JUNEAU, Alaska, March 25 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: The State of Alaska joined a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana challenging the Biden Administration's unlawful moratorium placed on the federal oil and gas leasing program. At issue is an Executive Order issued by President Biden that calls for the cessation of all new federal oil and gas leasing, "pending completion of a comprehensive review and reconsideration of more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 26 -- Entergy issued the following news release: To keep the power reliably flowing, Entergy Texas works year-round to maintain and upgrade its infrastructure to improve service reliability to customers across Southeast Texas. One way the company works to improve reliability is by annually inspecting its utility poles. This year alone, some 55,000 poles will be inspected across southeast Texas. Over the next few weeks, contract crews will be inspecting poles in Bea more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 23 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on March 22, 2021: The Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Governors Coalition today announced Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards has been selected as its chairman and Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves has been chosen as the Coalition's vice chairman. Fellow Coalition governors elected Edwards and Reeves as their new leadership during the OCS Governors Coalition Annual Meeting to serve two-year terms for more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 24 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards is announcing $163 million in federal funding for 15 state projects and programs designed to reduce flood risk for communities throughout the state. The state selected these projects because they align with the long-term resilience objectives of the Louisiana Watershed Initiative and the state's $1.2 billion CDBG-MIT Action Plan, including natural flood management, flood con more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 27 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards announced his appointments to several Louisiana boards and commissions. Louisiana Department of Health The Louisiana Department of Health's mission is to protect and promote health and to ensure access to medical, preventive and rehabilitative services for all citizens of the State of Louisiana. Kimberly L. Hood J.D./M.P.H. of Baton Rouge has been appointed to be the assi more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 22 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following statement on March 20, 2021: * * * Gov. John Bel Edwards issued the following statement on the election of Julia Letlow as congresswoman for Louisiana's fifth congressional district. "Congratulations to Congresswoman-elect Julia Letlow for her victory tonight in Louisiana's fifth congressional district. I look forward to working with her on behalf of the people of Louisiana at this critical moment fo more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 23 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Louisiana officially surpassed 10,000 people who have died from COVID-19, just over a year from when the state recorded its first COVID-19 death. The Louisiana Department of Health confirmed 10,030 people have died in its Monday COVID-19 data update. "Today is a grim milestone for our state as more than 10,000 Louisianans have now died from COVID-19, marking a year of sadness and loss, as so many more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 26 -- The Louisiana Democratic Party issued the following news release: A recent report in The Advocate sheds new light on Attorney General Jeff Landry's attempts to minimize--and possibly even cover-up--blatant, horrifying examples of sexual harassment in his office. Landry issued his former top aide, Pat Magee, a letter declaring his actions, which were the subject of sexual harassment complaints, to be "joking in nature." The investigation ordered by the Attorn more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, March 26 (TNSpar) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: The Louisiana Tech Research Institute (LTRI), a center of excellence within Louisiana Tech University, provides interdisciplinary research and education capability to government and industry sponsors to solve emerging problems. Located in Bossier City, LTRI provides Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) and other northwest Louisiana partners access to Louisiana Tech's research infrastructure and facu more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Louisiana, March 24 (TNSRes) -- Louisiana State University Alexandria campus issued the following news: Louisiana State University of Alexandria has just been awarded a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to recruit, prepare, and retain STEM educators to serve in high-need schools in central Louisiana. The five-year award will provide scholarships and other supports to undergraduate STEM majors, or Noyce Scholars. These Scholars will complete their degree in a S more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 26 (TNSJou) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: * * * Coastal Wetland Resilience, Accelerated Sea-Level Rise, and the Importance of Timescale * * * A new study co-authored by Torbjorn Tornqvist of Tulane University, Donald R. Cahoon of US Geological Survey, James Morris of University of South Carolina, and John Day of Louisiana State University suggests a dire future for coastal wetlands around the globe. The study, Coastal Wetland more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, March 23 (TNSRes) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: While some people met the early challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic by binging Netflix specials or catching up on sleep, Louisiana Tech University Mechanical Engineering junior Ben Grice used the spare time to design and build an electric mountain bike. When the pandemic hit last spring, Grice was determined to create something during the time that he would have otherwise spent engaged in group activit more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 25 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Field work associated with the implementation of the University Lakes Project is set to begin next week. Consultants will conduct due diligence in and around the lakes as Phase 1 of the project gets underway. Phase 1 begins with bathymetric and stump identification surveys, geotechnical borings and sediment sampling; continues with a more detailed design of recommendations from the 2016 master plan more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, March 26 (TNSpro) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Louisiana Tech University's Physics program recently concluded an International Masterclass in Hands-On Particle Physics for local high school students. Louisiana Tech Physics professor and director of Chemistry and Physics Dr. Lee Sawyer and Physics PhD student Zahra Farazpay worked with West Monroe High School physics teacher, Laura Duke, to provide a guided particle physics project to 10 of her stude more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 25 -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news: Forestry professionals attending the online LSU AgCenter 2021 Forestry Forum on Tuesday heard presentations about a wide range of topics, including estate and tax law, the basics of prescribed burns, controlling a pervasive wild plant, possible tax increases, forestry economics and selling timber. Video presentations from the sessions will be available later for participants who registered f more PR

HELENA, Montana, March 25 -- Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following news release: Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, and 11 other state attorneys general filed today to block the Biden administration's ongoing violation of the Mineral Leasing Act (MLA) and Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA). This reckless abuse of Presidential power threatens the livelihoods of rural Montana families and will cost the state millions in t more PR

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, March 24 -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release: Nicholls State University is thrilled to announce a partnership between Stratify and the Nicholls Esports Team. Jason Bergeron, CEO of Stratify, will provide a $10,000 in kind partnership by lending his expertise and guidance to the newly formed competitive gaming squad. Stratify is a business consultation company with a mission to "drive economic growth one opportunity at a time." Bergeron has deca more PR

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, March 24 -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release: Nicholls State University is offering a new program to help high school students raise their ACT scores. The program will help prepare students for all four sections -- science, math, English, reading -- of the ACT. "One of Nicholls' top priorities is helping people in the Bayou Region achieve their educational goals, and this course can make a difference," said Dr. Alex Arceneaux, executive vice pr more PR

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, March 24 -- Centenary College of Louisiana issued the following news release: Nico Van Thyn, son of Holocaust survivors Rose and Louis Van Thyn and author of a book highlighting their extraordinary lives and legacy, will deliver a virtual lecture on Thursday, April 8, as part of the College's Dr. Rose and Mr. Louis Van Thyn Memorial Lecture Series named for his parents. The 2021 Van Thyn Memorial Lecture based on Nico Van Thyn's book Survivors: 62511, 70726 - Two Holocau more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 24 -- Xavier University of Louisiana issued the following news: Ochsner Health and Xavier University of Louisiana have announced the commitment to develop two new graduate degree programs--genetic counseling and health informatics. Genetic counseling and health informatics programs will be offered to students through classroom instruction at Xavier and clinical rotations at Ochsner Health facilities will be offered to genetic counseling students. Xavier will be th more PR

CORVALLIS, Oregon, March 23 (TNSPer) -- Oregon State University issued the following statement by Chair Rani Borkar: * * * Oregon State University provides the following message from OSU Board of Trustees Chair Rani Borkar regarding the performance of President F. King Alexander as OSU's president, Title IX matters related to Oregon State University and the Husch Blackwell report regarding his leadership of Title IX at Louisiana State University. * * * The most important responsibility of th more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 23 (TNSJou) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: The first documented record of salt as an ancient Maya commodity at a marketplace is depicted in a mural painted more than 2,500 years ago at Calakmul, a UNESCO World Heritage site in the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. In the mural that portrays daily life, a salt vendor shows what appears to be a salt cake wrapped in leaves to another person, who holds a large spoon over a basket, presumabl more PR

HAMMOND, Louisiana, March 27 (TNSAwa) -- Southeastern Louisiana University issued the following news release: Students at the Southeastern Channel have been honored by the Emmys with three college division Student Production Awards given by the Emmy Awards' Suncoast Region of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. John Sartori of Mandeville won in the "Talent" category, while John Williams of Denham Springs won for "News: General Assignment: Light News." Also receiving a student more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 25 -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: Twenty-seven students from Texas A&M University participated in the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) South Central USA regional competition that was held March 6. The South Central USA region consists of Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. Typically held in the fall, the regional competition was delayed due to the global pandemic and held virtually. This year, 55 teams par more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 23 (TNSRes) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Andy Horowitz, an assistant professor of history at Tulane University, has won a 2021 Bancroft Prize in American History and Diplomacy for his book Katrina: A History, 1915-2015, published last year by Harvard University Press. Columbia University Libraries announced the award March 22, calling it an "extraordinary and revelatory work of scholarship." It is one of two Bancroft Prizes, the other b more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 27 (TNSJou) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: When COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic in March 2020, the Early Psychosis Intervention Clinic in New Orleans (EPIC-NOLA) quickly transitioned to virtual mental health for an especially vulnerable population of teens and young adults. Despite logistical challenges, remote therapy improved engagement, mitigated symptoms and reduced repeated hospitalizations, according to a joint study by the T more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 24 (TNSJou) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: A new study co-authored by a Tulane University geoscientist shows that human efforts to tame the Mississippi River may have had an unintended positive effect: more rapid transport of carbon to the ocean. The paper, published in AGU Advances, describes the work of a team of researchers who set out to learn more about the fate of organic carbon that is transported in large quantities by the Mississi more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 25 (TNSRes) -- Xavier University of Louisiana issued the following news: Each year, up to six scholars are selected and each receives up to $350,000 distributed over five years for their research. Awards are made to the applicant's institution and do not replace the institution's current support of the applicant's research. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Dr. Clay began her academic journey as an accounting major attending DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. H more PR