LOUISIANA: THE STATE WE’RE IN MANAGING EDITOR ROBYN EKINGS ACCEPTS COMMUNICATIONS POSITION AT LASERS TODAY'S UPDATE: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 iPod • Windows Media ARCHIVES: Click here. (All clips approximately 0:02:30, 11.1 MB) Watch online: Legislative Coverage Site   Get the latest election news and coverage!

Today's Update LPB Fridays @ 7:00PM Sundays @ 2:00PM LPB 2 Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays @ 9:00 PM May 9, 2008 SWI 3137 Download the clips! Robyn Ekings is at the state Capitol as the sixth week of the regular session wraps up with legislative pay raises, the repeal of the state's motorcycle helmet law and college pay raise tuition bills among the items up for debate. Next, for those interested in tracing their roots, Donna LaFleur takes us to the State Archives to show you how. Meet a New Orleans teenager who's researching his Creole ancestors. Plus, celebrate this year's Louisiana Legends who were honored recently at a gala. Tune in to find out who they are. 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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