Bobby Jindal News

The Jefferson Parish Council will be considering whether voters should retain the right to approve a lease of West Jefferson Medical Center, pictured, and East Jefferson General Hospital.

The Legislature appears to be following the lead of Gov. Bobby Jindal in rejecting the expansion of Medicaid insurance coverage for the poor.

Women's reproductive rights have enjoyed a half-century or so of well-defined proponents and opponents, but the recently flourishing fertility industry, from egg harvesting to surrogacy, has produced fresh and surprising alliances among former foes.

On Friday, Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana published an opinion column on CNN.com. The piece is a typically vacuous screed against some of the great forces of evil in American life: Obama, Big Government, and debt.

Families helping loved ones cope with disabilities, advocates for domestic violence victims and other members of the public took their cases to a Senate committee Friday, pleading with senators to pass a budget that does not harm their programs.

Synthetic marijuana, also called K2 or Spice, and 25-I were added to Louisiana's list of Schedule I drugs Thursday.

Though 45 states and the District of Columbia adopted the core, and several states are already implementing them, there are signs of back-pedaling in several states.

The Brewster County Sheriff's Office has now released the name of the person who stole a car and died minutes later in a crash.

As Ed argued earlier this week, all of the scandalous details - ranging from the eyebrow-raising to the downright frightening - leaking out of the White House recently are kind of an enormous crimp in the progressive argument for a larger and still more activist government.

Screen Shot from State Police Aerial Video on April 4 -- The northern Assumption Parish sinkhole that emerged near the Napoleonville Dome is seen on April 4. Residents of the Bayou Corne and Grand Bayou communities remain under evacuation orders issued when the sinkhole was discovered on Aug.

Texas Brine says it has started extending settlement offers to Assumption Parish residents who have been under an evacuation order since August because of a 15-acre sinkhole.

Right now, the Louisiana Legislature is considering legislation to force Gov. Jindal to accept the Medicaid expansion portion of Obamacare, and some Republican legislators are supporting it.

When Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana wanted to sell his plan to replace his state's income tax with a higher sales tax, he pointed to Texas as both the problem and the solution.

On Tuesday, the Louisiana Senate passed a bill that would imprison and fine journalists who intentionally publish information about the state's concealed-carry handgun permit holders.

Today, Governor Bobby Jindal signed legislation that will assist and encourage Louisiana veterans, service members and their families to return to the Pelican State.

The total operating expense associated with the privatization of nine LSU hospitals will hit $1 billion during the new fiscal year, Commissioner of Administration Kristy Nichols said Thursday.

A Shreveport legislator said Thursday that an agreement is in place with Gov. Bobby Jindal to ensure hearing impaired residents receive financial assistance for the tools they need to navigate daily life.

The Louisiana attorney general's office says a special grand jury has been selected to look into possible criminal activity involving the award of a $200 million Medicaid contract by Gov.

The Louisiana attorney general's office says a special grand jury has been selected to look into possible criminal activity involving the award of a $200 million Medicaid contract by Gov.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal signed six bills into law Thursday. The bills were the first pieces of legislation to make it to the governor's desk and be approved during the 2013 legislative session.