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State hospitals and state-supported living centers in Texas, like other medical facilities, are facing staffing shortages that are exacerbated by the Coronavirus pandemic. First-time jobless claims in the Lone Star State fell by 25 percent last week. A Shreveport city councilman who made requested a legislative auditor look into allegations concerning incompetence and malfeasance in the Finance Department was immediately removed from chairing the city's Audit and Finance committee. The 10th Annual Martha E. Deichler Union County math contest takes place this Saturday at El Dorado High School

Thursday, April 28, 2022, at 6 p.m. April is Autism Acceptance Month. On this episode of Health Matters: Mental Health Edition, Dr. Shawn McNeil, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at LSU Health Shreveport, hosts a discussion on recognizing autism in children and therapies and treatments to support children with autism. Guests include Mike McGill, speech-language pathologist and Assistant Director of Children's Center at LSU Health Shreveport, Dr. Adam Blancher, counseling psychologist with Children’s Center at LSU Health Shreveport, and Becca Durr, speech-language pathologist with Children’s Center at LSU Health Shreveport. Questions will be taken at 1-800-552-8502.

— Gas prices are higher than they were a year ago. And for Texas drivers, the prices have recently increased slightly.— Find out about a non-profit group in Louisiana that rescues and rehabilitates injured wild animals.

— Republican Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson says he's considering a presidential bid for 2024.— WERLA is a non-profit group made up of mostly volunteers who are trained in getting injured wild animals taken care of so they can be returned to the wild.

— The Energy Department has authorized additional exports of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, from planned terminals in Texas and Louisiana.— Public school teacher salaries in Texas lag behind the national average by more than 75 hundred dollars, according to a new ranking from the National Education Association.— Texas has been experiencing severe drought conditions which not only affects agriculture, but it increases the chances for wildfires.— Louisiana is ranked as America's sixth-most gambling-addicted state. That’s according to a survey released Tuesday by WalletHub.com, a personal finance website.

— Groups advocating for more aid to low-income students have questioned the fairness of the TOPS awards going to higher-income families.— The U.S. Department of Energy says it plans to lend up to $107 million to expand an Australian-owned plant that produces materials for electric car batteries in Louisiana.— Shreveport's Fairgrounds Field is to be demolished at a cost of more than half-a-million dollars with a chunk of that going to remove a protected bat species that has taken residence in the stadium.

— Bills to limit actions that state and local governments can take to control COVID-19 continue to advance in Louisiana’s 2022 legislative session.— LA Ag Commissioner Mike Strain says rising global temperatures could damage crop production to meet growing demands.— - Texas public school enrollment is growing again but still below pre-pandemic levels.

Airs 4-26-2022 at 6 pm. Do districts truly take advantage of this opportunity of fueling and sustaining the teacher workforce by growing their own educators? The answer is yes, and here to share how they are planting educator seeds in school and district soil to grow the teacher workforce are three visionary educational leaders.

— Arkansas is turning down most of the $146 million in federal pandemic rental assistance the state was set to receive.— Today marks the start of early voting in Texas for the May 7th election.— Severe weather is expected for much of the Red River Radio listening area this morning.

— Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards is predicting the Legislature will be able to raise state teacher pay by $2,000 a year before the current session ends in June.— Texas Gubernatorial candidate Democrat Beto O'Rourke says he will take steps to lower residential property taxes if he's elected governor.— A Texas economist says severing ties with Russia would have a limited impact on the state's economy.— For the first time in its history the command of the 96th Bomb Squadron will be held by a woman.