Jindal praises Legislature at Alexandria stop- March 19, 2008
The Town Talk
Tom Bonnette
Gov. Bobby Jindal lauded the state Legislature at a stop in Alexandria Tuesday for work in last week's special session.
Lawmakers passed proposals Jindal crafted to spend the lion's share of Louisiana's $1.1 billion budget surplus on economic development and infrastructure.
"This Legislature has made it a lot easier for big companies and small companies to stay and continue to grow in Louisiana," Jindal said at the Diamond Grill in downtown Alexandria. In the session, the second to be called Jindal since he took office two months ago, lawmakers green-lighted almost every aspect of the governor's plan to make the state more business friendly. Among measures highlighted by Jindal were business tax breaks that took away what he characterized as "gifts" to neighboring states competing economically with Louisiana.
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