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April’s Conserving Earth features discussion about the Farm Bill and its impact on habitat conservation and natural resources management. Host Rebecca Triche is joined by Commissioner Mike Strain of the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry; Chad Kacir, the NRCS State Conservationist for Louisiana; and Bill Bartush, a certified wildlife biologist with the American Bird Conservancy working with the Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture.

- Oklahoma's Governor and the state NAACP have called for the resignations of McCurtain County Sheriff and other officials upon learning of audio recordings allegedly discussing hiring hitmen to kill a local newspaper reporter and lynch black people.- President Joe Biden will nominate a North Texas Judge to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.- The Texas Senate has passed its proposed spending plan of the $308 billion budget.- Arkansas Governor Sara Huckabee-Sanders says a special legislative session is possible to focus on the state's Medicaid program.

- The Texas House has given preliminary approval to a bill that would remove some library books from public schools for containing sexually explicit language.- Louisiana has made the top 10 list of “Best States for Fishing in 2023”.- If Texas were a country, it would have the ninth largest economy in the world. In short – business is booming in Texas.- A truck hauling mangos in Rapides Parish was pulled over by sheriff's deputies and a K9 discovered it was transporting something else.

- Louisiana's lucrative film tax credit program may get extended for another decade.- A school security bill passed a major milestone in the Texas House Monday after extensive debate.- Employees for the State of Arkansas are now eligible to receive 12 weeks paid maternity leave.

- Louisiana lawmakers killed an effort to legalize recreational marijuana, leaving the state's medical cannabis program as the only legal way to secure the drug.- The publisher of daily newspapers in New Orleans and Baton Rouge is launching a digital news service in northwest Louisiana.- An non-profit group promoting free expression says Texas still leads the nation in the number of books it bans.- The Community Foundation of North Louisiana announced it will award $3 million in grants for 2023.

- A bill has been advanced out of committee that would allow the LA Attorney General to go after porn websites that fail to verify age of users as required by state law.- A major cannabis producer from Canada is interested in growing medical marijuana in Texas and is seeking a license from the state.- Arkansas' Governor Sara Huckabee-Sanders has signed a bill into law that will cut taxes for individual and corporate taxpayers.

- A new bill to create a Border Protection Unit in Texas is facing pushback as it would allow untrained citizens to patrol the Texas – Mexico border and allow them to make arrests.- The director for the Global Research Alliance for Artificial Intelligence in Education told LSUS professors that A.I. will impact everything in education and society for better or worse.

- A bill is pending a hearing before Louisiana's Senate Judicial Committee that if approved would raise the age to 21 for anyone to enter or work in a bar.- There's a lot of misinformation about childhood vaccines and a Bossier pediatrician wants to help parents explore the reasons why they should have their children vaccinated against potentially deadly disease.

Our panel discusses how different faiths look at honoring parents.

- Officials in cities and towns across Texas are tracking bills in the state legislature that could limit local governments.- Gov. John Bel Edwards announced this week that the application period is now open for the Restore Louisiana Small Business Loan Program.- Louisiana is the latest to join a growing list of states pushing to ban gender-affirming medical care to minors.