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Airs Wednesday, December 22, 2021, at 6 p.m. (repeat) John Quincy Adams once said, “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader. “This is certainly true for school principals who are charged with providing a school vision and instructional leadership as well as managing support services, overseeing extracurricular programs and promoting school partnerships with community groups. But many school principals go beyond the call duty, displaying characteristics of servant leaders in how they value and promote staff, develop and empower students, and inspire and transform communities.

On this debut episode of Conserving Earth, Host Janice Bezanson is joined by Ben Jones, Executive Director of the Texas Conservation Alliance, to talk about the impact of light pollution on migrating birds and how buildings and cities such as Dallas, Houston and Austin are participating in Lights Out to protect migrating birds, how other cities can take steps to do the same, as well as how individuals can help by flipping a switch.

Rabbi Jana De Benedetti guest hosts this episode, as our faith leaders review their experiences over the past year.

Louisiana again is starting to see growing numbers of COVID-19 cases, and an infectious disease expert says the state is entering another spike as the omicron variant of the virus spreads. Texas hospital officials are concerned about staffing shortages and healthcare worker burnout if another surge hits. The Centers for Medicare Services has approved Arkansas' proposal to overhaul its expansion of Medicaid.

A north Louisiana police official is retiring, months after he was demoted by a new mayor. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear arguments about Texas' restrictive abortion law on Friday. Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson explained that the state has spent $60 million dollars to meet any surge in Covid19 as the state's department of health reports its largest one-day spike in cases since the pandemic began. And students attending LSU in Shreveport will have a slight adjustment for in-person classes as the new school year is about to begin.

Eight Texas mayors are among more than 150 across the country urging the US Senate to take action on voting rights legislation this month. Texas has close to two-dozen new laws that went into effect after January 1st. One of those laws requires nursing and assisted living facilities to post specific information on their websites. Louisiana’s governor has pardoned the Black man whose 1892 arrest and conviction led to the Supreme Court ruling that cemented “separate but equal” into U.S. law for half a century.

Cliff Shackelford hosts the January 11 edition of Bird Calls. Featured Profile Species this week is the Eastern Phoebe. 6 pm, Tuesday, January 11, 2022.Special guest is Greg Grant from Texas AgriLife.

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards said the state has again set a record with 14,077 cases diagnosed in one day. The capital city of Texas has re-entered stage 5 of their risk-based Covid-19 guidelines as the seven-day average for coronavirus cases in Texas has nearly tripled over the past week. And a documentary about five Shreveport Catholic Priests who served the sick and dying during the Yellow Fever pandemic in the 1890's has been accepted by the Cannes Film Festival in France.

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick tested positive for COVID-19 over the holidays and is quarantining after experiencing mild symptoms. Recent freezing temperatures had Texans wondering if they might experience power grid problems. Groups representing Arkansas' pediatricians and teachers are calling for more school districts to require face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

Sunday, January 2, 2022, at 1 p.m. (repeat) Our host this week is Dr. Marci Howard and she is joined today Dr. Rabbi Jana De Benedetti, B’Nai Zion Congregation, Ashish Modi from the Sadhu Vaswani Hindu Cultural Center and Hindu Temple, and Father Jason Foster from Holy Nativity of the Lord Orthodox Church in America.