Collection:LPB

Genre: Newsmagazine

Place Covered: Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 2015-04-24

Duration: 00:03:24

Subjects: Same-sex marriage | STATE BUDGET | Kisatchie National Forest (La.)

Contributors:

• Whinham, Charlie Host
• Sanford, Shauna Host
• Moller, Jan Speaker
• Craig, B.B. Interviewee
• Dawson, Mike Interviewee

This segment from the April 24, 2015, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Charlie Whinham and Shauna Sanford reporting on the week’s headlines. These stories include: a decrease in LSU’s bond rating; Jan Moller, the president of the Louisiana Budget Project, speaking to the Baton Rouge Press Club about the state’s $1.6 billion budget shortfall; Governor Bobby Jindal writing an editorial in the New York Times on his opposition to same sex marriage; the death of Caddo Parish District Attorney Charles Scott at age 67; and interviews with B.B. Craig, the associate director of the United States Mint, and Mike Dawson, district ranger, on the launch of the Kisatchie National Forest quarter.