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Jindal presses for resignation of union leader
February 3, 2012 9:08 AM
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Gov. Bobby Jindal has called on the executive director of a Louisiana education employees union to resign. At issue is a dispute between Jindal and the Louisiana Association of Educators over the governor's bid to allow children in poor-performing schools to attend private schools with... more » -
Jindal presses panel on drilling moratorium
August 30, 2010 9:51 PM
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Gov. Bobby Jindal again sought an end to President Barack Obama's moratorium on deepwater oil drilling as he met Monday with two members of the president's commission investigating the BP oil spill: former Florida Sen. Bob Graham and National Geographic Society executive Terry Garcia. He got... more » -
Obama Presses Congress
June 2, 2010 9:13 PM
PITTSBURGH (AP) - President Barack Obama pressed Congress to scrap billions in oil company tax breaks and pass legislation to help the nation kick a dangerous "fossil fuel addiction" Wednesday, trying to channel disgust over the worsening oil disaster into a force for clean energy. Seeking opportunity in a crisis,... more » -
La. Senator Presses to Stop Dispersant Use
May 12, 2010 7:56 AM
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A state senator who represents several coastal parishes is asking Attorney General Buddy Caldwell to file a lawsuit to stop oil giant BP's use of a chemical dispersant to thin the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Republican Sen. A.G. Crowe of Slidell released... more »
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