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Festivals Acadiens et Creoles Live Broadcast Schedule

How the End of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Affects KRVS

Status Report on Federal Funding

KRVS is making an urgent fundraising appeal to help offset proposed federal budget cuts to public broadcasting.

An Urgent Appeal From KRVS

Louisiana News

Elise Plunk

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Louisiana Illuminator

Citizen-led pollution monitoring persists in Louisiana, despite law that limits its use

Elise Plunk (Louisiana Illuminator)

The practice is called community, citizen or participatory science, and it involves data collected from non-scientists that’s passed along to researchers who use their expertise to study and understand what they mean
Brooke Thorington

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WRKF

Luisiana usará $150M en fondos del estado para financiar subsidios de SNAP para algunos residentes en Noviembre

Mel Bridges

Luisiana usará 150 millones de dólares en fondos del estado para crear un programa de asistencia temporal para financiar subsidios para algunos beneficiarios del Programa de Asistencia Nutricional Suplementaria (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, o SNAP) en noviembre durante el cierre del gobierno federal.
Rebecca Blackwell

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AP

Louisiana Head Start providers turn to loans to stay open amid government shutdown

Aubri Juhasz

Some Head Start providers in Louisiana have taken out loans to keep operating if the government shutdown stretches into its second month.
Alex Cox

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WRKF

East Baton Rouge council asks retirees to switch to Medicare Advantage to fill budget gap

Alex Cox

The East Baton Rouge Metro Council hopes to persuade more public service retirees to switch to a government-funded health care plan it offers to help make up for a $21 million budget shortfall.

Medicine Ball Caravan In-Studio Performances

Local Shows

In the Studio: The Holiday Playgirls!

Hailing from Mamou and Opelousas, Louisiana are Renee Reed and Julianne Mahoney of the Holiday Playgirls. These ladies are here in the studio to harvest our Cajun culture with fiddle and accordion in hand. Not only do they know how to have a good time keeping the culture alive, but their musicianship is pure talent. Listen in to check them out!

Local Shows

Reece Sullivan in the Studio!

Andrew Duhon LIVE in the Studio

Local Shows

Blue Monday Allstars

NPR News

Eli Imadali

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OPB

When SNAP benefits will arrive is still in flux. Here's what communities are doing to fill the gap

The NPR Network

Reporters from the NPR Network are covering the uncertainty and lapse in benefits in states across the country.
David J. Phillip

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AP

Searching 'weight' can bring up Ozempic in results. It's a drug advertising loophole

Sydney Lupkin

There are strict rules about what drug companies can say in TV or print ads. But a new study shows there's a lot more wiggle room when companies pay to sponsor online search results.

NPR News

The Dalai Lama created a Tibetan capital in exile in India. It's shrinking

Diaa Hadid

For decades, Tibetans built a capital in exile in Dharamshala, India, and sent their kids to a school founded by the Dalai Lama. That's now changing.

60 Years of Radio Acadie - A KRVS Original Podcast

New episodes premiere weekly during the Zydeco Stomp and will air throughout the week during the news and other KRVS programs. They'll also be posted weekly here and on Spotify.