Editor: Public schools need a new playbook
If high school football teams were run in the same by-the-book, one-size-fits-all way that public schools across Louisiana are, "I suspect the response would be an angry revolt by parents and the public," says Business Report Executive Editor...
DATE: May 03, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
If only it were football
What if every high school football coach in the state of Louisiana were required to run the same I-style offense? What if a state board dictated specific plays, including blocking schemes, that each team would be expected to execute? What if...
DATE: April 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: JR Ball
Jindal peers into political sinkhole
It seemed odd to many that eight months after a giant sinkhole began swallowing trees and swampland in Assumption Parish, Gov. Bobby Jindal had not been down to survey the situation, given his reputation for responding rapidly to disasters, natural...
DATE: April 01, 2013 | CATEGORY: John Maginnis
Jindal peers into political sinkhole
It seemed odd to many that eight months after a giant sinkhole began swallowing trees and swampland in Assumption Parish, Gov. Bobby Jindal had not been down to survey the situation, given his reputation for responding rapidly to disasters, natural...
DATE: March 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
LaPolitics by Maginnis: Jindal tax plan numbers questioned; poll moves Fleming closer to Senate run
The tax swap plan that Gov. Bobby Jindal is proposing is $500 million to $650 million short of replacing lost revenue from repealing income taxes, according to a PAR report released Thursday. The report faults the administration for lowballing the...
DATE: March 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Editor: Laughter no medicine for what ails Louisiana's budget process
Around the same time that Gov. Bobby Jindal was wowing our nation's capital with his incredibly funny one-liners at the annual Gridiron Club dinner, says Business Report Executive Editor JR Ball in his latest column, his commissioner of...
DATE: March 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Maginnis: Jindal faces tough audience on taxes
Facing a tougher audience than he had for his stand-up comedy routine before the Washington Gridiron Show, Gov. Bobby Jindal could have used a few jokes to soften up legislative committee members when he outlined his plan last week for massive tax...
DATE: March 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Jindal faces tough audience on taxes
Facing a tougher audience than he had for his stand-up comedy routine before the Washington Gridiron Show, Gov. Bobby Jindal could have used a few jokes to soften up legislative committee members when he outlined his plan last week for massive tax...
DATE: March 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
The joke’s on us
Around the same time that Gov. Bobby Jindal was wowing our nation’s capital with his incredibly funny one-liners at the annual Gridiron Club dinner, his commissioner of administration, Kristy Nichols, was tossing out some one-liners of her own...
DATE: March 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: JR Ball
LaPolitics by Maginnis: Dardenne won't run for Senate
Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne has ended two weeks of speculation about his running for the U.S. Senate race in 2014. "I'm not going to run for the U.S. Senate," he tells LaPolitics. "This fell in my lap. I didn't go out looking for it. So I'm not...
DATE: March 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
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