Legislative Session, Week 2 (1998)
Louisiana: The State We're In
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Newsmagazine
Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Date Issued: 1998-05-08
Duration: 00:06:46
Subjects: Louisiana. Legislature | Louisiana Legislative Session, 1998 | Politics | Government | Taxes
Contributors:
- Collins, Robert Host
- Duhe, Jeff Reporter
- Alario, John Speaker
- Faucheux, Bobby Speaker
- Fulmer-Gilbert, Delmar Speaker
- Dardenne, Jay Speaker
- Montgomery, Billy Interviewee
Description
This segment from the May 8, 1998, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Jeff Duhe reporting on the second week of the 1998 Fiscal Session of the Louisiana Legislature. These stories include: State Representative John Alario presenting a bill renewing the three-cent sales tax; State Senator Bobby Faucheux and lung cancer patient Delmar Fulmer-Guilbert testifying in the House Ways and Means Committee on a bill raising the tobacco tax from one-cent to five-and-a-half cents a pack; State Senator Jay Dardenne questioning spending by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE); and an interview with State Representative Billy Montgomery on a bill taxing slot machines at horse racing tracks. Host: Robert Collins