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Shrimpers lose a way of life as LNG plants expand; Program trains formerly incarcerated people as lobbyists
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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 to discover a massive expansion of liquified natural gas, or LNG, and learn what that means for the people living near them. 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 weighing in 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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