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• Former St. Bernard Parish presidents lawsuit against current parish president dismissed

  
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  A federal judge has dismissed former St. Bernard Parish President Craig Taffaros defamation lawsuit against current Parish President Dave Peralta and several other parish employees. The judge said that while Taffaros suit characterized the animosity between him and Peralta, it...
  3 days ago

• The old two-year college try: John Maginnis

  
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  In the past five hard years of higher educations declining state support, rising tuition, defecting faculty and deteriorating facilities, college leaders have stuck together and let the Board of Regents coordinate their requests for funding from the Legislature. A lot...
  3 days ago

• Admissions 2013: Jindal Global Business School – MBA Programs 2013

  
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  O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) is a non-profit global university established by the Haryana Private Universities (Second Amendment) Act, 2009. JGU was established in the memory of Mr. O.P. Jindal and as a philanthropic initiative of Mr. Naveen Jindal, the Founding Chancellor. Vision: The vision of JGU is to ...
  3 days ago

• 3 appointed to steamship pilots board

  
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  Gov. Bobby Jindal has appointed Robert Heitmeier of Metairie, Lee Jackson of Westwego and Louis Wattigney Jr. of Belle Chasse to the board of the New Orleans and Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots for the Mississippi River. The three- member board...
  1 week ago

• Louisiana Court Rules Against School Choice, But Educational Opportunity Moves Forward

  
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  Andre Jenny Stock Connection Worldwide/Newscom After a series of school choice victories across the nation, the Louisiana Supreme Court issued a disappointing ruling this Tuesday when it upheld a lower court’s ruling invalidating the state’s school voucher program. With a 6-1 vote, the higher court declared ...
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• More Fiscal Chickenhawkery

  
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  Look at em fly ! The new plan projects raising $200 million a year – of the $526 million it would bring in overall per year – by launching a tax amnesty program that would last for nearly three years. Budget experts question the plan. “It’s a very risky way of balancing the budget,” said Jim Richardson, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Fiscal Chickenhawks

  
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  Jindal is probably going to end up with more or less the budget he wants. Or at least, a budget that protects most of the special tax privileges put in jeopardy by a proposed deal between Democrats and so-called Republican "Fiscal Hawks."  Heres why . The Fiscal Hawks-Democrats’ plan released Monday night would ...
  2 weeks ago

• Final Republican casualty

  
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  By Frank Moraes   Today over at The Plum Line , Jamelle Bouie discussed an issue that is close to my heart, " Dont Expect the GOP to Change on Gay Rights Anytime Soon ." I think all this talk of the Republican Party moderating itself is nonsense. It is all a kind of mass pundit delusion. Moderates ...
  2 weeks ago

• Louisiana House budget compromise starting to unravel

  
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  Negotiator says House Republicans expressing concern about some aspects of the proposal.
  2 weeks ago

• Jindal promises to find voucher funding after high court strikes it down

  
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  The Louisiana Supreme Court on Tuesday declared that the way the Jindal administration has been financing a statewide school voucher program is unconstitutional, a decision that has significant ramifications for the ongoing state budget debate and the approximately 8,000 students...
  2 weeks ago

• Jindal-backed private tuition vouchers take a hit

  
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  Louisianas Supreme Court says the funding method for a private school tuition voucher program pushed through the Legislature last year by prominent Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal violates the state constitution. The voucher program was touted as a major achievement for Jindal, often mentioned as a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Oregon Medicaid study provides fodder for both side of expansion debate

  
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  As Louisiana lawmakers consider whether to expand health insurance for the poor, possibly through a plan that would use federal dollars to buy private coverage, a critical study released last week seems destined to be a focus of attention. Researchers...
  2 weeks ago

• Louisiana court rejects voucher funding

  
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  Louisiana can’t use per-pupil funding to pay for school vouchers , the state  Supreme Court ruled today on a 6-1 vote. “The state funds approved through the unique MFP (minimum foundation program) process cannot be diverted to nonpublic schools or other nonpublic course providers according to the clear, specific ...
  2 weeks ago

• Berger’s Louisiana tax plan

  
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  Maybe it’s no coincidence that Senator Phil Berger’s new plan to cut taxes at the top, reduce public services and raise taxes on the working poor appears to have a lot in common with Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal’s failed tax plan . … Read More...
  2 weeks ago

• Must have read something funny in the chicken bones

  
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  Perhaps because they did not heed the advice of their witch doctor , the LA Supreme Court has ruled that Bobby Jindals school voucher program which diverts public school funding to private schools which, in turn, may or may not offer anything like a 21st century science curriculum is not allowed under the state ...
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• Senate passes bill allowing states to collect sales tax from online merchants

  
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  WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted 69-27 Monday to allow states to collect sales tax on online purchases. But prospects in the House remain iffy, with some Republicans labeling the bill as a "tax increase."According to congressional estimates, Louisiana could gain...
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• Canceled Medicaid contractor files lawsuit against Louisiana in Baton Rouge court

  
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  Saying the state of Louisiana lacked valid grounds to cancel an almost $200 million contract to process Medicaid claims, Maryland-based Client Network Services Inc. filed a lawsuit Monday in Baton Rouge. The company is asking for payment for work already...
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• Louisiana expands vouchers to schools teaching creationism

  
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  Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal The legality of Louisianas school privatization-via-vouchers program is still up in the air, but Gov. Bobby Jindal is going right ahead expanding it anyway, with money going to a host of creationist Christian schools. In March, the state Supreme Court heard an appeal to a district court ...
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• Legislative auditor finds fraud in food stamp program

  
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  About $1.1 million in federal food stamp money was spent over the past two years by people who were incarcerated and not eligible for the program, the state Legislative auditor found in a report released Monday. The audit encouraged the...
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• Louisiana Senators vote to keep teaching children Creationism in the public school classroom. Now you know where NOT to take your children for their education.

  
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  Courtesy of Richard Dawkins Foundation of Reason and Science :   Teen activist Zack Kopplin has lost his third bid to see a repeal of Louisiana’s Science Education Act — a highly controversial piece of legislation that allows teachers to bring creationist textbooks and other instructional materials into the ...
  2 weeks ago

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