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The About Faith panel has a discussion about Ramadan.

The About Faith panel discusses Esther and also the situation in the Ukraine.

— Texas is poised to outlaw abortion this summer, based on a leaked opinion from the US Supreme Court overturning Roe versus Wade.— Texas’ neighboring state Arkansas has a law on the books that would go into effect should the U.S. Supreme Court overturn legal abortion.— Legal scholars and health policy analysts are already considering potential ripple effects the overturning of Roe VS Wade might have on women’s healthcare.— The annual Give For Good campaign has broken a record in donations.

— A legislative committee is now seeking to hold a former Louisiana State Police Superintendent in contempt for refusing to turn over his full journals regarding the 2019 death of Black motorist Ronald Greene.— Saturday- is Election Day for the May 7th elections for the Lone Star State.— Farmers are facing many challenges this year; on top of dealing with mother nature, they are navigating pandemic fall-out, things like employee shortages, and then there’s inflation.— A proposal to allow Louisiana high school seniors statewide who have failed to reach graduation requirements to do so by meeting other standards has been rejected by the state education board.

On this episode of Bird Calls, ornithologist Cliff Shackelford will be profiling the Prothonotary Warbler, an oddly named bird that will be discussed during the show.

— A bill that would keep transgender women and girls in Louisiana from competing on college and K-12 women’s and girls’ athletic teams has moved a step closer to passage.— A Louisiana House committee voted Wednesday in support of a bill that would make abortion a crime of homicide for which a woman ending her pregnancy could be charged, along with anyone helping her.— A new poll says a majority of Texas voters DO NOT support automatically banning all abortions if Roe v. Wade is overturned.— Arkansas has built up a surplus of nearly $1 billion for the fiscal year more quickly than expected.

Cliff Shackelford hosts the December 14 edition of Bird Calls. Featured Profile Species this week is the American Kestrel. 6 pm, Tuesday, December 14, 2021

State and local health officials are investigating the COVID-19 Omicron variant’s arrival in Texas. Arkansas lawmakers held a special joint legislative session yesterday to focus on lowering income taxes for the state’s higher earners. Louisiana’s Supreme Court has decided to hear arguments in a pastor’s fight against criminal charges he faces for violations of 2020 pandemic gathering limits.

Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021, at 1 p.m. On this episode of Illuminations, Ranae Moran is joined by Pastor Michael Phillips, inspirational speaker and author of “Wrong Lanes Have Right Turns: A Pardoned Man's Escape from the School-to-Prison Pipeline and What We Can Do to Dismantle It," in which he tells his story of redemption and advocates for educational opportunity for all children.

50% of all Arkansans had been fully vaccinated as of Wednesday, almost a year after the first vaccine doses were administered in the state. Despite efforts to get more people vaccinated, the majority of covid patients in hospitals are the unvaccinated. State regulators say they have taken sufficient steps to avoid the widespread, deadly blackouts Texans faced during last February's freeze but critics say the state hasn't done enough.