Tag: Louisiana

Vessels operate in the area of the Deepwater Horizon disaster on the Gulf of Mexico, Tuesday, July 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

Energy and Environment

BP to pay $18.7B to resolve Gulf spill claims

Zack Colman · July 2, 2015 3:39 pm

Counties resist gay marriage ruling

Counties resist gay marriage ruling

Robert King · July 2, 2015 9:01 am

The fate of non-graduates is a top concern of analysts tracking the rapid rise of student debt in the U.S., which now eclipses $1.1 trillion.Â (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Louisiana faces nation’s biggest student loan problem

Joseph Lawler · June 27, 2015 4:01 am

Jindal: ‘I’m not running for president to be somebody, I’m running for president to do something’

Jindal: ‘I’m not running for president to be somebody, I’m running for president to do something’

Ryan Lovelace · June 24, 2015 10:37 pm

Bobby Jindal: I’m running for president

Bobby Jindal: I’m running for president

Kelly Cohen · June 24, 2015 4:56 pm

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal speaks at the Road to Majority 2015 convention in Washington, Friday, June 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

‘Not much Indian left’ in Bobby Jindal: The Washington Post explores

Becket Adams · June 23, 2015 7:58 pm

ixth grade students Miracle Roberson, left, Darion James, and Brianetay Martin, right, read during literature intervention class at ReNEW SciTech Academy, a charter school in New Orleans, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. After Hurricane Katrina, charter schools are the new reality of public education in New Orleans. The vast majority of public school students will be attending a charter school established by a state-run school district created in the wake of the storm. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Beltway Confidential

Study: New Orleans’ unique school choice system is working

Jason Russell · June 17, 2015 5:17 pm

La. AG’s antitrust suit against Pfizer relying on private attorneys, campaign donors

La. AG’s antitrust suit against Pfizer relying on private attorneys, campaign donors

Kyle Barnett · June 16, 2015 6:22 pm

Supporters of public schools turn their backs on the East Ramapo school board during a meeting on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, in Spring Valley, N.Y. Allegations of racism and anti-Semitism are afflicting the district, where the board is dominated by ultra-Orthodox Jews and the public school children are mostly black and Hispanic. (AP Photo/Jim Fitzgerald)

Public schooling hurts when you’re not the majority

Neal McCluskey · June 15, 2015 9:00 am

"I will strenuously object to any consideration of her nomination, and request that you immediately withdraw it and instead put forward a nominee who can be confirmed by the Senate and hit the ground running," the Sen. David Vitter, R-La., said in a letter to President Obama. (Getty Image)

Energy and Environment

Senator says Interior inspector general nominee undermined oil-drilling probe

Sean Higgins · June 12, 2015 11:23 pm

Plaintiffs attorneys say La. SC justice they donated $775K to shouldn’t recuse himself from legacy lawsuits

Plaintiffs attorneys say La. SC justice they donated $775K to shouldn’t recuse himself from legacy lawsuits

Kyle Barnett · June 4, 2015 7:38 pm

Oil companies say trial bar made ‘careful and deliberate’ campaign contributions to Louisiana Supreme Court justice

Energy and Environment

Oil companies say trial bar made ‘careful and deliberate’ campaign contributions to Louisiana Supreme Court justice

Kyle Barnett · May 28, 2015 9:25 pm