Legislative Report – June 22, 1984
Louisiana: The State We're In
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Newsmagazine
Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 1984-06-22
Duration: 00:24:14
Subjects: Politics | Government | Louisiana. Legislature | Louisiana Legislative Session, 1984 | State employee pay raises | Louisiana World Exposition (1984: New Orleans, La.) | Williams, Vanessa | Teacher pay raises
Contributors:
- Courtney, Beth Host
- Johnson, Ken Host
- Ekings, Robyn Host
- Edwards, Edwin Speaker
- Pasqua, Charles Interviewee
- Williams, Vanessa Speaker
- Charton, Joan Duffy Interviewee
- Anderson, Ed Interviewee
Description
This episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” from June 22, 1984, features Beth Courtney, Ken Johnson and Robyn Ekings hosting a daily legislative report on the 1984 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature. Johnson first reports on the week’s headlines. These stories include: a press conference with Governor Edwin Edwards on the status of teacher pay raises; an interview with Charles Pasqua of the Louisiana Municipal Association; and Vanessa Williams, Miss America 1984, speaking at a press conference with Governor Edwards. Courtney and Ekings then conduct an in-studio interview with Joan Duffy Charton of United Press International and Ed Anderson of the New Orleans Times-Picayune/States-Item. They discuss the major issues of the session, including teacher pay raises, state employee pay raises, and the bail-out of the 1984 World’s Fair in New Orleans.