The Mother's Day shooting on Frenchmen Street and its aftermath last week had an eerie familiarity to it. I didn't recognize it at first, but by week's end it occurred to me that the collective trauma felt across the city — and the passion that moved so many to respond to the tragedy with such generosity — was a bit like Hurricane Katrina.
By Clancy DuBos
May 20, 2013
Clancy DuBos, Mother's Day shooting, Frenchmen Street, second line
Four years ago, Gov. Bobby Jindal hoodwinked lawmakers, the public and most of the Louisiana Press Association into supporting legislation that he uses to keep virtually all his administration's records from public view. He also uses his enormous power to prevent that law from being overturned or narrowed.
By Clancy DuBos
Apr 30, 2013
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A lot of folks can take credit for convincing Gov. Bobby Jindal to "park" his much-maligned "tax reform" plan last week, none more so than Dan Juneau, president of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI). In the Capitol's pack of lobbying hounds, LABI is The Big Dog — particularly on tax matters.
By Clancy DuBos
Apr 16, 2013
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Among the contingencies propping up Gov. Bobby Jindal's budget proposal is a unique and possibly unprecedented land deal involving the state selling properties at a significant markup to ... itself. That's the latest twist in the winding debate over Jindal's proposed $24.7 billion budget, which is short on revenues by about $1.3 billion.
By Jeremy Alford
May 6, 2013
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Over the past several weeks, conservative lawmakers on the House Appropriations Committee have questioned if, not when, the budget will be passed during the ongoing session that adjourns June 6. That means, not long after Gov. Bobby Jindal has "parked" his controversial tax swap plan, his budget could be stalling.
By Jeremy Alford
Apr 30, 2013
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Considering all the litigation that has been filed against his initiatives — plus the anticipated lawsuits — it's remarkable that Gov. Bobby Jindal has time for anything outside of
a courtroom. Unlike former Gov. Edwin Edwards, who wound up on the wrong side of
the law with a string of corruption charges, Jindal's time in court has more to do with his policies and his administration's questionable interpretations of the state Constitution.
By Jeremy Alford
Apr 23, 2013
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Jeremy Alford on the "fiscal hawks" bedeviling Bobby Jindal's administration -- from the right
A few years ago, a handful of pesky Republicans gave way over time to a larger flock of angry birds that eventually became known as the fiscal hawks. There is also a Crowe in the Senate and a Dove in the House, but neither flies with the hawks, who built nests in the Capitol last year in hopes of returning to roost there permanently.
By Jeremy Alford
Apr 9, 2013
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