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Today's Update LPB Fridays @ 7:00PM Sundays @ 2:00PM LPB 2 Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays @ 9:00 PM May 2, 2008 SWI 3136 Download the clips! Robyn Ekings reports from the State Capitol as lawmakers continue the regular Legislative session. Issues including gambling, illegal immigration and public comment on the state's 30-billion dollar operating budget are among the items considered. Then Charlie Whinham heads to Mitcham's Orchard in Ruston where a persistant plant disease is threatening the peach crop. Plus, Donna LaFleur goes to West Baton Rouge Parish where two families have made a signifigant contribution to local history. Go to Watch a Story for individual segments.

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ARCHIVES INAUGURATION 2008 - Louisiana Public Broadcasting provided live coverage of the inauguration of Governor Bobby Jindal on Monday, January 14.  Louisiana: The State We're In Managing Editor Robyn Ekings, Producer Charlie Whinham and LPB President/CEO Beth Courtney anchored the coverage from the State Capitol in Downtown Baton Rouge. In addition to the Governor, the other statewide elected officials and the Legislature were sworn in at the event. Watch online: Inauguration Program Site Watch online: Legislative Coverage Site LPB, The Advocate and WBRZ-TV teamed up for a six part series called Closing the Gap: Louisiana's Challenge to explore the problems faced by the state andsome of the things Louisiana’s leaders — and its voters — can do about them. -- More - (View in "Watch a Story" ) LPB and the Council for a Better Louisiana (CABL) held a gubernatorial forum called Leading Louisiana: The Candidates Speak. The forum is archived at the Web site video area!

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