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Gov. John Bel Edwards laid out a budget proposal to address Louisiana's list of needs including education and infrastructure thanks to a huge budget surplus. A Texas vaccine expert warns that unless the world prioritizes vaccinating low to middle-income countries, the whole world remains vulnerable to a possible summer surge of variants. And the head of a Texas restaurant association worries that thousands of bars and restaurants will close permanently thanks to the pandemic.

The number of Arkansans hospitalized with COVID-19 jumped by 184 to 1,817, the highest number since the pandemic began in 2020. The Louisiana Senate Select Committee on State Police Oversight was created last October in response to requests from senators concerned over several high-profile incidents of troopers using excessive force within the last few years. Texas Governor Greg Abbott is facing criticism for educational policies he is proposing as part of his reelection bid.

Music is powerful. It reduces stress and relieves frustration. It impacts the brain circuits that process emotions. Music motivates and inspires us, and it helps us learn. For children, learning to perform music has significant advantages. Learning to play a musical instrument can improve mathematical learning and stimulate creativity in all areas of school performance. It helps students build motor skills and teaches them discipline, responsibility, and leadership. Joining us are three high school music directors who lead some of the most dynamic and influential music programs in our region. These band directors have seen the impact music education has on students, families, and the communities they serve.

CLICK IMAGE BELOW AND SCROLL to the audio link to hear the details on RED RIVER RADIO's Morning Edition/Local Newscast with Chuck Smith. Voter registration cards are in short supply at the Texas Secretary of State’s office and one Democratic Senator wants to know why.SWEPCO’s parent company American Electric Power (AEP) will be investing $100 million dollars to build the Shreveport Control Center Project, a new electric power transmission control center that will bolster the power grid in Louisiana, Texas and other parts of the nation. LSU-Health Shreveport’s Center of Excellence for Emerging Viral Threats has announced it has received the largest private gift in its history.

Arkansas lawmakers have cleared the way for state-run health care facilities to require employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine. A federal judge in Washington D-C has blocked the Biden administration’s plans to allow more offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.Today -Jan. 31st is the deadline for Texans to register to vote in the March 1st primary election. Shreveport’s Department of Property Standards is partnering with Shreveport Green to establish a Waste Tire Cleanup Pilot Program.

— The Louisiana Supreme Court has rejected the state attorney general's request to allow immediate enforcement of state abortion bans that were put on hold by a state district judge.— More men in North Texas are looking to get vasectomies and younger women are considering sterilization now that abortion access is limited in the state.— The Arkansas Department of Health announced yesterday the first case of Monkeypox has been identified in the state.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says experts disagree strongly about whether ivory-billed woodpeckers are extinct, and is putting off a final decision on the question, to review information.

Red River Radio Local Newscast 8:04 AM 07.05.22 with Chuck Smith— Louisiana has followed a nationwide trend of workers leaving their jobs since the onset of the pandemic, a phenomenon economists call “The Great Resignation”.— The Texas Department of State Health Services reports that monkey pox is spreading in the state.— Portions southern Arkansas, northern Louisiana, east Texas and southeast Oklahoma will see temperatures reaching the upper 90's along with heat indices as high as 110 degrees making for an uncomfortable workday.

— Attorneys for an abortion clinic and other abortion rights advocates are arguing against the Louisiana attorney general's request that the state’s Supreme Court allow enforcement of Louisiana’s ban on most abortions.— Governor Asa Hutchinson announced plans to call lawmakers back into session next month to take up tax relief plans because of a record state budget surplus.— Endangered Texas horned lizards have fallen on hard times but a program at the San Antonio Zoo is trying to turn that trend around.

In this episode of Conserving Earth, host Laura-Ashley Overdyke hosts a discussion of endangered species, including species in our region.

Co-hosts Laura-Ashley Overdyke and Janice Bezanson host an episode of Conserving Earth, discussing many places on public lands that listeners can visit and explore. From March 28, 2022