Judge questions Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s budget balancing method

By Washington Examiner

Published November 13, 2013 5:00am ET

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Judge questions Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s budget balancing method — FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2013, file photo, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal addresses attendees during the Americans for Prosperity Foundation's Defending the American Dream Summit in Orlando, Fla. With no end in sight to the federal government shutdown, Republican governors eyeing the 2016 presidential race are pitching themselves as can-do politicians and highlighting records of achievement. "Republican governors are not going to take it anymore," says Jindal, among those state leaders and potential presidential candidates using the shutdown to try to position themselves as outsiders at a time of voter disgust with Congress and anyone connected with Washington. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack) | Phelan M. Ebenhack

BATON ROUGE, La. — A judge has decided that Gov. Bobby Jindal and lawmakers shouldn’t have used dollars from a retirement fund for probation and parole officers to balance the state operating budget.

If Tuesday’s ruling is upheld, the implications could be larger than repaying the $3.7 million, because the Jindal administration and the Legislature have used similar tactics to repeatedly balance Louisiana’s budget in recent years.

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