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Anti-tax stance boosts Jindal despite budget woes

by Washington Post | 3:11 AM CDT, January 25, 2010

By MELINDA DESLATTE AP BATON ROUGE, La. -- Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's refusal to raise taxes is boosting his stature with a re-energized national GOP, even while his state faces severe budget cuts to education, health care and social service

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