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Book Review: “Monster” June 16 at 10:45 am Monster, written by Walter Dean Myers, takes place in present day Manhattan, New York. Monster is a suspenseful fiction book about a teenage boy convicted for a crime he did not commit. |
| Will Jindal, Landrieu face off? June 07 at 9:19 am By Jim Brown Two seasoned political pros, who have lost a bit of their luster, may make the same big grab for political limelight in Washington. And what would be a surprise to many, they just might be racing against each other. Incumbent Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu, the state’s longest serving statewide elected official, is hoping to extend her career in Washington for another six years. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, who has lost a good bit of his traction on the national scene and is looking for a place to land, may be taking a close look at challenging Landrieu next year. |
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| Jindal won’t hear of tax to aid deaf May 31 at 9:37 am By John Maginnis Given the steep decrease in telephone land lines and the explosion in cell phones, the legislative bill to adjust the tax to pay for telecommunications services for the deaf seemed fair and reasonable. |
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| Old 2-year college try May 24 at 2:44 pm by John Maginnis In the past five hard years of higher education’s 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 of good that did them. |
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Promapalooza: TV, iPad minis and laptop given as prizes to entice students to be responsible after prom April 14 at 10:19 am by Alicca Cavaretta After the conclusion of Destrehan’s prom last Saturday, 153 students gathered in the high school gymnasium to take part in safe, fun activities for the first Promapalooza. |
| First challenger to Landrieu steps up April 05 at 1:47 pm By John Maginnis Now that the Republicans have a congressman to challenge Sen. Mary Landrieu in 2014, the question becomes: will they have two? |
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| Jindal wants to fix what's working March 15 at 9:56 am By John Maginnis As the state awaits the release of Gov. Bobby Jindal’s grand tax swap plan, his press office is in campaign mode, responding rapidly to any discouraging words, particularly those spread in the media. Deputy communications director Michael Reed, in fact, was hard at work Sunday morning ferreting out perceived skepticism and innuendo in the daily prints regarding the tax plan and the state’s economic performance. |
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| Jindal vies to be Obama’s top critic March 08 at 10:53 am By John Maginnis If Sen. Mary Landrieu would just get out of his way, Gov. Bobby Jindal could fully focus on his quest to be the leading critic of President Barack Obama this side of the Beltway. Outside of Washington, where congressional Republicans are being blamed as much as or more than the president for the fiscal crisis of the month, there is a competition to be the leading voice of dissent from the GOP heartland--and Jindal is right in there. |
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| Where will BP money go? March 01 at 9:52 am By John Maginnis The stakes may be monumental in the BP trial underway, but the legal bout lacks the essential elements of a courtroom drama. Guilt has been determined in the oil giant’s criminal plea agreement with the U.S. Justice Department, which also establishes that BP was negligent. The big question for the trial to settle is how negligent, for a ruling of gross negligence and willful misconduct could quadruple the fines for each barrel of oil that flowed into the Gulf, pushing the award to five coastal states, primarily Louisiana, to over $20 billion. According to the Wall Street Journal, Justice and the states are prepared to offer to settle for $16 billion. |
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| Governor takes the heat on health care February 14 at 10:24 am By John Maginnis For the first time in his career as an elected official, Gov. Bobby Jindal’s job approval ratings have sagged into negative territory. A new poll, commissioned by the State Medical Society, shows that only 46 percent of voters like what he is doing and 48 percent do not. |
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| Is Louisiana ready for her super close-up? January 25 at 1:58 pm By John Maginnis After the Saints’ miserably agonizing Bountygate year, the football gods spared New Orleans the final indignity by not sending the arch-rival Atlanta Falcons to the Super Bowl. While San Francisco fans, past conference foes, are only a wee bit more welcome, the crowd for the Big Game is far more than about the opposing teams. Rather, attendance is dominated by the sports elite, along with the movers and shakers in entertainment and big business, who are part of the show come to town. |
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| Income taxes aren’t the real problem January 18 at 1:38 pm By John Maginnis By his blockbuster proposal to wipe out personal and corporate income taxes, Gov. Bobby Jindal once again demonstrates his ability to change the subject. |
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| Cliff hanging resumes in D.C. January 11 at 9:59 am By John Maginnis With one fiscal cliff averted and more on the horizon, the new Congress takes over with the seats still warm and feelings still hard from the old one. The hostilities just carried over, with the spirit of compromise gone already and positions dug in ever deeper as the next deadlines on the debt ceiling and automatic spending cuts approach. In the next round of cliff-hanging, what roles will Louisiana’s senators and representatives play, and how will the outcomes affect their politics? |
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| Film spreads negative message about oil, gas industry January 04 at 9:58 am By Don Briggs President, Louisiana Oil and Gas Association Yet again, another negative film has been released regarding the oil and natural gas shale revolution that is sweeping across our nation. The latest film, Promised Land, featuring several A-list actors, attacks the oil and gas industry regarding leasing and hydraulic fracturing. The difference in this film and others, such as Gasland, is very little. The idea is the same: you gather inaccurate data about an industry that is run on very technical details, pitch the film to the mainstream media, and you have yourself a moneymaking movie. Facts are clearly not required to be successful with a film. |
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| Year ahead crowded with unfinished business January 04 at 9:56 am By John Maginnis With no elections in 2013 nor much in the way of bold new initiatives put forward by anybody, the state’s agenda for the new year is crowded nonetheless with the unfinished business of the old. |
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| Landrieu seeks to turn Medicaid to her advantage December 20, 2012 at 10:20 am By John Maginnis Roll Call, the political magazine of Washington, D.C., recently handicapped Sen. Mary Landrieu’s 2014 re-election chances at 50-50. The odds against her were worse three years ago when she was being vilified by Republicans here and nationwide for supporting President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act. In those dark days, with conservative commentators labeling her a prostitute for wrangling funding for Louisiana, the unpopular new law was seen as the lodestone that would sink her career. |
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| Landmark voucher law could be derailed November 29, 2012 at 11:01 am By John Maginnis In what may have been the apex of Gov. Bobby Jindal’s power and influence over the Legislature, his team pressed non-stop to push through a far-reaching package of education bills in the first three weeks of this year’s session, which is considered warp speed at the Capitol. |
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| Regional elections have wider impact November 15, 2012 at 10:41 am By John Maginnis No candidates ran statewide on the Nov. 6 ballot, but the impacts of three regional races will be felt statewide, one nationally perhaps. |
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| High school students worried about job market October 28, 2012 at 10:35 am By Alissa Cavaretta These past few weeks have been filled with presidential debates, with each candidate telling the citizens of the United States that they will create more jobs if they are elected. When May rolls around, Destrehan and Hahnville students will truly begin their adult lives, and some may be joining the military, entering the work force, attending a vocational school or planning on graduating from college. |
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| Louisiana, Alabama compete for BP dollars October 25, 2012 at 9:58 am By John Maginnis Here near the peak of both football and election seasons, it seems strange for a Louisiana senator to side with one from Alabama in a dispute in which Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration is agreeing with President Barack Obama’s. The odd bedfellows are hard to keep up with as negotiations with BP move toward a settlement of the federal case brought against it for the massive oil spill in the Gulf in 2010. |
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