Which, of course, is exactly why Gov. Bobby Jindal’s LSU Board of Supervisors won’t allow Cerise to testify.

Baton Rouge, La.-In this column on March 27, I stated that the top goal of LABI for 2013 was as follows: “Tax increases on businesses and investments in a slow economy are a recipe for disaster.

There is good news and bad news for the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. The good news is that it is nearing full implementation next January 1. The bad news is that the legislation remains unpopular with the voters, and it is highly likely that the launch of the program will be problematic at best.

by Bob Mann

It’s an article of faith among conservative politicians and business leaders that “business hates uncertainty.”

One positive aspect of being around a long time is seeing lots of folks whack at the piñata of reform with varying degrees of success. I, too, have taken my swings at the paper mâche donkey and occasionally saw the candy hit the ground.

It seems Gov. Bobby Jindal’s $500,000 advertising campaign was good money thrown after bad.

by Paris Hughes

An elected official from Washington Parish gains support from several organizations in his effort to increase Louisiana’s tobacco tax, which may reduce the high rates of tobacco use in the state.  But, will it suffer a similar cancerous fate as those attempts in the past few years--heavy opposition?   

“I advise anyone who thinks he knows something about politics to go down to Louisiana and take a postgraduate course.” –Texas U.S. Sen. Tom Connally, 1932.

Someone should try to get the Jindal tax scheme’s birth certificate.