RICHARD NELSON DISCUSSES A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF LOUISIANA’S FISCAL FUTURE: CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 2.

THE LATEST EDITION OF THE KTBS PODCAST: “THE APP-ARKLATEX PEOPLE AND POLITICS, FEATURES LOUISIANA STATE TREASURER, JOHN FLEMING. FLEMING HAS AN IMPRESSIVE RESUME; A DOCTOR; EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN; U.S. CONGRESSMAN; WHITE HOUSE DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF; AND NOW A CANDIDATE FOR THE U.S. SENATE. FLEMING WILL DISCUSS ALL THOSE ROLES, WITH SOME BEHIND THE SCENES STORIES FROM HIS DAYS IN THE WHITE HOUSE ON THE LATEST EDITION OF “THE APP-ARKLATEX PEOPLE AND POLITICS”, HOSTED BY KTBS ANCHOR AND POLITICAL RPOERTER, JEFF BEIMFOHR. ‘THE APP IS AVAILABLE WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS AND ON ALL KTBS DIGITAL PLATOFORMS.

THE NEWEST EPISODE FEATURES A DISCUSSIONS WITH JANE SMITH, THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOSSIER REPUBLICAN WOMEN’S GROUP; HOSTED BY KTBS -TV ANCHOR AND POLITICAL REPORTER JEFF BEIMFOHR.

 IN ADDTION , SMITH HAS A LONG AND VARIED BACKGROUND IN POLITICS AND EDUCATION. FOR EXAMPLE, SHE WAS THE SUPERINTENDENT OF BOSSIER PARISH SCHOOLS; AND SHE WAS ALSO A LONGTIME LAWMAKER  IN THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE.

SHE HAS MANY STORIES TO RELATE, INCLUDING THE WAY POLITICS HAS EVOLVED OVER THE LAST TWO DECADES. IT WAS A LIVELY DISCUSSION; ENTERTAINING AND INFORMATIVE. “THE APP-ARKLATEX PEOPLE AND POLITICS” IS AVAILABLE ON ALL MAJOR PODCAST PLATFORMS AND ALL KTBS DIGITAL PLATFORMS.

THIS WEEK’S EPISODE FEATURES MELINDA DESLATTE FROM THE ‘PUBLIC AFFAIRS RESEARCH COUNCIL’, AND BARRY ERWIN WITH ‘LEADERS FOR A BETTER LOUISIANA’.

BOTH HAVE EXTENSIVE BACKGROUNDS IN JOURNALISM; DESLATTE WAS A REPORTER FOR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS, WHILE ERWIN WAS A NEWS ANCHOR IN SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA BEFORE MAKING A CAREER SWITCH.

THIS EPISODE FEATURES STATE REPRESENTATIVE DODIE HORTON; STATE SENATOR ALAN SEABAUGH; AND SYNDICATED RADIO HOST MOON GRIFFON. ASIDE FROM HIS OWN RADIO SHOWS AND PODCASTS, GRIFFON DOESN’T DO A LOT OF OUTSIDE MEDIA; HE EXPLAINS WHY IN “THE APP”, SO IT WAS EXCITING HE AGREED TO APPEAR ON THIS PODCAST. HORTON AND SEABAUGH ARE FREQUENT GUESTS ON GRIFFON’S OWN SHOWS, SO THEIR CHEMISTRY WITH ONE ANOTHER MADE FOR SOME LIVELY CONVERSATION ON “THE APP”. TOPICS RANGED FROM A REVIEW OF THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE’S SPECIAL SESSON ON TAXES, TO A LOOK AHEAD TO THE UPCOMING REGULAR SESSION IN APRIL, PLUS A LOOK AT ALL THE ACTIVITY IN WASHINGTON, D.C. UNDER THE NEW TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. SO, ENJOY THE SECOND EPISODE OF “THE APP”

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE MIKE JOHNSON, FROM BOSSIER PARISH—IS THE FIRST GUEST ON THE INITIAL EPISODE OF “THE APP”; A NEW PODCAST OFFERING FROM KTBS TELEVISION.  THE APP WILL FOCUS ON INTERVIEWS WITH POLITICAL FIGURES FROM LOUISIANA, ARKANSAS, TEXAS, AND OKLAHOMA; AS WELL AS NATIONAL FIGURES LIKE SPEAKER JOHNSON.

THE PODCAST WILL BE HOSTED BY KTBS-TV ANCHOR AND POLITICAL REPORTER JEFF BEIMFOHR. TO PREPARE FOR THE INITIAL EPISODE, BEIMFOHR TRAVELED TO WASHINGTON, D.C. TO INTERVIEW THE SPEAKER IN HIS CEREMONIAL OFFICE INSIDE THE U.S. CAPITOL. MIKE JOHNSON ADDRESSES A WIDE VARIETY OF TOPICS—INCLUDING THE FLURRY WITH WHICH THE TRUMP ADMINISTRAITON HAS BEGUN AND KEEPING HIS EYE ON HIS HOME DISTRICT IN LOUISIANA. NEW EPISODES OF “THE APP” WILL DROP EVERY SUNDAY MORNING ON ALL MAJOR PODCAST PLATFORMS.