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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 22:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Governor Jindal: Statement on Texas Brine Settlement Offers</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Governor Bobby Jindal issued the following statement after Texas Brine announced the company would finally begin making settlement offers to residents affected by the sinkhole in Bayou Corne:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 22:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Governor Jindal Signs Bills Into Law</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Today, Governor Bobby Jindal announced he has signed bills passed by the Legislature into law, bringing the total number of bills signed for the 2013 Regular Legislative Session to 26.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 23:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Governor Jindal Declares State of Emergency Following Tornado Damage in Northwest Louisiana </title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Due to severe damage and power outages caused by a severe weather system - including a tornado - that passed through Northwest Louisiana last week, Governor Bobby Jindal declared a State of Emergency.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 21:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Governor Jindal Signs Bill to Help Louisiana Service Members and Veterans Return Home</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Today, Governor Bobby Jindal signed legislation that will assist and encourage Louisiana veterans, service members and their families to return to the Pelican State. This bill is part of the Governor?s 2013 Legislative Package.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 21:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Governor Jindal Signs Five Bills Into Law</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Today, Governor Bobby Jindal announced he has signed bills passed by the Legislature into law, bringing the total number of bills signed for the 2013 Regular Legislative Session to five.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 21:05:00 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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