Gov. John Bel Edwards (2018)
Newsmakers
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Speech
Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2018-02-28
Duration: 00:38:32
Subjects: Rotary Club of Baton Rouge | Edwards, John Bel | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | Louisiana. Legislature | Louisiana Legislative Session, 2018 | STATE BUDGET
Contributors:
- Edwards, John Bel Speaker
Description
A speech by Governor John Bel Edwards before the Baton Rouge Rotary Club on February 28, 2018. He discusses: economic development projects, including DXC Technologies in New Orleans; his priorities for the upcoming Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature, including occupational licensing reform, eradicating child hunger, increasing the minimum wage, and gender pay equity; and the ongoing Special Session and the need to fix the fiscal cliff. He also answers questions from the audience.