Collection:LPB

Genre: Newsmagazine

Place Covered: Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 1998-01-02

Duration: 00:24:44

Subjects: Filmed panel discussions | United States Senate election in Louisiana, 1996 | Foster, Mike, Jr., 1930-2020 | Louisiana. Legislature

Contributors:

• Collins, Robert Host
• Morgan, Robert Panelist
• Redman, Carl Panelist
• Wardlaw, Jack Panelist

This episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” from January 2, 1998, features Robert Collins leading a panel discussion with reporters on the major stories of 1997. The panelists are: Robert Morgan of the Alexandria Daily Town Talk; Carl Redman of the Advocate in Baton Rouge; and Jack Wardlaw of the New Orleans Times-Picayune. They discuss: Woody Jenkins’ challenge to the results in the 1996 United States Senate election; Governor Mike Foster; the results of the FBI’s investigation into video poker; the federal investigation into former Governor Edwin Edwards; the Louisiana Legislature; and the future of the New Orleans casino.