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 […]
5,000 criminals getting away with murder in New Orleans This past week has been a particularly violent one in New Orleans. A criminal court judge was carjacked; a couple was brutally assaulted in the heart of the Central Business District. Of course, there was another shootout on the Interstate. It marks the third time in the last few weeks there has been a gun […]
Louisianians Live On Planet Fantasia Where There … George Carlin once remarked that he did not complain about politicians because Americans produce that class in their own image or as Carlin put it “garbage in, garbage out”. While I would argue that Carlin’s maxim does NOT apply to current Bayou State governor Bobby Jindal I would say it most certainly applies to the […]
Jindal’s ‘No Income Tax’ proposal should make things … Governor Bobby Jindal’s office confirmed yesterday that the governor want to eliminate all personal and corporate income taxes in the state. The bold move would put Louisiana on equal footing with Texas and Florida. About 8 states presently have no income tax. Jindal wants to increase the state’s sales tax by 3% to cover the […]
Do You Agree with Governor Bobby Jindal’s Education … Food for Thought: Do You Agree with Governor Bobby Jindal’s Education Reforms?
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 […]
Judge Rules Vouchers Unconstitutional Ending a three day court battle, a Louisiana judge ruled Friday that the state’s education voucher program violates the state constitution. The decision is a victory for people who worried the voucher program would lead to an exodus of students and state funding from the public school system. Supporters of the vouchers say they would […]
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 […]
Bobby Jindal Exorcism: Film Mockingly Depicts Governor … A new comedy short film, “Ivy League Exorcist: The Bobby Jindal Story” is rasing eyebrows. California filmmakers, Cult Jam Productions recently premiered the film at Comic Con, and now the video is on You Tube. The film is poking fun at Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal’s so-called experience with an exorcism on one of his college […]
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 […]
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.