LOUISIANA: THE STATE WE’RE IN: Play: Windows | iPod August 15, 2008 SWI 3151 Shauna Sanford explores the successes and problems homeowners have faced, as a September 5th Road Home Program application deadline looms. Hear about a rare and deadly form of bacterial meningitis that killed an LSU student this summer. One Galliano mother lost her son to the same disease in 2006 and says the death is preventable with a vaccination. Plus, Donna LaFleur talks to two creative Louisiana artists about how Hurricane Katrina has affected their work. Go to Watch a Story for individual segments or Download the clips! SPECIAL REPORT: Louisiana: The State We're In Special - Katrina: Three Years Later, A Town Hall Meeting Louisiana: The State We're In will run a special report on the state of recovery on August 29th at 7:00 PM CST using additional footage from the New Orleans town meeting for Coastal Comeback: Louisiana & Mississippi After Katrina.   Get the latest election news and coverage!

Session Closed: Archives LPB Fridays @ 7:00PM Sundays @ 2:00PM LPB 2 Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays @ 9:00 PM Road Home Community Outreach Sessions August 19 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. North Shore Harbor Center 100 Harbor Center Boulevard Slidell, LA 70461 August 21 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Holiday Inn-New Iberia 2915 Highway 14 New Iberia 70560 August 26 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Location to be announced in Orleans Parish August 24 Noon - 5 p.m. Lake Charles Civic Center 900 Lakeshore Drive Lake Charles, LA 70601 August 28 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. St. Patrick's Church 28698 Highway 23 Port Sulphur, LA 70083 More

Production funding for Louisiana: The State We’re In is provided by the Fred B. and Ruth B. Zigler Foundation of Jennings, Louisiana Noesis Data, LLC Capital One Louisiana Forestry Association and The Foundation for Excellence in Lousiana Public Broadcasting.

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" ) LOUISIANA: THE STATE WE’RE IN welcomes Shauna Sanford to the anchor team! LOUISIANA: THE STATE WE’RE IN MANAGING EDITOR ROBYN EKINGS ACCEPTS COMMUNICATIONS POSITION AT LASERS 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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