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Special Session #2, Week 4 (1994)

Louisiana: The State We're In

Details

Collection:LPB

Genre: Newsmagazine

Place Covered: Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 1994-07-01

Duration: 00:10:07

Subjects: Louisiana. Legislature | Louisiana Legislative Session, 1994 | Politics | Government | VIDEO POKER | Gambling

Contributors:

  • Collins, Robert Host
  • Bankston, Larry Interviewee

Description

This segment from the July 1, 1994, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Robert Collins’ report on the fourth and final week of the second Special Session of the Louisiana Legislature of 1994. He gives an overview of the legislation that did and did not pass. Collins then conducts an in-studio interview with State Senator Larry Bankston. He discusses the passage of a bill that he co-sponsored that limits video poker at truck stops.