to get full time status. […]
Jinda’s tax plan that wasn’t It was quite shocking that governor Bobby Jindal decided to scrap his tax plan to eliminate all income taxes in Louisiana. Not because it wasn’t the right thing to do, but because we know very little about the affects of it. Of the 39 state senators or the 105 house reps, I doubt very many […]
Jindal’s tax plan is why his approval ratings are … A little over a year ago, Governor Bobby Jindal enjoyed an approval rating of over 60%, meaning 6 out of 10 Louisiana residents approved of how Jindal was governing the state. The latest numbers show the opposite. 6 out of 10 citizens now don’t approve of the job Jindal is doing. His approval rating now […]
John Young, “Waggaman Ammonia Plant Will Have The … The Texas fertilizer plant explosion raises safety concerns over the many potentially combustible chemical industries closer to home. A future ammonia plant to be built on the West Bank is now coming under fire The fertilizer plant explosion in Central Texas blew up just hours after Governor Bobby Jindal announced his support to build the […]