Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal Scraps Plan to Nix Income Tax

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, head of the Republican Governors Association and widely viewed as a presidential hopeful for 2016, announced Monday that he's abandoning his controversial plan to eliminate the state's income tax -- but he's calling on the legislature to do it instead.

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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, head of the Republican Governors Association and widely viewed as a presidential hopeful for 2016, announced Monday that he's abandoning his controversial plan to eliminate the state's income tax -- but he's calling on the legislature to do it instead.

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Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.
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