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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
Governor Jindal shelves his tax reform plan, asks … (Office of the Governor) – Today, Governor Bobby Jindal delivered his address to the opening of the 2013 Regular Legislative Session where he announced that he is parking his tax reform package and asking legislators to send him a bill to phase out income taxes. The Governor said that as he traveled the state to […]
Morning News Headlines 03/20/13 Anne Cutler and Jon Huffman have your morning news headlines including a heated town hall meeting about tolls on the Crescent City Connection, the latest on the search for missing school teacher Terilynn Monette, new video in the Marigny bottle-beating case, Governor Bobby Jindal visiting the Bayou Corne sinkhole, the Pentagon halting the use of […]
Governor Jindal Wants National Guard Helping With … Gov. Bobby Jindal has told the U.S. secretaries of defense and homeland security that he wants the National Guard mobilized to fight the oil spill heading for Louisiana’s coast. In a letter Thursday to Defense Secretary Robert Gates, he asks for money for at least 90 days of military duty for up to 6,000 soldiers […]
Governor Jindal Issues State Declaration Of Emergency … Governor Bobby Jindal issued a state declaration of emergency in preparation for predicted impact of oil along the Louisiana coast leaking from the Deepwater Horizon which threatens the state’s natural resources.
80 MPG Vehicles To Be Made In Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal announced Thursday that a new company will take over the shuttered General Motors plant in Shreveport. According to Jindal’s office, Elio Motors will build three-wheeled vehicles capable of getting more than 80 miles per gallon. The vehicles will have air conditioning, power windows and airbags as standard equipment. The company hopes to […]
Governor Jindal Calls For Moment Of Silence Governor Bobby Jindal is calling for a statewide moment of silence on Friday, December 21, at 9:30 A.M. to remember the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting in Connecticut. Jindal’s office says the moment of silence was requested of all states by Connecticut Governor Daniel Malloy. Jindal’s office also says Malloy is requesting places […]
Do You Agree with Governor Bobby Jindal’s Education … Food for Thought: Do You Agree with Governor Bobby Jindal’s Education Reforms?
Flags, Vigil to honor St. John shooting victims Governor Bobby Jindal ordered flags at half staff to honor the deputies shot in St. John the Baptist Parish Thursday. The governor says he and his wife were saddened to hear about the shootings. The half-staff order stands until sunset Friday night. A candlelight vigil for the deputies will be held Friday night. It starts […]