[StBernard] Governor Blanco's Week in Review: October 1-5

[Westley Annis]

Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco's Week in Review: October 1-5


NEWS

10.5.07
Governor Blanco, Secretary Olivier commend Congress for $3.9 billion business incentive, urge more investment
Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco and Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Michael J. Olivier issued the following statements today after U.S. Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert M. Kimmitt announced $3.9 billion in New Markets Tax Credits allocations.
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10.3.07
Governor Blanco announces appointments to the Southern University System Board of Supervisors
Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco today announced the appointments of E. Jean Ware, Herman L. Hartman, Jr., Mary R. Doucet, and Samuel C. Tolbert, Jr. to the Board of Supervisors for the Southern University System.
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10.3.07
Governor Blanco issues statement after President Bush vetoes SCHIP reauthorization
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10.2.07
Governor Blanco urges President Bush to sign SCHIP reauthorization
Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco today joined 28 fellow governors writing to President Bush, asking that he sign legislation to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).
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10.2.07
Governor Blanco pledges state support to connect hurricane-affected small businesses with a new opportunity
Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco today pledged state support to help sprea! d the word about a new business software opportunity to small business es struggling to rebuild from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Under the program announced by U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu, Louisiana's hurricane-affected small businesses are now eligible for one year of Microsoft software licensing at no cost. The 2005 storms impacted 125,000 small and medium-sized businesses across the Gulf Coast, and in Louisiana alone, more than 18,000 businesses were totally destroyed. 
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10.1.07
Governor Blanco issues statement on the death of Sheriff Harry Lee
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GOVERNOR'S COLUMN

Rebuilding communities by rebuilding our workforce
As your Governor, I have focused on key areas to st! rengthen opportunities in Louisiana: improving the state's educational system, attracting robust economic development, and reversing poverty rates. One look at our state's prison system tells a clear story that decades of neglect in these key areas have taken their toll.
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PROCLAMATIONS/EXECUTIVE ORDERS

Proclamation No. 83 KBB 2007 - for a special election for the office of justice of the peace in Tensas Parish.
Executive Order No. KBB 2007-22: for a bond allocation for Louisiana Housing Finance Agency for single family mortgage revenue bonds. 
Executive Order No. KBB 2007-23: for a bond allocation for DeSoto Parish.
Executive Order No. KBB 2007-24: for a bond allocation for Calcasieu Parish Public Trust Authority for singl! e family mortgage revenue bonds. 

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