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Drew Hawkins

New Orleans

Health Equity Reporter, Gulf States Newsroom at WBHM-FM (Birmingham, AL)

reporter | writer | producer/host @podcastmicro | New Orleans vs. all y’all | holler: [email protected] | (205) 957-3285

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  • 1 week ago | wrkf.org | Drew Hawkins

    A bill moving through the Louisiana Legislature would offer critical funding support to sexual assault survivor centers, which currently receive no direct state funding and are scrambling to stay open amid federal budget cuts. House Bill 163, introduced by State Rep. Kellee Dickerson, R-Denham Springs, and backed by sexual violence prevention advocates, would impose additional fines on people convicted of sexual assault and related crimes, including human trafficking, prostitution and rape.

  • 1 week ago | wwno.org | Drew Hawkins

    A bill moving through the Louisiana Legislature would offer critical funding support to sexual assault survivor centers, which currently receive no direct state funding and are scrambling to stay open amid federal budget cuts. House Bill 163, introduced by State Rep. Kellee Dickerson, R-Denham Springs, and backed by sexual violence prevention advocates, would impose additional fines on people convicted of sexual assault and related crimes, including human trafficking, prostitution and rape.

  • 1 week ago | wwno.org | Drew Hawkins

    The Angola Prison Rodeo is the only rodeo in the country where incarcerated men compete in bull riding, buck breaking and other controversial, dangerous events. The Gulf States Newsroom’s Drew Hawkins attended the rodeo at Louisiana State Penitentiary in late April. But while the event is criticized for its brutality, it also offers participants a chance to earn money while making a connection to the outside world. The following transcript has been edited for clarity.

  • 1 week ago | al.com | Drew Hawkins

    Reproductive rights groups in Alabama wasted no time resuming their work after a federal judge ruled in early April that the state’s attorney general can’t prosecute — or threaten to prosecute — people or organizations who help Alabama residents seek an abortion by traveling to another state. One of the plaintiffs, the reproductive justice nonprofit Yellowhammer Fund, wasted no time in returning to one of its core missions: to provide financial support to traveling patients.

  • 1 week ago | gazettextra.com | Drew Hawkins

    Reproductive rights groups in Alabama wasted no time resuming their work after a federal judge ruled in early April that the state's attorney general can't prosecute - or threaten to prosecute - people or organizations who help Alabama residents seek an abortion by traveling to another state. One of the plaintiffs, the reproductive justice nonprofit Yellowhammer Fund, wasted no time in returning to one of its core missions: to provide financial support to traveling patients.

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