Jim Garand, LSU political scientist

Weekly Legislative Update: June 25, Dr. Jim Garand
Saiward Pharr, WRKF
Baton Rouge, LA

For the last 2010 Weekly Legislative Update , LSU political scientist Jim Garand joins WRKF's Saiward Pharr to discuss the session's outcomes.

Weekly Legislative Update: June 18, Sen. Adley
Saiward Pharr, WRKF
Baton Rouge, LA

Sen. Robert Adley, R-36 Benton

Republican Senator Robert Adley, of Benton, has long been a critic of the Governor's office public records laws. This week he attached an amendment to a House bill that would require Governor Jindal's office to keep and make public for 10 years records pertaining to the state's response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The Senate unanimously approved the amendment. WRKF's Saiward Pharr spoke with Sen. Adley Thursday at the Capitol.

 

Weekly Legislative Update: June 11, Speaker Tucker
Saiward Pharr, WRKF
Baton Rouge, LA

Speaker Jim Tucker, R-86 Terrytown

For today's Weekly Legislative Update we focus on the protracted state budget negotiations. WRKF's Saiward Pharr spoke with House Speaker Jim Tucker .

 

Weekly Legislative Update: June 4, Rep. LaBruzzo
Saiward Pharr, WRKF
Baton Rouge, LA

Rep John LaBruzzo, R-81 Metairie

Representative John LaBruzzo's House Bill 617 passed a Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. He's a Republican from Metairie.

WRKF's Saiward Pharr spoke with him at the Capitol on Thursday for this Week's Legislative Update. She asked Representative LaBruzzo what prompted him to bring back a bill that failed last year. 

 

Weekly Legislative Update: May 28, Dr. Jim Garand
Saiward Pharr, WRKF
Baton Rouge, LA

Jim Garand, LSU political scientist

 

For this Weekly Legislative Update, LSU political scientist Jim Garand joins WRKF's Saiward Pharr. They discuss the House and Senate's dispute over the state budget process, the oil spill's affect on Governor Bobby Jindal's legislative agenda, and SB 593.

 

 

Rep. Patricia Smith, D-67 Baton Rouge

Weekly Legislative Update: May 21, Rep. Smith
Saiward Pharr, WRKF
Baton Rouge, LA

Welcome to the podcast of WRKF's Weekly Legislative Update . Baton Rouge Representative Patricia Smith has kept busy this session, with multiple bills concerning education initiatives and attempts to reduce Louisiana's burgeoning prison population. She's a Democrat from district 67. WRKF's Saiward Pharr spoke with her Thursday, at the Capitol.

Rep. Juan LaFonta, D-96 New Orleans

Weekly Legislative Update: May 14, Rep. LaFonta
Saiward Pharr, WRKF
Baton Rouge, LA

Democratic Representative Juan La Fonta of New Orleans caused a bit an uproar in the House last week with his HCR 144. He speaks with WRKF's Saiward Pharr about what happened to the instrument.

Senate President Joel Chaisson, D-19 Destrehan

Weekly Legislative Update: May 7, Pres. Chaisson
Saiward Pharr, WRKF
Baton Rouge, LA

This week WRKF's Saiward Pharr spoke with Senate President Joel Chaisson in his office. Chaisson is a Democrat from Destrehan.

Weekly Legislative Update: April 30, Dr. Jim Garand
Saiward Pharr, WRKF
Baton Rouge, LA

Jim Garand, LSU political scientist

For this Week's Legislative Update LSU Political Scientist Jim Garand discusses a bid to open adoption in Louisiana to gay couples, a tabled attempt to consolidate the state's higher education boards, and what may or may not be a shot at the state education superintendent.

 

Weekly Legislative Update: April 23, Rep. Talbot
Saiward Pharr, WRKF
Baton Rouge, LA

Rep. Kirk Talbot, R-78, River Ridge

For this Weekly Legislative Update Republican Repetitive Kirk Talbot of District 78 joins WRKF's Saiward Pharr. His bill with a proposed constitutional amendment passed the House Insurance Committee on Tuesday. The bill, HB 94 , concerns required health insurance coverage.

 

Rep. Hunter Greene, R-66 Baton Rouge

Weekly Legislative Update: April 16, Rep. Greene
Saiward Pharr, WRKF
Baton Rouge, LA

For this Week's Legislative Update, WRKF's Saiward Pharr spoke with Hunter Greene at the state Capitol. He's the Republican representative of the state's 66th district, which part of Baton Rouge. His bill (HB 292 ) to return Congressional primaries in Louisiana to an open election system won House passage Wednesday. The legislature closed congressional primaries just four years ago.

Weekly Legislative Update: April 2, Dr. Jim Garand
Saiward Pharr, WRKF
Baton Rouge, LA

Jim Garand, LSU political scientist

For the first 2010 Weekly Legislative Update LSU political scientist Jim Garand gives a preview of the session. Budget woes, he says, will dominate and have lawmakers "gnashing their teeth."

But he also says keep an eye on Sen. A.G. Crowe's (R-Slidell) bill to nullify some aspects of federal health care overhauls and higher education reform.