Collection:LPB

Genre: News, Public Affairs

Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 2010-06-04

Duration: 00:07:21

Subjects: Politics | Government | Louisiana. Legislature | Louisiana Legislative Session, 2010 | STATE BUDGET | BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010 | State Budget Cuts | Louisiana. National Guard | Louisiana. Department of Economic Development | Mega-Project Development Fund | DRUG TESTING | Concealed carry | Concealed weapons | Places of worship | Mini-trucks | Traffic safety | Offshore gas well drilling | Offshore oil well drilling

Contributors:

• Sanford, Shauna Host
• Sanford, Shauna Producer
• Crews, Keith Editor
• Gautreaux, Kevin Editor
• Crews, Keith Photographer
• Long, Gerald Speaker
• Davis, Angele Speaker
• Dabadie, Stephen Speaker
• Moret, Stephen Speaker
• Mills, Fred Speaker
• Burns, Henry Speaker
• Tuberville, Durrell Speaker
• Hebert, Troy Speaker
• McPherson, Joe Speaker
• Dove, Gordon Interviewee
• Connick, Patrick Interviewee

This segment from the June 4, 2010, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Shauna Sanford’s recap of the events at the tenth week of the 2010 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature. These stories include: State Senator Gerald Long questioning Commissioner of Administration Angele Davis on the cost of the BP Oil Spill clean-up; Brigadier General Stephen Dabadie testifying on the impact of the proposed budget cuts to the Louisiana National Guard; Secretary Stephen Moret of the Department of Economic Development testifying on the proposed cuts to the Mega-Project Development Fund; State Representative Fred Mills testifying on his bill banning products that help falsify the results of drug tests; State Representative Henry Burns and Dr. Durell Tuberville of the Shreveport Community Church testifying on Burns’ bill allowing the carrying of concealed weapons in places of worship; State Senators Troy Hebert and Joe McPherson testifying on their bill legalizing the driving of mini-trucks on state roads; an interview with State Representative Gordon Dove on the federal government’s decision to ban deep water drilling; and an interview with State Representative Patrick Connick on the impact of the BP Oil Spill. Host: Shauna Sanford