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Jindal Salutes Super Win With 'Saints Week' In Louisiana |
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Monroe News Star
By Staff
February 7, 2010
Gov. Bobby Jindal has proclaimed this week “Saints Week” in honor of the team’s come-from-behind convincing victory in its first Super Bowl. ...
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Louisiana Sugar Refining Factory Touted as 'An Important Project for the State' |
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New Orleans Times-Picayune
By Victoria St. Martin
February 3, 2010
... A groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday for a new sugar refinery, which supporters tout will be one of the largest in the nation, was the second time around for some officials.
The refinery, Louisiana Sugar Refining LLC, was originally to be built in St. John the Baptist Parish on property owned by agriculture marketer Cargill, a partner in the venture, in Reserve. The project has since moved to St. James Parish and picked up a partner in Imperial Sugar Co., which is helping build the refinery next to one in Gramercy. ...
Gov. Bobby Jindal, who said "there were some bumps in the road" to getting the refinery off the ground, added that the project is essential to the state's future. "Sugar is an important part of our history, and it's also an important part of our future," Jindal said. "Make no mistake about it: This is an important project for the state." ...
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Jindal Has Seen V-Vehicle Model |
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Monroe News Star
By Mike Hasten
February 4, 2010
The company that will construct V-Vehicle automobiles in Monroe has built at least one prototype model, which secretly visited the Louisiana Governor's Mansion. Stephen Moret, secretary of the Department of Economic Development, told a legislative panel Wednesday that he and Gov. Bobby Jindal have seen a "show car."
"A full-sized mock-up came to the governor's mansion," Moret said. ...
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Jindal: Districts, Schools Need Freedom |
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Baton Rouge Advocate
By Marsha Shuler
February 5, 2010
School districts and individual schools need more freedom from state rules and regulations as they try to improve student performance, Gov. Bobby Jindal said Thursday.
Jindal said his administration will push a law change that would allow school districts as well as individual schools that flexibility. ... “We will move the red-tape out of the way,” Jindal said. ...
Jindal said he hopes the lifting of regulations will allow good schools to excel and give those facing state takeover the tools to do the things they need to address the educational needs of students in them.
“We know that every school isn’t the same, different students have different challenges,” Jindal said. Tied to getting more flexibility will be more accountability for student improvement, Jindal said. ...
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Louisiana Airmen Will Watch Saints in Superbowl in Kyrgyzstan |
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New Orleans Times Picayune
By Paul Purpura
January 27, 2010
... The squadron, a unit in the 159th Fighter Wing, received a traditional send-off Wednesday at the Naval Air Station-Joint Reserve Base in Belle Chasse, where Gov. Bobby Jindal’s well wishes to the airmen and their families and the Navy Band New Orleans’ rendition of “When the Saints Go Marching In” reverberated off the walls in the Air Guard’s cavernous hangar.
“Your service is making an extraordinary mark on our nation and our world,” Jindal told the packed audience that included local and state elected officials. ...
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