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Archive of Louisiana on Monday June 29, 2009
LA: Jindal emerges from second legislative session in control
By his own admission, Gov. Bobby Jindal and his administration made some rookie mistakes during the 2008 regular session, the first for the nation's youngest governor. Read More
LA: Medicaid under review
Private health-care providers who treat Louisiana's poor are facing a $180 million cut in the government health insurance program that pays them. Read More
LA: Jindal veils office's records
The news release from Gov. Bobby Jindal's office was laden with irony. Read More
DE: Budget ax aimed at fix-up program
The upcoming state budget would give lawmakers less than half the money they got this year for a controversial program to fix streets, plant trees and pave parking lots in their districts, a legislative committee recommended Sunday. Read More
LA: Jindal signs bill to boost some pensions
Legislation to boost the pensions of certain retirees now is state law. Read More
LA: LSU researchers -- coastal restoration projects doomed to fail
Even under best-case scenarios for building massive engineering projects to restore Louisiana's dying coastline, the Mississippi River can't possibly feed enough sediment into the marshes to prevent ongoing catastraphic catastrophic land loss, two Louisiana State University geologists conclude in a scientific paper being published today. Read More
US: National sex offender registry delayed a year
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. has given states and American Indian tribes another year to feed a national Internet database set up to protect children by showing where possible predators live and work. Read More
US: States consider gas and oil levies
Cash-strapped states are considering raising taxes on oil production to plug yawning budget gaps, but they face strong resistance from oil companies, which warn the moves could lead to lost jobs and higher energy prices. Read More
LA: Dams are thwarting Louisiana marsh restoration, study says
Desperate to halt the erosion of Louisiana's coast, officials there are talking about breaking Mississippi River levees south of New Orleans to restore the nourishing flow of muddy water into the state's marshes. Read More |
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