Below is the text of New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu's state of the city speech:
Thank you for coming.
The Louisiana Supreme Court, in a substantial 6-1 majority, gave an “F” to Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal’s nationally-touted education reform, forcing the governor and charter school supporters to go back to the blackboard and start the reform funding process over, once again.
It seems every few weeks; there is an election in Louisiana. Whether it is a special election or a school board wants to pass a tax issue, voters are being overloaded with too many elections.
First, it was the political agenda of the moribund Louisiana Democrats that the so-called “fiscal hawks” may revive. And dependingon what they do this week in the Louisiana Legislature, Gov. Bobby Jindal’s prospects may be brightened as well while they destroy theirs.
First, it was the political agenda of the moribund Louisiana Democrats that the so-called “fiscal hawks” may revive. And dependingon what they do this week in the Louisiana Legislature, Gov. Bobby Jindal’s prospects may be brightened as well while they destroy theirs.
No, it's not February.
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.
By announcing this week that the Plan B One-Step, otherwise known as the “morning- after pill” would now be available over the counter for girls as young as 15 years old, the Food and Drug Administration has dealt another blow to families across the nation. Previously, only girls 17 years of age and older had access to these pills and only with a prescription. After a judge ruled that the age limit was illegal, the FDA lowered the age to 15, so young children will have access to these powerful pills without parental approval or a prescription.
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