Governor Bobby Jindal will make a “major announcement” concerning the 2016 presidential race on June 24th in New Orleans. Eric Gill reports…
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Members of Louisiana congressional delegation ask the Army to reverse its decision to deny Louisiana National Guard Staff Sergeant Thomas Florich the opportunity of a burial at Arlington National Cemetery. Eric Gill reports…
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Governor Bobby Jindal will make a “major announcement” regarding the 2016 presidential race on June 24th in New Orleans. It’s expected Jindal will announce his intentions for the Republican presidential nomination. LSU Political Science Professor Wayne Parent says it would be a surprise if Jindal announced he wasn’t going to run…
The GOP field is crowded as nine candidates have already entered the race. Parent says the growing field has made a Jindal presidential campaign more difficult than anyone anticipated…
He says support for the governor is hovering at around one-percent in recent polls. Jindal has launched a presidential exploratory committee and made numerous trips to key primary states. Parent says, moving forward, Jindal needs to continue to identify with his support base, especially in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina…
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A Common Core compromise bill that establishes a process to review the controversial education standards in math and English receives approval from the Senate education committee. The measure calls for public hearings statewide, plus legislative input and the proposed changes can be accepted or rejected by the next governor. Lake Charles Representative Brett Geymann sponsors the legislation…
The measure has the support of Governor Bobby Jindal and State Superintendent of Education John White, who has supported Common Core from the beginning. Geymann, a vocal Common Core opponent, is glad a compromise was reached…
The measure, which has passed the House, heads to the full senate for final legislative approval. There are some, like Common Core opponent Beth Appleton, who remain skeptical that this will lead to changes to the education standards…
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Members of Louisiana congressional delegation request the Army reverse its decision to deny Louisiana National Guard Staff Sergeant Thomas Florich the opportunity of a burial at Arlington National Cemetery. Congressman Ralph Abraham, who chairs a subcommittee that oversees federal military cemeteries, says their conversation with Deputy Secretary of the Army Deb Wada was productive…
Florich was one of four Louisiana National Guardsmen and seven Marines killed in a helicopter crash while on a training mission in Florida in March. Because Florich was not listed as on active duty at the time of the crash, the Army says he is not eligible for burial at Arlington. Abraham doesn’t understand how this can be…
Abraham is optimistic the Army will change their ruling in this case. He says the Marines that were involved in that ill-fated training mission were listed on active duty and Florich should be afforded that same status…
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A Senate approved bill that would establish the SAVE fund fails to advance out of the House Ways & Means committee. The complicated measure involved new fees being raised on college students and giving the higher ed institutions a tax credit to cover them. Baton Rouge Representative Regina Barrow believes the measure would only let Governor Bobby Jindal maintain a “revenue neutral” record..:
Those in favor of the bill said it went a long way to helping ensure that the governor would not veto budget balancing measures already approved by the House. The vote was 10-9 to kill the proposal. Scott Cornelius is an LSU student who told the committee that Governors do not veto budgets…:
cut 13 (11) “ridiculous gimmick”
Senator Jack Donahue says his bill is a way they can go about having a budget the Governor would sign. Gonzales Representative Eddie Lambert says people are tired of gimmicks…:
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