Join host, Julie Stokes, on discussing tax reform on sales tax and the overal reconstruction issues with panelists: Jaye Calhoun, Jason DeCuir, Dannie Garrett and Jan Mollier.

Listen to Julie Stokes interview with Newell Normand on WWL Radio on her cancer advocacy work in the 2022 Louisiana Legislative Session.

In this episode of Ellevate Louisiana's Engage videocast we discuss the critical workforce shortages Louisiana is facing in its healthcare industry. Our panelists include: 

In this episode of Ellevate Louisiana's Engage videocast we discuss hospitality labor shortages due to COVID-19 and natural disasters with Louisiana Restaurant Association President and CEO, Stan Harris.

In this episode of Ellevate Louisiana's Engage podcast we discuss funding for Early Care and Education in Louisiana. Our guests are Commissioner Jay Dardenne, who serves as Louisiana’s commissioner of administration. In this capacity, he serves as the state’s chief operating officer. And Dr. Libbie Sonnier, Executive Director of the Louisiana Policy Institute for Children, who leverages 20 years of professional experience supporting young children and their families.

In this episode of Ellevate Louisiana's Engage podcast we will discuss Louisiana’s budget with Commissioner Jay Dardenne. Jay Dardenne is Louisiana’s commissioner of administration. In this capacity, he serves as the state’s chief operating officer.

In this episode of Ellevate Louisiana's Engage videocast we discuss how to be a good advocate. Our guests are Cassie Alsfeld, President of Shoreline Strategies, LLC, and Katie Corkern, Executive Director of the Rural Mental Health Alliance.

In this episode of Ellevate Louisiana's Engage podcast we discuss healthcare access issues relating to various provider types as well as other healthcare issues such as healthcare workforce shortages, telehealth and long-term care. Our guests are Kathy Kliebert, former Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, and Traci Thompson, who has over 16 years of experience working as a regulatory and transactional healthcare lawyer.

In this episode of Ellevate Louisiana's Quick Take we catch up with Karen Stubbs Church, the Assistant Secretary for the Louisiana Department of Health who is in charge of the Louisiana Office of Behavioral Health. We discuss highlights from the last legislative session for behavioral health and the new crisis system.

In this episode of Ellevate Louisiana's videocast we speak with Robert Travis Scott, the outgoing President of the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana or PAR, as well as Steven Procopio, incoming President of PAR. We discuss early childhood education funding, redistricting, tax reform and what big changes are on the horizon.