Robert Travis Scott Interview - April 8, 2011
Louisiana: The State We're In
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Interview
Place Covered: Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2011-04-08
Duration: 00:06:50
Subjects: Scott, Robert Travis | Apportionment (Election law) | REAPPORTIONMENT | Louisiana. Legislature | Louisiana Legislative Session, 2011 | SPECIAL SESSIONS | United States. Congress
Contributors:
- Whinham, Charlie Host
- Scott, Robert Travis Interviewee
Description
This segment from the April 8, 2011, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Charlie Whinham’s in-studio interview with Robert Travis Scott of the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana (PAR). Scott discusses the Special Session of the Louisiana Legislature on redistricting, including: the competing plans for dividing the Congressional districts in North Louisiana and along the coast; the lack of controversy over the plan for the House and Senate districts in the Legislature; and Governor Bobby Jindal’s involvement with the redistricting process.