With lawmakers facing a one-point-six billion dollar budget deficit, Governor Bobby Jindal stands behind his efforts to cut government spending instead of raising taxes. Jindal says it has led to a strong job market and growing economy…
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Jindal has been criticized for following a fiscal policy that’s supported by Grover Norquist and the Americans for Tax Reform.

Jindal made those comments during a wide-ranging discussion with reporters at the state capitol. The governor was also asked about how many out-of-state trips he plans to take during the legislative session. The governor did not give a number….
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As far as a plan to deal with the state’s budget shortfall, Jindal says those conversations are ongoing.

The state House and Senate did not meet today and they are off tomorrow as well, but that’s not stopping the debate over a so-called religious freedom bill. Governor Jindal says the bill will not lead to discrimation of same sex couples, instead it protects businesses from being punished by the state for for their religious belief in traditional marriage…
cut 12 (11) “….for their belief”
But Forum for Equality director Sarah Jane Brady doesn’t see how this bill by representative Mike Johnson will not lead to discrimation against the L-G-B-T community…
cut 11 (13) “…of all people”
Johnson plans to alter the bill before it gets its first hearing in a House committee.