Note: Program topics are subject to change.

SWI 2501 September 21, 2001
Jeff Duhé interviews U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu, Chair of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, on terrorism. Byron Henderson tracks whales in the Gulf of Mexico. Jeff Duhé features the 100th anniversary of oil drilling from Jennings.

SWI 2502 September 28, 2001
Jeff Duhé interviews Lt. Gov. Kathleen Blanco on response to tourism downturn following 9/11. Byron Henderson profiles the "Evolution" series from WGBH. Charles Bush features an exhibit and history of Shadows on the Teche.

SWI 2503 October 5, 2001
Byron Henderson investigates why climatologists predict a strong hurricane season. Karen Henderson details the consequences and savings of an Administration state worker hiring freeze. Jeff Duhé finds Teddy Roosevelt’s 1903 hunting camp in Tallulah.

SWI 2504 October 12, 2001
Jeff Duhé covers the state gambling commission as the awarding of the 15th riverboat license is considered. Byron Henderson details lawmakers’attempts at political redistricting in a brief special session.

SWI 2505 October 19, 2001
Jeff Duhé reports on a four-way primary race for state Supreme Court. Byron Henderson continues coverage of the redistricting session. Jeff Duhé finds a German U-boat at the bottom of the Gulf.

SWI 2506 October 26, 2001
Byron Henderson asks why a "Millennium Port" is proposed. Karen Henderson reports on a recent law encouraging mammograms that may be counterproductive. Jeff Duhé visits Shreveport to watch the restoration of 1930s murals by Conrad Albrizio.

SWI Preempted by Festival

SWI 2507 November 7, 2001
Jeff Duhé on the largest industrial jury verdict in America: Exxon is hit with one billion dollars in fines for polluting property in Harvey. Byron Henderson reports on an encephalitis outbreak in Monroe. Jeff Duhé tours a landmark revolving lounge on its final spin.

SWI 2508 November 9, 2001
Byron Henderson details the bailout plan for the N.O. Saints. Jeff Duhé talks with LA veterans of the North Africa Campaigns. Charles Bush visits the Renaissance Festival near Hammond.

SWI 2509 November 16, 2001
Jeff Duhé investigates why hunters are being evicted from their camps in St. John Parish to make way for a nature preserve. Beth Courtney interviews Gus Weill on his memoir in politics. Charles Bush features art from the Scottish National Museum at NOMA.

SWI 2510 November 23, 2001
Byron Henderson has a background report on education reform following the release of new state rankings of districts and schools. Jeff Duhé talks about school rankings with Cecil Picard, CABL’s Barry Erwin and LAE President Carol Davis.

SWI 2511 November 30, 2001
Jeff Duhé recalls LA Maneuvers of Pineville on their 60th anniversary. Byron Henderson follows the trouble with a flood of so-called catfish imported from Asia. Jeff Duhé visits the LSU Rural Life Museum’s Victorian Christmas

No SWI  Preempted by Festival

SWI 2512 December 14, 2001
Byron Henderson investigates security at the state’s largest industrial plants in light of 9/11. Jeff Duhé interviews LSU anti-terrorism expert Dan Walsh. Charles Bush has the opening of the D-Day Museum’s Pacific Exhibit.

SWI 2513 December 21, 2001
Byron Henderson reviews the effect of 9/11 on state tourism. Karen Henderson reports Congress is poised to tighten interstate transport laws and threaten the tradition of cockfighting in LA. Jeff Duhé investigates why the Confederate Museum says its being squeezed out of its home.

SWI 2514 December 28, 2001
Jeff Duhé hosts "Year in Review" talk show with newspaper reporters John Hill and Jack Wardlaw.

SWI 2515 January 4, 2002
Jeff Duhé interviews Governor Mike Foster.

SWI 2516 January 11, 2002
Jeff Duhé speaks with U.S. Senator John Breaux on not running for Governor. Byron Henderson on why more business seed capitol isn’t available. Jeff Duhé tours North Boulevard landmarks in BR on the 30th anniversary of one of the South’s most violent racial riots.

SWI 2517 January 18, 2002
Jeff Duhé details how millions in former welfare money is available but unspent on new early childhood education programs. Byron Henderson has part one of a series of reports on juvenile justice, under court scrutiny and at a crossroads of privatization. Charles Bush profiles a Shreveport collector of jukeboxes.

SWI 2518 January 25, 2002
Jeff Duhé talks with Labor Secretary Garey Forster about former welfare dollars spent now on training and prison job fairs. Byron Henderson concludes series of reports on juvenile justice and correction officers pay issues. Jeff Duhé tours burned Plaquemines Courthouse, colonial records depository, asks how the state is protecting historic documents.

SWI 2519 February 1, 2002
Byron Henderson investigates Exxon’s desire to retool to make cleaner gasoline; it will mean dirtier air in the short term.Jeff Duhé interviews Development’s Don Hutchinson on eve of session. Charles Bush lists history of Mardi Gras in a new exhibit at the Cabildo.

SWI 2521 February 15, 2002
Byron Henderson hosts SWI in Duhe’s absence, updates Millennium Port, Grefer/Exxon case and Greg Girourd feature.

SWI 2522 February 22, 2002
Jeff Duhé interviews Commissioner of Administration Mark Drennen previewing economic development session. Byron Henderson referees fight between Legislative Auditor Dan Kyle and Agriculture Commissioner Bob Odom. Charles Bush features a Eunice wood carver of miniature old houses.

SWI 2523 March 1, 2002
Jeff Duhé previews economic development session with interview of Foster Chief of Staff Steve Perry. Byron Henderson visits a new amateur racetrack in Paincourtville.

SWI Preempted by Festival

SWI Preempted by Festival

SWI 2524 March 22, 2002
Jeff Duhé previews major issues on the eve of a special session, interviews Senate President and House Speaker. Charles Bush features "Cavalcade of Stars," Secretary of State, sponsor.

SWI 2525 March 29, 2002
Jeff Duhé attends opening of Davis Pond coastal erosion project. Byron Henderson details the deal to attract Charlotte Hornets to N.O. Jeff Duhé features an old man who claims a visit from the Virgin Mary.

SWI 2526 April 5, 2002
Jeff Duhé reviews the week of special session politics. Byron Henderson details an audit of the Education Department.

SWI 2527 April 12, 2002
Byron Henderson gauges the impact of new, 30 per cent federal steel tariffs on LA business, ports. Jeff Duhé interviews Senate Revenue Chairman Robert Barham on tax proposals in the legislative session. Charles Bush profiles Lafayette artist Francis Pavi.

SWI 2528 April 19, 2002
Jeff Duhé reviews the fourth week of the legislative session. Byron Henderson finds LA spending on anti-smoking efforts far lower than health officials want despite tobacco settlement money.

SWI 2529 April 26, 2002
Jeff Duhé previews the regular fiscal-only session. Byron Henderson investigates cuts in Medicaid rates threatening to thin the number of doctors accepting poor patients. Jeff Duhé is in Marthaville to preview the annual State Fiddling Contest.

SWI 2530 May 3, 2002
Jeff Duhé details the first week of the fiscal session, tax renewal plans. Byron Henderson evaluates the merits of a "deal closing fund." Jeff Duhé interviews LABI President Dan Juneau in response to Governor Foster’s criticism of business lobbying against taxes.

SWI 2531 May 10, 2002
Jeff Duhé details the second week of the fiscal session. Byron Henderson profiles "deadbeat" parents and the fight to get them to pay child support by withholding state licenses. Charles Bush features a carver of wooden birds in Houma.

SWI 2532 May 17, 2002
Jeff Duhé details the political standoff over taxes in the fiscal session. Byron Henderson investigates the validity of an ACLU suit against Christian messages in state-sponsored abstinence programs. Jeff Duhé reviews a book of previously unseen watercolor drawings by a French priest who lives in St. Charles Parish in the 1850s.

SWI 2533 May 24, 2002
Jeff Duhé reports on the fourth week of the fiscal session. Byron Henderson reports a LA laboratory helping to preserve honeybees may be erased in federal budget cuts. Jeff Duhé features the ongoing preservation of a Civil War submarine found near Lake Pontchartrain.

SWI 2534 May 31, 2002
Jeff Duhé reports on the fifth week of the fiscal session, talks with Senate Finance Chairman Jay Dardenne. Byron Henderson details a new proposal to tax Internet sales. Karen Henderson visits the first graduating class of "French Immersion" students in Cecilia.

SWI 2535 June 7, 2002
Jeff Duhé reports a logjam of political stubbornness is broken over renewing taxes in the fiscal session, interviews Rep. Vic Stelly on latest proposal to swap income for sales taxes. Byron Henderson finds the next federal budget may zero out a LA honeybee laboratory farmers and beekeepers praise.

SWI 2536 June 14, 2002
Jeff Duhé reviews the legislative fiscal session in conversations with House and Senate leaders.

SWI 2537 June 21, 2002
Jeff Duhé travels to the Chandeleur Islands to investigate the return of eastern Brown pelicans. Byron Henderson has an "Enterprise" business profile of Abita Brewery. Plus. how our 19th century ancestors kept cool in Louisiana Summers.

SWI 2538 June 28, 2002
Byron Henderson investigates a shortage of qualified nurses in Louisiana.

SWI 2539 July 5, 2002
Jeff Duhé details the legal points of appeal in the case of former Governor Edwin Edwards and others convicted in 2000 of conspiring to influence the licensing of riverboat casinos.

SWI 2540 July 12, 2002
Jeff Duhé investigates why hunters will be forced from their camps in St. John Parish. Byron Henderson examines the security of Louisiana industrial plants against terrorism. Plus, the restored murals of Conrad Albrizio in Shreveport.

SWI 2541 July 19, 2002
Byron Henderson details new methods of coercion for parents who won't pay child support. Jeff Duhé tours Davis Pond, a new promise for coastal restoration. The work of Lafayette painter Francis Pavi.

SWI 2542 July 26, 2002
Jeff Duhé investigates complaints that a Confederate Museum is being squeezed out by progress. Byron Henderson visits an amateur race track in Paincourtville. Plus, Teddy Roosevelt's 1903 camp is uncovered in Tallulah.

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