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Imagine a school setting where children ages 2-21 receive both therapeutic and educational services that enhance their quality of life. A place where 2-minute hugs are the norm, and where homemade cookies and ice cream are made and shipped all over the country. That place is Holy Angels located right here in Shreveport. Hear how Holy Angels is teaching children, reaching families, and inspiring communities.Guests include:Laurie Boswell, Chief Executive OfficerRandy Davidson, Chief Operating OfficerKelly Rouse, Director of Community School

- Louisiana has had budget surpluses for the past six years but is among 10 states near the bottom in bond ratings.- A series of pending bills are aimed at providing Texans around $16 billion in property tax relief.

- A recent poll among Louisiana voters revealed two candidates are nearly neck-and-neck in the Governor's race.- The Texas Senate has passed a bill that would define fentanyl poisoning as murder for purposes of prosecution and death certificates.- Arkansas lawmakers will consider a bill to ban Hemp products that contain Delta-8, a component of the psychoactive THC found in cannabis.

Conserving Earth's host Rebecca Triche talks about the benefits of national wildlife refuges for conservation with Terri Jacobson, ranger with Red River National Wildlife Refuge, Leo Gustafson, refuge manager with Neches River National Wildlife Refuge and Skipper Dickson, Shreveport businessman, conservationist and first board chairman for The Nature Conservancy Louisiana.

- Governor John Bel Edwards has announced he will use his constitutional authority to deny the Industrial Tax Exemption Program applications by the Folgers Coffee company.- Texas has reopened a program to help people who are struggling financially to pay their rent.- Louisiana’s insurance commissioner Jim Donelson has decided not to run for reelection.

: Tracy McComic, Executive Director of Noel Community Arts Program in Shreveport, leads a vibrant nonprofit dedicated to making arts education—whether visual, musical, or pottery—accessible to all ages across the Historic Highland neighborhood. With a heart for outreach and equity, she champions scholarships, community art projects, and partnerships that lift voices, foster creativity, and build connections through the transformative power of the arts.

Ornithologist Cliff Shackelford hosts another episode of Bird Calls. His special guest for this week will be Earl Nottingham, a professional nature photographer. The profile species is the Yellow-throated Vireo. The photo was snapped by James Childress. Your calls are welcomed at 800-552-8502.

Cliff Shackelford hosts another episode of Bird Calls. Featured bird this week is the Mallard. Featured guest is James Childress..

- An Arkansas judge has struck down four new voting restrictions passed by Republican lawmakers.- A Texas House committee meets later Monday on several issues plaguing the state’s foster care system.- A bill heading to the US Senate aims to ban discrimination based on hairstyles or textures affiliated with a certain race or nationality.- Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Sunset, Louisiana later this afternoon to take part in a discussion on the US Commerce Department’s investment in Louisiana communities.

- A storm system that left widespread damage and some injuries in its wake in North Texas is drifting into East Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas.- Vice President Kamala Harris paid a visit to Louisiana yesterday to celebrate a $30 million federal grant that will fund high-speed internet for 11 rural Acadiana communities.- The Texas Education Agency says the state’s special education rate has risen steadily over the past four years.- The Arkansas attorney general says she'll appeal a judge's ruling striking down four new voting laws as unconstitutional.