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Blanco Public Policy Center Event (2020)

Louisiana: The State We're In

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Collection:LPB

Genre: Newsmagazine

Place Covered: Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 2020-03-06

Duration: 00:05:38

Subjects: Blanco, Kathleen Babineaux, 1942-2019 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | Kathleen Babineaux Blanco Public Policy Center

Contributors:

  • Moreau, Andre Host
  • Fortenberry, Rex Q. Photographer
  • Barnes, Stephen Interviewee
  • Erwin, Barry Interviewee
  • Reed, Kim Hunter Interviewee
  • Scott, Robert Travis Interviewee
  • Richardson, Jim Interviewee

Description

This segment from the March 6, 2020, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Andre Moreau’s visit to the first event at the Kathleen Babineaux Blanco Public Policy Center at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (ULL), a panel discussion on the Reset Louisiana Agenda. Moreau reports that Reset Louisiana is a nonpartisan agenda put together by the Committee of 100, the Council for a Better Louisiana (CABL), and the Public Affairs Research Council (PAR). He interviews: Dr. Stephen Barnes, the director of the Blanco Public Policy Center; Barry Erwin, CABL president; Commissioner of Higher Education Kim Hunter Reed; Robert Travis Scott, PAR President; and Dr. Jim Richardson, economist.