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Browsing entries categorized as Gov. Jindal
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POLITICAL HORIZONS: On leadership
COMMENTARY. The reason to closely watch the Streamlining Commission, is because the 10-member panel is writing the script Gov. Bobby Jindal will use to dramatically change the way state government operates. Read more…Posted in: Politics, Gov. Jindal, Legislature
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Jindal trips attract national notice
Travis Spradling/THE ADVOCATE
Gov. Bobby Jindal, center, last week with Marvalene Hughes, PhD., left, President of Dillard University, and Norman C. Francis, PhD., President of Xavier University, during the second annual Governor’s Luncheon in Baton Rouge, benefiting the United Negro College Fund.
Washington, D.C., is taking note of Gov. Bobby Jindal’s out-of-state fundraising trips.
Jindal has visited Michigan, California, Texas, North Carolina, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois and Massachusetts this year either to raise money for himself or others.Jindal has said he is seeking second term as Louisiana’s governor in 2011.Washington Post political writer Chris Cillizza wrote that the trips are raising eyebrows on Capitol Hill. There has been a lot of speculation about whether Jindal will run for the White House in 2012 or 2016.Cillizza predicted that national Democrats will find a serious opponent for Jindal in the upcoming governor’s race to keep him busy.He said it would be hard for Jindal to run for the White House in 2012 anyway since the governor’s race is in 2011.“That doesn’t mean, however, that Jindal’s aggressiveness on the fundraising front in advance of his re-election race doesn’t have some national implications,” Cillizza wrote. “Traveling the country to raise money helps build and expand the sort of national cash-collecting operation that any serious candidate for president—in 2016 or beyond—will need.”Posted in: Politics, Gov. Jindal
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Jindal to attend state dinner at White House
Thanksgiving isn’t Gov. Bobby Jindal’s only big dinner this week.
The governor and First Lady Supriya Jindal will attend President Barack Obama’s state dinner Tuesday for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, press spokesman Kyle Plotkin confirmed.
The White House is being tight-lipped about the invitation list. But The Associated Press reports that Jindal will be there along with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Energy Secretary Stephen Chu and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Jindal’s parents immigrated to Baton Rouge from India before he was born.
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Jindal to donate questioned money
Gov. Bobby Jindal plans to donate to a charity campaign contributions he received from a Florida lawyer accused of running a Ponzi scheme, Jindal’s office said Thursday. Read more…Posted in: Politics, Gov. Jindal
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On the road again
Gov. Bobby Jindal traveled to Austin, Texas, on Wednesday for the Republican Governors’ Association’s annual conference.
The governor’s press office said Jindal will return to Baton Rouge on Friday.It was Jindal’s second trip to Texas in less than a week.The governor raised money in Houston Monday night for his re-election campaign.Jindal has said he plans to seek a second term in 2011.He also attended fundraisers this week in Grand Rapids, Mich., and Bloomfield Hills, Mich., a suburb of Detroit, for the Michigan Republican Party.Posted in: Politics, Gov. Jindal
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Jindal backs money on LSU complex
Artist rendering of the LSU Business Education Complex/Provided by LSU
The bid process to build the LSU Business Education Complex could begin next week with a possible groundbreaking ceremony in March. The $60 million complex could occur in summer 2012.
Gov. Bobby Jindal on Wednesday reaffirmed commitment of $30 million in state funds for construction of LSU’s planned Business Education Complex. Jindal said his intent is to direct $24 million in state construction dollars initially, which the Legislature must sign off on, and then give the final $6 million to LSU in 2011 to complete the project. Read more…Posted in: Politics, Gov. Jindal, LSU, Southern and BRCC
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Jindal on the road again
Less than a week after raising money in Florida, Gov. Bobby Jindal headed west Wednesday afternoon to generate more cash for his 2011 reelection campaign.
The Governor’s Office reported that Jindal traveled to California to attend fundraisers in Fresno and Pacific Palisades.
The governor is scheduled to return to Louisiana Friday.
Earlier this week, Jindal traveled to Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., to raise money for his re-election campaign.
Ponte Vedra Beach is on the Florida coast near Jacksonville.
The governor also raised money in Texas earlier this month.
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Jindal raises money in Florida
Gov. Bobby Jindal traveled to Florida Monday to raise money for his reelection campaign.
Jindal was scheduled to make the trip to Ponte Vedra Beach and back in one night, according to his press office.The governor’s press secretary, Kyle Plotkin, declined to divulge who is sponsoring the fundraiser.Ponte Vedra Beach is on the Florida coast near Jacksonville.The governor raised money in Texas earlier this month.Last week, he flew to New Jersey to attend a fundraiser for Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie.The governor’s election is in the fall of 2011.Posted in: Politics, Gov. Jindal
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Jindal: Outback to continue buying La shrimp for the barbi
Arthur D. Lauck/The Advocate
Gov. Bobby Jindal announced Wednesday that the 14 Outback Steakhouse restaurants across the state would continue to purchase Louisiana shrimp. Bruce Attinger with Out-back is seen at right.
Outback Steakhouse restau-rants across the state will continue to buy Louisiana shrimp, Gov. Bobby Jindal and other officials announced Wednesday. Read more…Posted in: Politics, Gov. Jindal
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Questions about budget plan
“Outcome-based budgeting” procedures being pushed by the Jindal administration was expected to shuffle and merge state services, but, in fact may not touch the six departments run by officials elected statewide. Unlike the activities of the dozens of agencies that answer directly to the governor, the duties of statewide-elected officials are defined by the state constitution. Read more…Posted in: Politics, Budget, Gov. Jindal
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