Collection:LPB

Genre: Newsmagazine

Place Covered: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 1998-01-09

Duration: 00:16:51

Subjects: Tax reform | Taxes | Louisiana. Legislature

Contributors:

• Collins, Robert Host
• Duhe, Jeff Reporter
• Oakland, Bill Speaker
• Nauth, Zack Speaker
• Ryan, Tim Speaker
• Barham, Robert Interviewee

This segment from the January 9, 1998, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Jeff Duhe’s report on a public hearing held by the Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committee at the Cabildo in New Orleans on business taxes. The hearing includes comments by: Bill Oakland, Tulane economist; Zack Nauth, Coalition for Tax Justice; and Tim Ryan, UNO economist. Duhe then interviews State Senator Robert Barham, the chairman of the Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committee. He discusses: the committee’s public hearings around the state; the make-up of the committee; and possible tax reforms at the upcoming 1998 Fiscal Session of the Louisiana Legislature. Host: Robert Collins