Louisiana Gubernatorial Addresses; Governor Blanco's Address to the Special Session
- Collection
- Louisiana Gubernatorial Addresses
- Producing Organization
- Louisiana Public Broadcasting
- Contributing Organization
- Louisiana Public Broadcasting (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/17-70mscbzd
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- Description
- Episode Description
- Robyn Ekings hosts live coverage of Governor Kathleen Blanco's opening address to a 2006 Special Session of the Louisiana Legislature on December 8, 2006. Prior to the speech, Ekings and Barry Erwin of the Council for a Better Louisiana (CABL) discuss Governor Blanco's controversial call for this special session. During her speech, Governor Blanco addresses the need for the special session and her funding priorities for the $827 million budget surplus from the previous fiscal year and $1.6 billion in new money in the following areas: road improvements; paying down the unfunded accrued liability debt for the state's retirement systems; helping local governments make FEMA payments for debris removal following Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita; establishing the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation; providing insurance rebates; tax cuts for families and businesses; a grant program for small businesses; economic development; strengthening the interoperability of the emergency communication systems; and providing pay raises for teachers, sheriff's deputies, policemen, firefighters, and state employees. Following the speech, Ekings and Erwin analyze the Governor's remarks and discuss the need for the Legislature to raise the spending cap in order to fund these proposals.
- Date
- 2008-02-10
- Asset type
- Program
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Producing Organization: Louisiana Public Broadcasting
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Identifier: IM303 (Louisiana Public Broadcasting Archives)
Format: MPEG IMX
Generation: Master
Duration: 00:30:31
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Louisiana Gubernatorial Addresses; Governor Blanco's Address to the Special Session,” 2008-02-10, Louisiana Public Broadcasting, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed June 9, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-17-70mscbzd.
- MLA: “Louisiana Gubernatorial Addresses; Governor Blanco's Address to the Special Session.” 2008-02-10. Louisiana Public Broadcasting, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. June 9, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-17-70mscbzd>.
- APA: Louisiana Gubernatorial Addresses; Governor Blanco's Address to the Special Session. Boston, MA: Louisiana Public Broadcasting, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-17-70mscbzd