Dr. Stephen Barnes, Blanco Center (2024)
Newsmakers
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Speech
Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2024-02-28
Duration: 00:34:01
Subjects: Rotary Club of Baton Rouge | Kathleen Babineaux Blanco Public Policy Center | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | Barnes, Stephen
Contributors:
- Barnes, Stephen Speaker
Description
This episode of the series “Newsmakers” features a speech by Dr. Stephen Barnes before a meeting of the Baton Rouge Rotary Club on February 28, 2024. Dr. Barnes is the director of the Kathleen Babineaux Blanco Public Policy Center at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (ULL). He discusses: their mission; their policy priorities; their recent projects, including an economic impact study on First Solar; and their new initiative, LA First (Louisiana Foundational Integrated Research System for Transformation.) He also answers questions from the audience.