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'It's scary to live in fear': What Ukrainians in Louisiana are saying about the war back home

Today on Louisiana Considered, we dig into the agenda for the next state legislative session. And we hear what Ukrainians living in Louisiana have to say about the Russian invasion of their home country.

With clashes over redistricting maps and threat of lawsuits from civil rights groups, the most recent state legislative session ended with a lot of questions still unanswered. Now, state senators and representatives are set to reconvene on Monday.

The Advocate’s editorial director and columnist Stephanie Grace joins WRKF’s Capital Access reporter Paul Braun to discuss the agenda for the upcoming Congressional session.

On Tuesday, Louisianans gathered to protest Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Louisiana Considered Managing Producer Alana Schreiber attended the protest and spoke with local Ukrainian citizens to hear their thoughts, concerns and demands.

Today’s episode of Louisiana Considered was hosted by Paul Braun. Our managing producer is Alana Schreiber and our digital editor is Katelyn Umholtz. Our engineers are Garrett Pittman, Aubrey Procell, and Thomas Walsh. 

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Paul Braun is WRKF's Capitol Access reporter.
Alana Schreiber is the managing producer for the live daily news program, Louisiana Considered. She comes to WWNO from KUNC in Northern Colorado, where she worked as a radio producer for the daily news magazine, Colorado Edition. She has previously interned for Minnesota Public Radio in St. Paul and The Documentary Group in New York City.