Bobby Jindal

Governor Jindal says his proposed 2012 capital outlay budget bill includes 10-million-dollars in new funding for the Morganza-to-the-Gulf project.

Governor Bobby Jindal is pitching his bid to privatize a health insurance   program for state workers as a fight against government-run health care,  equating it to his opposition to President Barack Obama's health overhaul.

Governor Bobby Jindal supports a proposed Constitutional Amendment to merge Louisiana's many college management boards into just one.

Governor Bobby Jindal is declaring a state of emergency as the Mississippi River continues to rise in Louisiana because of snow melt and heavy rains to the north.

The Southern University Alumni Federation held a rally at the State Capitol to protest the proposed merger of Southern University at New Orleans with the University of New Orleans.

Governor Jindal says he'll put off his legislative plan to sell three state prisons until the Revenue Estimating Conference gives the state's latest revenue forecast.

Governor Bobby Jindal opens a fiscal legislative session by railing against tax increases.

Governor Bobby Jindal says if the legislature passes a so-called "birther" bill, he will sign it.

For a third straight year, Morgan City Senator Butch Gautreaux has filed a bill that would cap the popular TOPS college scholarship program.

Those redistricting bills approved in the just ended special legislative session are now law.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A state judge has thrown out the lawsuit seeking to stall the possible consolidation of Southern University at New Orleans with the University of New Orleans, a merger sought by Gov. Bobby Jindal.

Governor Bobby Jindal's proposal to sell three state prisons to help offset a huge budget deficit, fund health-care programs and save the state a lot of money is drawing more criticism.

The state House and Senate have adjourned for the week--putting scheduled debate of congressional redistricting plans on hold until Monday.

(Photo by Cheryl Gerber/Getty Images) BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal has inserted himself more deeply into the fray over the redesign of the state's congressional districts.

Governor Bobby Jindal says oil field services company Halliburton will begin construction this summer on a 65-million-dollar, 200-thousand-square-foot manufacturing plant in Lafayette.

Governor Bobby Jindal proposed budget is asking for 98-million-dollars in new tuition and fee hikes for higher education to make up for a 290-million-dollar loss in federal funding.

LAKE CHARLES, La. -- Today, Gov. Bobby Jindal joined IFG Port Holdings LLC CEO Kabir Ahmad and Union Pacific Railroad Chairman and CEO Jim Young to announce the state, Port of Lake Charles, IFG and Union Pacific have finalized agreements necessary for IFG to launch a new, state-of-the-art export grain terminal at the Port of Lake Charles, the first of its kind to be built in the Gulf Coast region

No new taxes may be Governor Jindal's stance, but Representative Harold Ritchie is nonetheless pushing for an increase in the state tax on tobacco.

Members of the Jindal administration are urging state lawmakers to support the governor's proposed sale of three prisons to offset potential cuts in health care for the poor.

BATON ROUGE — The head of the Louisiana Democratic Party called on Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal to cancel a Tuesday campaign fundraiser that is being hosted by the CEO of a company handling Gulf oil spill claims for BP PLC.