News on Bobby Jindal

La. gov proposes $24 billion budget

2010-02-22T09:47:16Z

<div id="subtitle">Gov. Jindal proposes $24 billion budget for La., cutting health care, social services</div><div><p>Gov. Bobby Jindal proposed a $24.2 billion budget Friday that cuts health care services and government jobs, spares college campuses and uses a patchwork of one-time funding to close a billion-dollar state revenue gap.</p><p>The release of th...

La. Gov. Jindal looking into 'Who Dat' lawsuit

2010-02-22T13:18:44Z

<div id="subtitle">La. Gov. Jindal looking into 'Who Dat' lawsuit against the NFL, after Democrats push request</div><div><p>Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is getting into the "Who Dat" fray with the NFL, asking the state attorney general to look into a possible lawsuit over the ownership rights to the popular...

Jindal at Midterm

2010-01-25T04:30:49Z

FILE - In a Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 file photo, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, left, and his wife Supriya Jindal arrive for a State Dinner hosted by President Barack Obama for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the Gov. Jindal's anti-tax stance plays well with national GOP, despite Louisiana's budget woes</div><div><p>Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's refusal to raise taxes is boosting his stature with a re-energized national GOP, even while his state faces se...

LSU faculty, students protest against budget cuts

2010-02-22T17:40:20Z

<div id="subtitle">Louisiana State Univ. faculty, students protest budget cuts, say they'll damage education</div><div><p>The latest round of college budget cuts, combined with threats of still more to come, provoked protest Tuesday from Louisiana State University faculty and students and a burgeoning movement that promised more organized opposition when neg...

La. colleges submit cost-cutting plans due Friday

2010-02-22T23:22:29Z

<div id="subtitle">La. officials curb purchases and travel, colleges shrink classes, staff in cost-cutting plans</div><div><p>Public colleges say they will shrink class offerings, slash library and athletics spending and hand out pink slips to employees as they make required budget cuts, according to plans submitted Friday to the Louisiana governor's office.</p><p&gt...

More Louisiana state vehicles up for auction

2010-02-23T00:36:37Z

<div id="subtitle">Louisiana to auction off more state vehicles, but fleet cuts short of 10 percent target</div><div><p>Even as Louisiana prepares to sell off more of its vehicles at a weekend auction, Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration fell short of a December target to shrink the state-owned fleet by 10 percent.</p>&...

La. agencies release details of budget cuts

2010-02-23T00:41:53Z

<div id="subtitle">La. agencies cutting workers, travel, contracts to close midyear budget gap</div><div><p>Prisons are replacing guards with security cameras and cutting down on hot meals for inmates, the state's economic development arm is giving out fewer grants and the wildlife and fisheries department is paring back its aquatic weed control program.</p><p>G...

Tax revenue drop causes $197M La. budget deficit

2010-02-23T14:32:47Z

<div id="subtitle">Hefty sales tax revenue drop in Louisiana causes $197 million state budget deficit</div><div><p>Louisiana's revenue forecast dropped $197 million Thursday, driven by plummeting state sales taxes as shoppers shut their wallets and businesses shrink spending in the tight economy.</p><p>The state income projecting panel, the Revenue Estimating Conf...

La. gov't streamlining group done with 1st report

2010-02-23T18:37:39Z

<div id="subtitle">Louisiana government streamlining commission completes suggests millions in cost-cutting</div><div><p>Cost-cutting recommendations that would shrink Louisiana's state work force, boost outside contracting and rework bureaucracy were offered by the Commission on Streamlinin...

Analysis: La. gov silent on Medicaid fix he sought

2010-02-23T19:39:56Z

<div id="subtitle">Analysis: La. Gov. Jindal asks for Medicaid fix, won't defend US Sen. Landrieu for getting it</div><div><p>Gov. Bobby Jindal asked the state's congressional delegation for months to help Louisiana shrink a massive and looming Medicaid deficit.

Tropical Storm Ida weakens as it hits US Gulf Coast

2010-02-24T07:24:11Z

<div><p>Weakened remnants of what was once Hurricane Ida made landfall on the US Gulf coast Tuesday, dumping heavy rain and triggering some flooding but without the deadly winds Ida packed over the weekend.</p><p>Ida was a category two hurricane on the five-level Saffir-Simpson scale on Sunday, but lost strength ...

Tropical Storm Ida hits US Gulf Coast

2010-02-24T07:25:37Z

<div><p>Tropical storm Ida drenched the US Gulf coast Tuesday, but made landfall with weakened force after cutting a swath of destruction that left 136 dead in Central America.</p><p>Ida was a category two hurricane on the five-level Saffir-Simpson scale on Sunday, but lost strength as it moved north and is f...

Ida weakens as it hits US Gulf Coast

2010-02-24T07:24:33Z

Tropical Storm Ida bears down on US Gulf Coast

2010-02-24T07:28:26Z

<div><p>Tropical Storm Ida bore down on the US Gulf coast on Tuesday, with weakened force after cutting a swath of destruction that left 136 dead in Central America.</p><p>Ida was 60 miles (95 kilometers) southwest of Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal declares state of emergency to prepare for Hurricane Ida in Gulf</div><div><p>Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal declares state of emergency to prepare for Hurricane Ida in Gulf.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=62953991&bid...

Four years after Katrina

2010-02-25T12:44:15Z

<div id="subtitle">Gulf Coast recovery work is now earning high praise for the progress it is making</div><div><p> Finally, four years after Hurricane Katrina devastated vast areas of the Gulf Coast, the federal government is getting praised by leaders in Louisiana and Mississi...

La. gov seeks probe of foreign shrimp practices

2010-02-25T18:05:27Z

<div id="subtitle">La. gov asks feds to probe whether foreign countries are manipulating shrimp marketplace</div><div><p>Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal asked the federal government Wednesday to investigate whether foreign countries are unfairly manipulating the shrimp industry's marketplace.</p><p>In a letter to U...

La. Gov. Jindal thrust back into national scene

2010-02-26T06:57:49Z

<div id="subtitle">La. Gov. Jindal again steps up sharp criticism of Dems' policies, returning to national scene</div><div><p>Republican Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal sharply criticized Democrats' health care plans Monday, thrusting himself back into the national spotlight for the first time since his awkward rebut...

Saints deal to stay gets Louisiana legislative OK

2010-02-26T16:40:59Z

<div id="subtitle">Louisiana governor's deal to keep New Orleans Saints through 2025 wins legislative approval</div><div><p>Gov. Bobby Jindal's deal to keep the New Orleans Saints in Louisiana throughout 2025 gained legislative approval Thursday and is close to completi...