Governor Bobby Jindal is polling at less than one-percent in his presidential bid, according to a recent Fox News poll on the Republican field. UL Lafayette Political Science Professor Pierson Cross says it’s important for Jindal to crack the top 10 to have a shot at the debates. He says Jindal will keep doing what he’s doing, and hope something sticks…
CUT 5 (10) Q: “to his side”
According to Southern Business and Development magazine, Louisiana ranks number one among southern states in the number of major business projects per capita for the sixth year in a row. State Economic Development Secretary Steven Grissom says it’s all about the business climate…
CUT 11 (09) Q: ‘choice for them’
The publication also names Lake Charles their Small Market of the Year.
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U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy and David Vitter introduce the National Disaster Relief Tax Act for relief to victims of natural disasters in the past few years. This would include people affected by the recent Red River flooding and Hurricane Issac. Cassidy says the law could allow victims to fund their own recovery…
cut 12 (11) “buy in” (2x)
It is the largest known English faction of an illegal computer hacking forum, and the FBI makes 70 arrests, including one in Louisiana. Andrew Ludlum is the FBI’s Assistant Special agent in charge of the New Orleans field office, and he says “Operation Shrouded Horizon” has taken away hackers ability to sell information…
CUT 16 (07) Q; “different servers”