Reporters' Show - May 1979
Louisiana: The State We're In

Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Newsmagazine
Place Covered: Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 1979-05-11
Duration: 00:27:59
Subjects: Filmed panel discussions | Journalists | Louisiana Legislative Session, 1979 | Louisiana. Legislature | LEGISLATION | TEACHERS | Henry, E. L. "Bubba" | Kindergarten | LOBBYISTS | HAZARDOUS WASTES | Government reorganization | Louisiana. Department of Natural Resources | Louisiana State Capitol (Baton Rouge, La.) | RALLIES | Politics | Sex Education | Education | Environment
Contributors:
- Blome, Ron Host
- Jackson, Lyle Photographer
- Irving, John Photographer
- Blome, Ron Reporter
- Blome, Ron Editor
- George, Beth Producer
- Michaud, Larry Panelist
- Courtney, Bob Panelist
- Buchanan, Don Panelist
Description
This episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” from May 11, 1979, features Ron Blome leading a panel discussion on the 1979 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature with three capitol reporters: Larry Michaud of the Baton Rouge Morning Advocate and State Times; Bob Courtney of WBRZ-TV in Baton Rouge; and Don Buchanan of the Baton Rouge Morning Advocate and State Times. They discuss: the emotional debate over a bill that would lift the ban on the teaching of sex education in public schools; Speaker of the House Bubba Henry’s bill that would create a professional review board to root out incompetent teachers in the school system; a bill that would require local school systems to provide kindergarten; the role of lobbyists in the session; the growing public awareness of the thousands of hazardous waste pits in the state; and the chances of passage for a bill that would consolidate the state’s environmental regulatory functions under the Department of Natural Resources. The discussion was preceded by footage from a rally on the steps of the State Capitol by opponents of the sex education bill.