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Friday, July 10, 2009
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LEGISLATURE & POLITICS
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Few in state government appear to be headed for the unemployment line despite tight budget constraints and earlier talk of big employee job layoffs.
Only a handful of state agencies have submitted employee layoff plans for required state Civil Service approval.
Gov. Bobby Jindal announced Thursday he signed bills to grant tax relief on entertainment industry expenses and hunting supply purchases. Meanwhile, Orleans Parish’s top prosecutor can get around state nepotism laws to hire his daughter, thanks to Jindal allowing other legislation to become law without his signature. Gov. Bobby Jindal kicked off a 64-parish tour Wednesday that he said will focus on job creation. “Jobs, jobs and jobs. That must be our No. 1 priority,” Jindal told the Rotary Club of Baton Rouge during a luncheon at Boudreaux’s near downtown. Louisiana’s 60,000 rank-and-file state employees could be facing an end to a system that provides nearly automatic annual 4 percent “merit” pay raises. On Wednesday, state Civil Service Director Shannon Templet told human resource directors from state agencies that a “variable” merit system is under development. Legislation to make New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson the state’s landlord is now law. Gov. Bobby Jindal announced Wednesday that he signed House Bill 719, which includes the Saints provision. With the latest batch of legislation, Jindal has signed into law 433 bills from the session. Gov. Bobby Jindal said Wednesday that a state school board member, whom he wants to resign, will keep her post if she refuses to step down. Jindal was asked what happens if Tammie McDaniel, of Oak Ridge, declines to give up her seat on the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. Gov. Bobby Jindal has signed into law a bill that protects doctors, nurses and pharmacists who refuse to provide health care on religious or moral grounds. Gov. Bobby Jindal vetoed four bills Tuesday, including legislation designed to help the homeless. The governor also signed more bills into law from the just-ended 2009 legislative session. ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Jurors in the bribery trial of former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson watched video Tuesday of him tossing a bulging tan briefcase with $100,000 he received from an FBI informant into the passenger seat of his car. A three-day conference for black mayors scheduled at Southern University this month has been postponed until later in the year due to the recession. |
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