JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal will be the keynote speaker next month at an annual conference of the Missouri Republican Party.

The state GOP says Jindal will be the speaker at a Feb. 17 evening banquet at the party's 2012 Lincoln Days event in Kansas City. The Republican Party also expects to have a keynote speaker on Feb. 18, but that person has not been announced yet.

Jindal was elected last October to a second, four-year term.

Associated Press