Governor Bobby Jindal has emerged as the Republicans' lead obstructionist to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. He has refused the participate in the formation of a health insurance exchange to serve Louisiana residents, families and businesses. He has declared that he will not allow Louisiana to participate in the expansion of Medicaid [...]
BATON ROUGE -- Central Louisiana is the destination for the Louisiana Democratic Party's Day of the Democrats on Monday, June 18. The starts with a breakfast for area Democratic elected officials (including DSCC and DPEC members) at the Keys Park Community Center in Pineville at 8:30 a.m. LDP Chairwoman Karen Carter [...]
BATON ROUGE - Governor Bobby Jindal sent word to two Democratic lawmakers today that he intends to veto three of the bills they succeeded in passing in the session that ended on June 4. Jindal notified Senator Karen Carter Peterson of his intent to veto SB-577 which passed on the final day of [...]
