Red River Radio Local Newscast 7:04 AM 01.20.22 with Chuck Smith

Arkansas has reported its biggest one-day jump in hospitalizations as the state continues to feel the surge of the omicron variant of the coronavirus.
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards says the Army Corps of Engineers will be getting $2.6 billion for Louisiana under the infrastructure and supplemental disaster acts. A new law aimed at preventing transgender students from competing on school sports teams that align with their gender identity may affect cisgender girls.
The top election official in Austin says a new Texas voting law has forced her office to reject many vote-by-mail applications. And Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has tested positive for Covid-19.