Legislation to require public schools in Louisiana to provide free and easy-to-access menstrual products for students is a step closer to final passage.
Bill author, New Orleans Representative Aimee Adatto Freeman tells us how she hopes to address, “period poverty,” the lack of access to sanitary products due to financial constraints.
Tomorrow is the kickoff of the 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee. But before we dive into this year’s spellers, we take a look back at last year’s champion, Zaila Avant-garde. The native of Harvey, Louisiana became the first African American – and first Louisianan – to win the Bee in its 96 years. She joined Louisiana Considered’s Alana Schreiber to reflect on her experience, and share advice for this year’s competitors.
One of those new competitors is 12-year-old Sahil Thorat. And as the 7th grader from Caddo Magnet Middle School in Shreveport prepares for his Scripps debut, he shares how he first got interested in the Bee and tells us how to promote more spelling competitions in Louisiana.
Today’s episode of Louisiana Considered was hosted by Karen Henderson. Our managing producer is Alana Schreiber and our digital editor is Katelyn Umholtz. Our engineers are Garrett Pittman, Aubry Procell, and Thomas Walsh.
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