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Shrimpers lose way of life as LNG plants expand; Program trains formerly incarcerated people as lobbyists

Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe Second Chairman and shrimper Donald Dardar sorts through his catch. He's been shrimping for about 50 years.
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Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe Second Chairman and shrimper Donald Dardar sorts through his catch. He's been shrimping for about 50 years.

Today we bring you part one of the second episode of “All Gassed Up,” a special series from Sea Change. We go to Cameron Parish where there’s been a massive expansion of liquified natural gas, or LNG, and learn what that means for people living there. And who is all this gas for anyway?

In this year's legislative sessions, Southern lawmakers have considered dozens of bills dealing with prisons and criminal justice. But families affected by the justice system say participating in the process can be a challenge.

Kat Stromquist, reporter with the Gulf States Newsroom, reports on a Mississippi program that aims to turn formerly incarcerated people –— and their loved ones — into lobbyists.


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Ryan Vasquez is the news director for WWNO and WRKF. He has a 17-year career in public broadcasting with stops at Alabama Public Radio and WUFT in Gainesville, Fla.