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Louisiana Governor Edwards First Year Anniversary Reflections

Red River Radio | By Chuck Smith
Published January 12, 2017 at 11:17 AM EST
FIRST YEAR ANNIVERSARY - Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) of Louisiana holds a press conference at the Governor's mansion in Baton Rouge.
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FIRST YEAR ANNIVERSARY - Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) of Louisiana holds a press conference at the Governor's mansion in Baton Rouge.
FIRST YEAR ANNIVERSARY - Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) of Louisiana holds a press conference at the Governor's mansion in Baton Rouge.
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Courtesy: Office of Louisiana Governor
FIRST YEAR ANNIVERSARY - Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) of Louisiana holds a press conference at the Governor's mansion in Baton Rouge.

FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE ANNIVERSARY -  Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards held a press conference Wednesday, January 11th to reflect upon his first year in office.   He knew he was entering the governor's office in crisis mode, inheriting a massive financial mess when his term began a year ago.   Yesterday he announced that he will propose raising taxes to fully fund the TOPS tuition program but admitted that more hard decisions await in dealing with a looming $300 million dollar deficit for 2017.  He did say he was proud of the Medicaid expansion he signed into effect which provided health insurance for some 370,000 working poor in the state.

LA. GOVERNOR FIRST YEAR ANNIVERSARY - Gov. John Bel Edwards held a press conference Wednesday highlighting the challenges and achievements his administration experienced this past year and what lay ahead for 2017.

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Chuck Smith
Chuck Smith brings more than 30 years' experience to Red River Radio having started out as a radio news reporter and moving into television journalism as a newsmagazine producer / host, talk-show moderator, programming director and managing producer and news director / anchor for commercial, public broadcasting and educational television. He has more recently worked in advertising, marketing and public relations as a writer, video producer and media consultant. In pursuit of higher learning, Chuck studied Mass Communications at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and motion picture / television production at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has also taught writing for television at York Technical College in Rock Hill, South Carolina and video / film production at Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport.
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