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    <title>Governor Bobby Jindal | State of Louisiana &gt; Press Releases</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Governor Jindal and Danos Announce New Louisiana Headquarters and Manufacturing Expansion</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Today, Governor Bobby Jindal and Danos President and CEO Hank Danos announced the company will retain its headquarters in Louisiana and that Danos & Curole Marine Contractors LLC has selected a site in Gray, Louisiana, for its new $10 million corporate headquarters facility. In addition, Danos announced it is evaluating multiple Louisiana port locations to select where it will build a new $20 million manufacturing and fabrication facility.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>ROYOMARTIN ANNOUNCES $20 MILLION EXPANSION AT CHOPIN PLANT</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Today, Gov. Bobby Jindal and President and Chief Financial Officer Roy O. Martin III of RoyOMartin-Martco Ltd. Partnership announced the company will invest $20 million to modernize and expand the Martco plywood facility in Chopin, La. RoyOMartin-Martco will upgrade drying equipment, add a production line and create 24 new direct jobs with an average annual salary of $42,000, plus benefits. The company will retain 686 jobs, and LED estimates the expansion project will result in an additional 56 indirect jobs ? for a total of 80 new jobs for the area.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 21:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Governor Jindal Orders Review of All Texas Brine  Permits as Company Continues to Fail to Offer Buyouts</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Today, Governor Bobby Jindal issued an Executive Order instructing the Commissioner of Conservation to conduct a complete review of the permits issued to Texas Brine in connection with its operations of salt cavern wells in Assumption Parish, as well as all permits issued to Texas Brine throughout the State.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 19:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Governor Jindal Declares State of Emergency for Rising Levels of the Mississippi River</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Today, Governor Jindal declared a state of emergency to prepare for Mississippi River crests that are predicted to be well above flood stage.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>GOVERNOR JINDAL AND WOLVERINE TERMINALS ANNOUNCE $30 MILLION CRUDE OIL TERMINAL PROJECT IN ST. JAMES PARISH</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Today, Governor Bobby Jindal and Wolverine Terminals LLC General Manager Terry Wilson announced the company will make a $30 million capital investment to establish a crude oil terminal and blending operation on a 15-acre Mississippi River site in St. James Parish. Wolverine will create 20 new direct jobs, with an average annual salary of $62,000, plus benefits. LED estimates the project will result in 18 new indirect jobs for a total of 38 new jobs. In addition, the project will create an estimated 100 construction jobs.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 22:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>IN CASE YOU MISSED IT</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Governor Bobby Jindal addressed hundreds of students at a rally today on the steps of the State Capitol in support of the Louisiana Scholarship Program that gives school choice to thousands of Louisiana families. Excerpts of the Governor?s speech are below.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 22:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>PHOTO RELEASE: School Choice Rally on Capitol Steps</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Today, hundreds of students rallied on the steps of the Louisiana State Capitol in support of the Louisiana Scholarship Program that provides school choice to Louisiana families. Below are pictures from the rally that Governor Jindal addressed along with other officials. Photos can be credited to the Governor?s Office.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 22:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Gov. Jindal: Court Upheld Scholarship Program,  Parents Can Breathe a Sigh of Relief</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Governor Bobby Jindal emphasized today that the Louisiana Scholarship Program is alive and well. The State Supreme Court?s ruling is focused on the funding mechanism, but the ruling upholds the Scholarship Program. The Governor said the program would be funded through the budget.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 23:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Gov. Jindal on Supreme Court Ruling:  Scholarship Program Alive and Well</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Governor Bobby Jindal issued the following statement regarding the Louisiana Supreme Court?s ruling on Act 2:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 20:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>LOUISIANA EARNS ITS HIGHEST RANKING EVER IN CEO SURVEY OF STATE BUSINESS CLIMATES</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Today, Chief Executive revealed that CEOs nationwide rank Louisiana No. 11 in the U.S., the state?s highest position ever, in the magazine?s annual ranking of Best & Worst States for Business. The report continues the state?s ascent in national business climate rankings, with Louisiana showing the greatest improvement of any state in the U.S. over the past four years. Since 2009, Louisiana has improved a nation-best 33 spots in the Chief Executive survey.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 14:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
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