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Poll: Voters believe state sent a positive message John Hill Posted on December 11, 2003 BATON ROUGE - Seven out of 10 Louisiana voters agree the election of the new governor Nov. 15 sent a positive message to the rest of the country. The Council for A Better Louisiana found that even half of those who voted for Republican Bobby Jindal of Baton Rouge believed Democrat Kathleen Blanco's election is a plus for the state. The Wirthlin Worldwide Group of Utah conducted the CABL poll of 600 voters Nov. 17-19, the Monday through Wednesday immediately following the runoff. It has...

<p>A reputation for political corruption scares away potential industry from Louisiana, Bobby Jindal says.</p> <p>Jindal, a Republican candidate for governor, hopes to turn that reputation around by pursuing new ethics legislation.</p> <p>"It is time to change Louisiana's negative image of political corruption once and for all," he said during a campaign stop Monday afternoon in Alexandria. "Louisiana must become the state with the cleanest, most open and accountable state government in the United States."</p>

<p>Gubernatorial candidates talk education, economic development Hopefuls also discussed how to keep youth from leaving state.</p> <p>BATON ROUGE - In a gubernatorial forum that was billed as a debate but seemed more like a well-mannered conversation, all the candidates agreed state spending on schools was good, prisons for youth are bad and preschool education was superlative.</p>