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Our View: 'More Choice, More Opportunities' Mark the Path to New Louisiana

Alexandria Town Talk
Editorial
January 10, 2012

We like what Bobby Jindal had to say to the people of Louisiana on Monday in his inaugural speech for his second term of governor. That starts with this:

"They said Louisiana could not possibly shake our reputation for corruption and reform our ethics laws -- but we did.

"They said Louisiana could not create jobs in the midst of the worst national recession in generations -- but we did.

"They said Louisiana could not cut taxes -- but we did. ...

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Fair Decision on Medicaid

New Orleans Times-Picayune
Editorial
November 28, 2011

Louisiana faced a potentially devastating loss of money -- $560 million to $800 million -- if the Obama administration had dropped the state's Medicaid reimbursement rate. It's a relief, then, that the administration has agreed with Sen. Mary Landrieu and Gov. Bobby Jindal that a measure the senator added to the 2010 health overhaul legislation will still apply in 2013. ...

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90 Jobs Come Back From China

Lafayette Advertiser
By Staff
November 24, 2011

Maritime International is moving production from China to Broussard with an $8 million manufacturing expansion that will create 90 new direct jobs and 150 new indirect jobs in Acadiana. ...

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Embrace the Science of Crime Fighting

Opelousas Daily World
By Staff
November 24, 2011

A tool isn't a tool if you can't use it, or if it takes so long to use that the wait outlives the tool's usefulness. So it's good news that the Louisiana State Police laboratory has substantially reduced the waiting time for DNA tests performed for local agencies. ...

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Jindal Enhances State's Child Abuse Reporting Laws

Tri-Parish Times
By Eric Besson
November 23, 2011

... Gov. Bobby Jindal issued an executive order one week ago that requires all employees and coaches of a Louisiana public institution of higher learning to report any incident of witnessed child abuse or neglect to law enforcement and a local unit of the Department of Children and Family Services. ...

"The health, safety and best interests of our children is of paramount concern for all Louisianians and it is appropriate and necessary that the State do everything within its means to ensure that suspected cases of abuse and neglect of our children are reported to the proper authorities," Jindal wrote. ...

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