In Focus with Carolyn Hutcheson

For the Back to Nature series on In Focus, we visit with Michael Mullen, the Choctawhatchee Riverkeeper during Earth Week.

Outdoor activities in spring can put people in the vicinity of wild animals. Dr. Wes Stubblefield of the Alabama Department of Public Health joins In Focus again this week to discuss two diseases that can infect humans - bird flu and rabies.

Nature has inspired poets for generations, and today Alabama's former Poet Laureate, Jennifer Horne, visits In Focus for Earth Day and National Poetry Month.

On today's Newswrap from In Focus, Todd Stacy, host of Alabama Public Television's Capitol Journal, discusses the progress of the Laken Riley Act through the legislature, and the Wildcard is about a book brigade!

A measles outbreak, with hundreds of cases is in the news, and Dr. Wes Stubblefield of the Alabama Department of Public Health visits In Focus today to share his advice.

Today's In Focus is about the grave of a Revolutionary War soldier who settled in Alabama. Lynn Schlick, president of the Alabama Genealogical society, tells the unusual story of her discovery.

April is financial literacy month and whether a talented individual wishes to launch a small business or invest in a promising one, Amanda Senn, director of the Alabama Securities Commission, visits the In Focus Exchange with her advice.

On the Newswrap today, Jeff Sanders, executive producer of Alabama Public Television's Capitol Journal, discusses the legislature's progress in passing the state budgets. And the Wildcard is about a dog that defied gravity!

Today on In Focus, Carolyn interviews Mary Louise Kelly host of NPR's All Things Considered about her book "It. Goes. So. Fast.: The Year of No Do-Overs."

On the Newswrap, Todd Stacy discusses a proposed ALFA Health Insurance being debated in the legislature. And he has a tale to tell for the Wildcard!