NEW ORLEANS, La., Aug 31 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Sunday temporarily blocked a Louisiana law that advocates say would likely have closed of all five abortion clinics in the state ( Read more... )

WASHINGTON -- The Department of Justice's public affairs staffers think Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) could use a history lesson on the civil rights movement.

On Friday, the day after Jindal compared Holder to segregationist Alabama Gov. George Wallace at the Conservative Political Action Conference, DOJ employees mailed Jindal a copy of a book ( Read more... )

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Louisiana Science Education Act Repeal Fails, Keeping Door Open For Teaching Of Creationism

The Louisiana state Senate Education Committee rejected a move to repeal the state's Science Education Act on Wednesday, handing a defeat to opponents who have criticized the law for essentially allowing the teaching of creationism in science class.

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Last week, Louisiana’s poor and terminally ill residents won a surprising victory when Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) announced that his state would not stop providing hospice care
to its Medicaid beneficiaries. Unfortunately, that’s about the only
piece of good news for low-income Louisianans’ health coverage, as the
state is still set to implement massive ( Read more... )

Thanks to a new law privatizing public education in Louisiana, Bible-based curriculum can now indoctrinate young, pliant minds with the good news of the Lord-all on the state taxpayers' dime.

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Birther Scholars Find Evidence That Brown People Cant Be Real Americans, Only White Natives Can Become President. Are Native Americans Fake Americans?

Marco Rubio, Bobby Jindal Become Focus Of Bipartisan Birthers

Last month, we made note of the fact that a schism had erupted in the wild world of Birtherism, with a breakaway faction turning their ( Read more... )

Hundreds rally against La. higher education cutsAbout 500 college students and faculty from around Louisiana rallied Wednesday at the state Capitol against higher education budget cuts they say will cripple their campuses, directing much of their anger at Gov. Bobby Jindal ( Read more... )