Latest Bobby Jindal Headlines
A list of the most recent stories about Bobby Jindal.
LSU privatization deals approved for 4 hospitals
The LSU Board of Supervisors approved contracts Tuesday to privatize four more of the university system's public hospitals, even though the agreements were missing key financing details pertaining to the lease arrangements. The contracts cover privatization of LSU's hospitals in Houma, Lake Charles, Monroe and Shreveport. Agreements submitted to the ...
Senate backs protection for hospital funding
The Louisiana Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly backed proposals that would make it more difficult to reduce dollars paid to private hospitals and nursing homes for taking care of Medicaid patients. Approval of the two measures came despite concerns that locking up an estimated $1.9 billion in the Medicaid program would ...
Louisiana editorial roundup
Recent editorials from Louisiana newspapers: May 27 The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La., on more rigoprous student testing: The good news is that the state's students are doing a bit better on tests, but the bad news is that the tests are going to get harder. State Education Superintendent John White ...
Caddo school board looking for budget solution
The Caddo Parish School Board will have to find another way to start correcting its $21 million budget shortfall. The Times reports (http://bit.ly/ZigiXF ) nearly three hours of debate ended with the board right where it began before Thursday's meeting, leaving the teachers in attendance exhausted but relieved. As part ...
Jindal adviser: LSU privatization deals on track
Gov. Bobby Jindal's top budget architect said Thursday the state will have enough money to cover the costs of privatizing nearly all of the LSU-run hospitals next year without shrinking services to the poor and uninsured. Three deals have been signed, for the hospitals in New Orleans, Baton Rouge and ...
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