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What's new Bobby Jindal?


Economic Development Secretary Stephen Moret, who Jindal tapped as his top business recruiter earlier this year, would be paid $320,000 per year starting July 1 -- a bump of almost $75,000 over what his predecessor received. The department's deputy director, Steven Grissom, would be paid $237,500, up from the $130,000 per year that the same job fetched in Gov. Kathleen Blanco's administration.

The top economic development director in Tennessee, by contrast, makes $180,000 a year, which in turn is more than those positions pay in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and North Carolina, according to salary information provided by the House Fiscal Division.