Bobby Jindal News

Agricultural machinery businesses, among others that would invest in low-income rural and urban communities, will be eligible for a new tax credit signed into law by Gov. Bobby Jindal on Monday, June 17, 2013.

After employing a rope-a-dope strategy to the mounting criticism of his spending and management practices, St. Tammany Parish Coroner Peter Galvan jabbed back last week with a lawsuit to thwart the state Legislature's move to give parish government control of his agency's finances.

Far from reversing course, Senate Democrats who backed President Barack Obama's health care law and now face re-election in GOP-leaning states are firming up their support for the overhaul even as Republican criticism intensifies.

A video posted Sunday by a Louisiana lawmaker is picking up steam online, and fueling talk of a new 'conservative superstar' in politics.

Last November, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal wrote a list of seven prescriptions for Republicans.

Louisiana lawmakers are proposing eight new changes to the state constitution following their regular session, including new protections from steep budget cuts for certain health care providers.

This month's deadly accidents at two chemical plants in Ascension Parish provided stark reminders of a simple but easily overlooked fact: Even in an age of increased automation, the petrochemical industry continues to depend on large numbers of workers who are willing to do challenging and sometimes dangerous tasks.

Gov. Bobby Jindal signed into law a bill that outlined the mechanics of creating the breakaway Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System.

Today, Governor Bobby Jindal announced he has signed bills passed by the Legislature into law, bringing the total number of bills signed for the 2013 Regular Legislative Session to 294.

When I attended Catholic High in the '60s, the senior class each spring loaded onto buses and went off to a three-day retreat at Manresa House , which still operates today in its antebellum setting on River Road in St. James Parish.

Talk was big in the months leading up to Louisiana's legislative session about revamping the state's tax structure, putting limits on tax breaks and raising taxes on cigarettes, as most other states have done.

Gov. Bobby Jindal shakes hands at a rally on the Capitol steps on Wednesday, May 15, 2013.

Not everything worth doing should be done by the federal government. That may be the understatement of the millennium, but it's the key to understanding why the current push for "common core" standards in education is a bad idea.

Pity the hapless members of the LSU Board of Supervisors . They are esteemed members of their professions and respected in their communities.

It's not often that folks from different political spectrums agree. But in assessing the recently concluded legislative session, the conservative Council for a Better Louisiana and the liberal Louisiana Progress had similar comments.

Louisiana's free college tuition program called TOPS carries a hefty price tag in a state budget that has been throttled with cuts.

GOP Golden Boy Chris Christie is going to run in 2016, and he might not even do so as a Republican.

I n 1959, Gov. Earl K. Long gave a sometimes incoherent speech about race in the Louisiana Legislature.

Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus said Saturday that moving the GOP convention to June from August would improve the chances of winning general elections.

The primary role for the northwest Louisiana delegation during the past legislative session was getting LSU Health Shreveport's Medical School securely funded for this year.