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You’re listening to Red River Radio News.
Good morning, I’m Jeff Ferrell.
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In Texas, The U.S. 5th Circuit has ruled undocumented immigrants can be held in jail without bond pending deportation hearings.
Houston Public Media’s Andrew Schneider reports:
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“The Trump administration had argued that undocumented immigrants, even those who had been in the U.S. for years and had no criminal records, have no right to a bond hearing as to whether they represent a danger or a flight risk. The full bench of the Fifth Circuit agreed, reversing a lower court ruling. Josh Blackman teaches constitutional law at South Texas College of Law Houston. “So at least for now, for those people who are being detained in Texas, Mississippi, and Louisiana, there's no right to a hearing. This case will likely be appealed to the Supreme Court very, very, very soon.” With the exception of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, most other circuit courts have ruled against the Trump administration on this question.”
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Louisiana has now added three substances to the state’s list of Schedule One controlled substances.
Deputy Health Secretary Dr. Pete Croughan says the three substances are all new formulations of kratom, which the legislature outlawed last year.
Croughan says health risks include dependence and respiratory depression --- similar to drugs like fentanyl:
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“We know most about their root molecule, mitragynine, which is a derivative of a historical plant that actually works as a stimulant and an opioid. And so we know it hits the same opioid receptors that fentanyl does.”
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New technology allows researchers to track air pollution in Louisiana using satellites.
As Eva Tesfaye reports for the Coastal Desk, a new study published by the American Chemical Society looks at nitrogen dioxide pollution in the Gulf South:
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“The research is based on two recent technology advancements: A NASA satellite that detects atmospheric chemicals and machine learning that can translate that data into what’s happening on the ground. The model identified nitrogen dioxide pollution surrounding the petrochemical plants between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, also known as Cancer Alley. While it hasn’t been linked to cancer, nitrogen dioxide has been associated with respiratory diseases commonly found in the region.”
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With just two days left in early voting for the November 3rd election, the Louisiana Democratic Party believes Jamie Davis can pull off the upset in the U-S Senate race.
Chief Strategist Sherice Janaye Nelson says the road to victory for any statewide Democratic candidate will always run through New Orleans:
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“One out of every seven votes Jamie Davis needs to win will come from this city.”
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In Arkansas, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders spoke against the idea of adding incoming limits to the state’s school voucher program, during an appearance on this week’s Talk Business and Politics program:
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“I don’t think you get true education freedom in you put a limit on it. But I also think it’s important to be really accurate about what the numbers look like. Education Freedom Accounts we spend about 300 million, a little over 300-million dollars, we spend north of 300 billion dollars on public education, ten times as much.”
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The National Weather Service in Shreveport is calling for:
* Mostly cloudy conditions, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 81 today.
* Tomorrow: Partly sunny, with a high near 80.
* Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 83, then 84 on Thursday, before the chance of showers returns on Friday as the high dips to 79.
* Low pressure developing out west late next week could bring an unsettled weather pattern to the Four State/ArkLaTex region at the end of the month and into early November. This may result in increasing rain chances and the possibility of above-normal rainfall.
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