Pinsonat: Louisiana voters tired of FISCAL CLIFF SCARE" annual echo
Winter is still here. The Louisiana days are getting a little longer. The threat of another special session to plug a massive hole in the budget is getting closer.
The mantra of fiscal cliff still fills the air as it has now winter after winter, year after year.
Bobby Jindal advises, slams Trump, GOP, Dems, Obama in WSJ Op Ed
Former Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has penned an oped published in the Wall Street Journal yesterday that took a not-to-subtle swipe at Republican President Donald Trump, the Republican Party and of course, the Democrats and President Barack Obama. The column was somewhat reminiscent to Jindal's "stupid party" statement he made post-Mitt Romney presidential loss.
John Bel Edwards reports over $5M on hand for Louisiana Governor's race run
oday, Gov. John Bel Edwards filed his annual campaign finance report showing that his campaign had $5,013,461.97 cash on hand at the halfway point of his term as governor. Edwards administration bombard Louisiana airwaves with Fiscal Cliff, budget talk
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards is going on a full-court radio press to push his side of the fiscal cliff.
Today, the Governor sent out the below summary of his administration hitting the airwaves:
Pinsonat: For Louisiana voters, Trump or Chuck and Nancy?
Last night, the world watched President Donald Trump give his first State of the Union speech. Politically, it resonated throughout America. What about in Louisiana? More broadly, what can politicians and legislators learn from the Trump phenomena as they approach the upcoming elections and the legislative session?
Rest well my friend, Lou Gehrig Burnett, Publisher of Fax-Net of Louisiana
A few minutes ago, I browsed through my email box as I do frequently. Unfortunately, this time, I saw a heading that I should have known was coming.
It was from Jeffrey Sadow, a political science professor. The email said, “Lou Gehrig Burnett, 1941-2018”.
Common Cause to discuss its legal complaint vs. Trump in Stormy Daniels allegations, TODAY
Are Donald Trump and associated organizations in some “stormy weather”, legally? Are we seeing a repeat of the John Edwards controversy?
Assuming the truth of allegations being made in the media, which President Trump contends to be FAKE, are the latest revelations of a reported relationship between Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels, anything more than titillating gossip being lodged against the current President of the United States?
Jim Brown: Solution to fiscal cliff? Scrub the Louisiana budget
Jim Brown, former State Senator, Louisiana Secretary of State and Insurance Commissioner, knows a little bit about the term, “scrub the budget”. That was the term famously used by former Governor Buddy Roemer, who came from election nowhere in the final weeks of the gubernatorial campaign, to beat then-incumbent Edwin Edwards, Billy Tauzin, Bob Livingston and Speedy Long in 1987.
LAGOP defends Rep. Abraham, cites his father's death in slam vs. LA DEMS, Edwards
The Louisiana Republican Party through its Chairman, Roger Villere slammed Governor John Bel Edwards, the Louisiana Democratic Party and Gumbo PAC for an email that was sent out by the Democrats bashing Congressman Ralph Abraham. Below is the LAGOP response and the original email by the Democrats
Louisiana Fiscal Cliff, Cuts or Taxes: Two perspectives
The "Fiscal Cliff" is upon us and is making news throughout the state as once again, Louisiana is looking at a roughly one billion dollar hole, if not much more.
How will the state solve the fiscal problem remains to be seen. Below are two perspectives, one from the conservative organization, Pelican Post and the second from Louisiana Budget Project.
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