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Sarah Mulhearn
Communications Director
Phone: (225) 342-0012
smulhearn@treasury.state.la.us

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                                   Current Press Releases and News Stories

• 06/19/09 - State Treasurer John Kennedy Announces Statewide Bond Commission Approvals
  BATON ROUGE, LA -- At the June 18 meeting of the State Bond Commission, $758.8 million in funding was approved for
  projects statewide, according to State Treasurer John Kennedy.

• 05/29/09 - Treasurer Kennedy Wants State to Go After $1.1 Billion in Uncollected Receivables
  BATON ROUGE, LA – The Cash Management Review Board met on May 29 to discuss how the state can do a better job
  of collecting $1.1 billion in accounts receivable that are 180 days past due, according to State Treasurer John Kennedy.

• 05/21/09 - State Treasurer John Kennedy Announces Statewide Bond Commission Approvals
  BATON ROUGE, LA -- At the May 21 meeting of the State Bond Commission, $745 million in funding was approved for
  projects statewide, according to State Treasurer John Kennedy.

• 04/20/09 - State Treasurer John Kennedy Announces Statewide Bond Commission Approvals
  BATON ROUGE, LA -- At the April 16 meeting of the State Bond Commission, $314 million in funding was approved for
  projects statewide, according to State Treasurer John Kennedy.

• 04/15/09 -Treasurer Kennedy Supports Federal Legislation to Help Americans Redeem Savings Bonds
  BATON ROUGE, LA – U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller (W.Va.) and U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts (Kan.) filed federal legislation in Congress that
  would reunite millions of Americans with matured U.S. savings bonds, according to State Treasurer John Kennedy. S. 827, also known
  as the “Unclaimed Savings Bond Act of 2009,” would create a state-federal partnership to help find the owners of more than 40 million
  savings bonds worth more than $16.5 billion.

• 03/20/09 -State Treasurer John Kennedy Announces Statewide Bond Commission Approvals
  BATON ROUGE, LA -- At the March 19 meeting of the State Bond Commission, $759 million in funding was approved
  for projects statewide, according to State Treasurer John Kennedy.

• 03/17/09 -Treasurer Kennedy Reminds Working Families to Claim Earned Income Tax Credit
  BATON ROUGE, LA – State Treasurer John Kennedy wants to remind working families in Louisiana that it is not too late
  to take advantage of an important and often overlooked federal tax break known as the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).

• 03/12/09 -La.’s START 529 Plan Tops Nation in Five-Year Performance
  BATON ROUGE, LA – Louisiana’s Student Tuition Assistance and Revenue Trust (START) saving
  program has been ranked the nation’s best 529 college savings plan in the five-year performance category,
  according to State Treasurer John Kennedy.

• 02/20/09 -State Treasurer John Kennedy Announces Statewide Bond Commission Approvals
  BATON ROUGE, LA -- At the February 19 meeting of the State Bond Commission, $323 million in funding was approved
  for projects statewide, according to State Treasurer John Kennedy.

• 01/15/09 -State Treasurer John Kennedy Announces Statewide Bond Commission Approvals
  BATON ROUGE, LA -- The State Bond Commission approved $849.5 million in funding for projects statewide at its
  January 15 meeting, according to State Treasurer John Kennedy.

                                   Opinion Columns

• Treasury Year in Review March 2009

• START Program Provides Exemptions This Tax Season

• Credit Crisis Provides Opportunity to Learn from Past Mistakes