Louisiana U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R) has abruptly changed his position on the Common Core standards, and now states he opposes the controversial education reform initiative. In an email sent to Breitbart News from the Senator’s office, Vitter, a candidate
Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Governor Bobby Jindal (R-LA) said it is pure arrogance for President Obama to go ahead with his plan to issue an executive amnesty after the “American people overwhelmingly rejected his policies,” in the midterm elections. Jindal
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, a conservative and potential 2016 GOP presidential candidate, told Breitbart News that President Barack Obama’s planned executive amnesty is “absurd.” “I think this is absurd,” Jindal said in an exclusive interview as
Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) has joined legislators in Louisiana in a lawsuit that alleges the state’s education officials did not comply with state law when they began implementing the Common Core standards. According to a press statement released by Jindal’s
Governor Bobby Jindal (R-LA) argued that President Obama will blame the US government’s handling of the spread of Ebola on Republicans as part of the next step in his crisis management on Monday’s broadcast of “The Kelly File” on the
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) said Connecticut Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Foley understands that incumbent Gov. Dannel Malloy’s (D-WFP) “failed policies” have caused the weakened economy in that state. As the Associated Press (AP) reports, Jindal was in West Hartford,
Governor Bobby Jindal (R-LA) argued that CNN should hire a conservative anchor as a matter of “sheer survival” on Tuesday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show.” “They’ve tried everything else, why not just for sheer survival, forget fairness, forget trying to be objective,
In a letter to President Obama dated September 11th, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said his state may apply for a federal pre-kindergarten grant of up to $15 million, as long as Obama assures him the funds are not linked to
Poor Planned Parenthood. America’s largest abortion provider is having a very bad year and thanks to a Republican proposal to make birth control available over the counter, it could be getting even worse. Despite the President himself siding with no
In a press statement Tuesday regarding the report of a second ISIS beheading of an American citizen, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) said that though President Obama stated he “currently has no strategy to deal with ISIS,” a fact that
Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) said that he was “thinking about” running for president in 2016, and that he would not stay out of the race simply because he had friends who were already running. “We’re thinking about it, we’re praying
Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) responded to allegations that he flip-flopped on Common Core, and described the federal government’s handling of Common Core as a “hijacking” of what was supposed to be a “bottom-up approach” on Wednesday’s “Laura Ingraham Show.”
Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) reported that the Obama administration dumped over a thousand illegal immigrants on his state without notifying him. “In my state, the Obama administration sent over a thousand children without telling us, without telling social services, without
Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) of Louisiana said he will file a lawsuit against the Obama administration, accusing it of illegally manipulating states with federal grant money and regulations that forced them to adopt the Common Core standards. According to the
A Louisiana district judge sided with Common Core advocates Tuesday by lifting Gov. Bobby Jindal’s executive order that suspended contracts with PARCC, one of the federally funded Common Core test consortia. In his ruling on the plaintiffs’ petition for preliminary
AMES, IOWA – After fiery primetime red meat speeches from Ted Cruz and Rick Perry, Bobby Jindal faced a tough challenge as a followup to the dynamic Texas duo at The Family Leadership Summit in Iowa. But instead of launching
HOUSTON, Texas–Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal (R) paid a visit to the Rio Grande Valley in Texas to witness first-hand, the ongoing invasion of illegal immigrants into Texas. During the Governor’s visit to Texas he witnessed at least three incidents where
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s (R) office announced Wednesday that it had filed an amended petition that argues the state’s agreement with the PARCC Common Core test consortium is in violation of federal law because it attempts to federalize education curriculum
Louisiana U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R), also a 2015 gubernatorial candidate, came out this week in strong support of the Common Core standards. His remarks praising the controversial initiative, however, have drawn responses suggesting he either lacks knowledge about the
On Tuesday, the administration of Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) filed a lawsuit to invalidate the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Common Core consortium PARCC on the basis that the MOU attempts to improperly delegate the constitutional authority of the
A pro-Common Core black education group is funding a group of parents and teachers in a lawsuit against Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R), charging that he is illegally trying to remove the state from the controversial nationalized standards and their
Lawmakers in Louisiana filed a lawsuit Monday in Baton Rouge district court that seeks an immediate suspension of the Common Core standards in the state’s schools. According to the Associated Press, the 17 legislators – 13 Republicans and 2 Democrats
On Monday, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) responded on Twitter to U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s criticism of Jindal’s decision to remove his state from the Common Core standards and the PARCC multi-state test consortium. During his press conference, in
The Louisiana state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) voted Tuesday 6-3 to hire outside lawyers to pursue a lawsuit against Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) for removing his state from its Common Core test consortium. The decision once again
A heated battle between Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) and the state’s defiant superintendent John White demonstrates the bitterness of Common Core supporters as more states exit both the standards and the multi-state test consortia. The intense debate between Jindal
