Fight South's leadership in obesity NEW

Three states are ahead of Louisiana when it comes to obesity. A recent federal survey says Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee lead the nation with more than 30 percent of adults classified as obese. Louisiana has nothing to cheer about, however, in the new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ratings. For years, the differences between Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and Louisiana have been so small they may not be statistically significant.

Editorial provided by The Daily Advertiser (Lafayette)

Editorial provided by The Times-Picayune (New Orleans)

Monday, July 21,  2008

Veto session would not have been fruitful

Legislators have made the only practical decision in deciding not return to the State Capitol for a veto override session.

Editorial provided by The Daily World (Opelousas)

Tensions in the relationship between Gov. Bobby Jindal and the Legislature significantly worsened with news last week of the governor's veto of $16 million in legislators' pet projects from the nearly $30 billion budget. The move prompted praise from government watchdogs, but it's straining allegiances among Jindal's chief legislative allies.

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Monday, July 7,  2008

By breaking his word to lawmakers and vetoing the legislative pay raise, Gov. Bobby Jindal kept his promise to voters and attempted to sideline an issue that had hijacked his ability to spin any message about the legislative session. But while the protest rally is scrapped and some recall petitions sidelined, the fallout isn't over.

Editorial provided by The Daily Advertiser (Lafayette)

For a significant period of time, Gov. Bobby Jindal kept his pen in his pocket as bills approved by the Legislature flitted across his desk. As of June 27, more than 100 had gone on to become law without his signature. That is said to be more unsigned bills becoming law than the total number during the terms of the last four Louisiana governors. Jim Brandt, president of the nonpartisan Public Affairs Research Council, says the governor doesn't want his fingerprints on any bill that could hurt him if he runs for national office.

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Tuesday, July 1,  2008

Pay-raise veto was right thing to do

Gov. Bobby Jindal has vetoed the massive pay raise that legislators gave themselves. While he objected to the raise from the beginning, calling it "excessive," he said he would not veto it. His reasoning was that if he went against the Legislature on the raise, the action could ruin chances of important reform measures being passed into law.

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Are legislators beginning to change their tune and hope that Gov. Jindal will save their bacon by vetoing their ill-conceived raise?

Editorial provided by The Daily World (Opelousas)

A lesson in legislative evolution: In the beginning, there was Senate Bill 561, the Louisiana Academic Freedom Act, which said that state and local education authorities shalt not "censor or suppress" anything a teacher might want to tell a science class about scientific subjects such as biological evolution, global warming or human cloning.

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Saturday, June 28,  2008

Significant reform not part of session

The evaluation by the Public Affairs Research Council of the 2008 regular legislative session was less than favorable. The lawmakers' tax hike and the governor's refusal to veto it were questioned, but PAR's comments centered primarily on failure to implement significant reform.

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During the years, many energy myths have been contrived by politicians and special- interest groups in order to secure votes.

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Mullet Scribe: Step Down Bobby

Gov. Bobby Jindal admits that he made a mistake on the legislators' pay raise, but he's not going to do anything about it..

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