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1 hr ago | The Advocate

Our Views: Overdoing it on contracts?

Is contracting out of state operations to businesses the wave of the future? It's certainly been a big agenda item for Gov.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Opinion

6 hrs ago | The Advocate

Judge greenlights class-action status for sinkhole lawsuits

A federal judge in New Orleans says he will grant class-action status to four lawsuits filed over issues raised by the Assumption Parish sinkhole, according to a new court filing Wednesday.

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6 hrs ago | KARD

Bill Banning Social Media Sites While Driving Awaits Governor's Signature

A bill banning Louisiana people from visiting social media sites while driving has gained final approval.

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Wed May 22, 2013

The Advocate

Tuition control bills dead for session

Plans to wrestle tuition-setting authority away from lawmakers and put it in the hands of educators fizzled and died in the state House of Representatives this week, representing a major blow to Louisiana's higher education community.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Bobby Jindal, Republican, US House of Representatives, New Orleans, LA, US Governors, Southern University

The Times-Picayune

Louisiana voucher students score almost 30 points below average on LEAP tests

Voucher students at the Upperroom Bible Church Academy in November 2008. The school is prohibited from accepting new students in fall 2013 due to its current students' low performance on standardized tests.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Bobby Jindal, Republican, US House of Representatives, Standardized Testing, Education, US Governors, School Vouchers, New Orleans, LA

Real Clear Politics

Liberalism Not at Fault for Recent Scandals

"When you grow government this big, these kinds of scandals are inevitable, and bears the responsibility for that," Louisiana Gov.

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Related Topix: US Governors, US Politics, US News, Bobby Jindal, US House of Representatives, Republican

NOLA.com

Fee schedule for Early Steps program backed by Senate health panel

The Senate Committee on Health and Welfare approved a measure Wednesday building a cost participation schedule for a program providing therapy services to developmentally disabled toddlers and infants under the age of 3. House Bill 375 by Rep.

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Related Topix: West Monroe, LA, US Governors

Concordia Sentinel

Thanks, John

Though he certainly does not possess the political sway he did just one year ago, Bobby Jindal proved last week that even an unpopular governor can whip state lawmakers into line when the stakes are high.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Bobby Jindal, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Governors, Louisiana

NOLA.com

Oyster leaseholders lose suit blaming oil spill berms for damage

Governor Bobby Jindal, center, flanked by former St. Bernard Parish President Craig Taffaro and Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungessor, stands at the end of a dredge pipe building a berm to capture oil from the BP spill along the Chandeleur Islands, Wednesday, June 23, 2010.

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Related Topix: Oil Spill, US Governors, Baton Rouge, LA

NOLA.com

Louisiana Senate passes 3 gun bills; one is headed to Jindal's desk

The Louisiana Senate passed three pro-gun rights bills on Tuesday, May 21, 2013.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Bobby Jindal, Republican, US House of Representatives, Louisiana, US Governors, Journalism, Guns

Tue May 21, 2013

The Advocate

Continue reading a '

State Treasurer John Kennedy questioned Tuesday whether the Jindal administration embraced the state's sunshine laws in a meeting to refinance a major legal settlement.

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The Times-Picayune

House should approve Medicaid money: Editorial

Lawmakers have another chance to do the right thing Tuesday when the House of Representatives considers a bill that would allow tens of thousands of uninsured residents to use Medicaid money to buy private insurance.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, US Governors, US Politics, US News, Bobby Jindal, Republican, US House of Representatives, Mike Beebe, Baton Rouge, LA, Opinion

NOLA.com

Bill outlawing tweeting, using Facebook while driving heads to Bobby Jindal's desk

Using social media websites like Facebook and Twitter while driving would be illegal in Louisiana if Gov.

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Related Topix: US Governors, US Politics, US News, Bobby Jindal, Republican, US House of Representatives, Social Software, Startups, Facebook, Livingston, LA

Crowley Post Signal

Martin will put $20 million into Chopin plan upgrade, expansion

Gov. Bobby Jindal and President and Chief Financial Officer Roy O. Martin, III of RoyOMartin-Martco Ltd.

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Real Clear Politics

Tea Party Rage: Nothing Fails Like Excess

Back in their day, the tea party folks were riding high, fueling indignation over alleged government-run death panels, a treasonous Federal Reserve and the like.

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Related Topix: 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, US News, Missouri, Bobby Jindal, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Governors

Examiner.com

They just can't help themselves

Why? Because none of the scandals rocking Washington have touched the president, the modern Teflon man.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Bobby Jindal, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Mitch McConnell, Meet the Press, Entertainment, Television, US Governors, James Inhofe

NOLA.com

The old two-year college try: John Maginnis

Delgado's Culinary Arts Program faculty and students served a steady stream of hungry picnic-goers at Delgado Community College's Family Reunion Picnic Sept.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Bobby Jindal, Republican, US House of Representatives, Robert, LA, US Governors, Opinion

Mon May 20, 2013

BoardBuzz

The harm of school vouchers

David A. Pickler, President of the National School Boards Association and member of Tennessee's Shelby County Board of Education, was featured in The Washington Post' s Answer Sheet today discussing the failures of school voucher schemes and the impact of the recent Louisiana Supreme Court ruling deeming their state's school voucher program ... (more)

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The Times-Picayune

House approves three bills providing protections for Louisiana's veterans

Veterans and soldiers marched on Decatur Street in New Orleans. Three pieces of legislation given final approval Monday, May 20, 2013 aim to protect Louisiana's military heroes.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Bobby Jindal, Republican, US House of Representatives, New Orleans, LA, US Governors

KLFY-TV Lafayette

Jindal orders review for dome operator Texas Brine

Gov. Bobby Jindal has ordered a review of permits issued to Texas Brine, the operator of a collapsed salt dome in Assumption Parish that authorities say caused a 15-acre sinkhole.

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