MONTGOMERY, Alabama, June 17 -- Alabama Attorney General Steve T. Marshall issued the following news release: Attorney General Steve Marshall announced that in response to a lawsuit filed by Alabama and 12 other states, a U.S. District Court in Louisiana has ordered the Biden administration to lift its ban on all new oil and gas leasing and drilling permits on federal lands. "Only a week after President Biden took office, he issued an executive order pausing new oil and gas leasing and drillin more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 17 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that he has signed the following bills into law from the 2021 Legislative Session. ACT 158--SB 9 Provides relative to continuous revision of the Children's Code. ACT 159--SB 41 Provides with respect to the repeal of insurance company deposit requirements. ACT 160--SB 42 Requires notices of reinstatement of a casualty policy to go to all relevant parties. ACT 161- more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 17 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that he has signed the following bills into law from the 2021 Legislative Session. ACT 213--SB 146 Provides relative to the preservation of public records. ACT 214--SB 147 Provides for personal delivery devices. ACT 215--SB 155 Provides relative to the Louisiana Social Work Practice Act. ACT 216--SB 162 Provides relative to the Major Events Incentive Program and  more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 17 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that he has signed the following bills into law from the 2021 Legislative Session. ACT 248--HB 15 Provides for the crime of staging of a motor vehicle collision. ACT 249--HB 24 Authorizes members of the Louisiana State Police Retirement System to purchase additional service credits at the time of retirement. ACT 250--HB 29 Provides relative to Firefighters' Retire more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 18 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that he has signed the following bills into law from the 2021 Legislative Session. ACT 292--SB 217 Provides for the Louisiana Import Tax Credit. ACT 293--SB 223 Provides relative to financing utility storm repairs and strengthening and stabilizing utilities. ACT 294--SB 234 Provides relative to expanded academic support. ACT 295--SB 238 Provides with respect to t more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 17 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Points of Light, the world's largest organization dedicated to volunteer service, has named Entergy Corporation as a 2021 honoree of The Civic 50. For the sixth consecutive year, Entergy has been recognized as one of the 50 most community-minded companies in the United States. The Civic 50 provides a national standard for corporate citizenship and showcases how companies can use their time, skills and resources to dr more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 18 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Entergy Texas is monitoring and planning for any potential impacts from a tropical disturbance that is expected to travel across the Gulf of Mexico in the coming days. Entergy crews and contractors are on alert and will be ready to safely restore power as quickly as possible if needed. The company is monitoring the forecast for the exact location, timing and magnitude of the storm. Customers should closely watch the  more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 17 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Louisiana are monitoring and planning for the potential impacts from a tropical disturbance that is expected to travel across the Gulf of Mexico in the coming days. While the system's path and intensity could change, forecasters expect it to bring severe thunderstorms, strong winds, heavy rains, high tides and coastal flooding to portions of Louisiana. Though it may be too soon to det more PR

ST. FRANCISVILLE, Oregon, June 17 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Thirty-five years ago on June 16, 1986, Entergy's River Bend Station nuclear power plant connected to the electric grid for the first time. More than three decades later, the people of River Bend, located in West Feliciana Parish, continue to produce safe, reliable and clean energy year-round. Entergy operates one of the cleanest large-scale power generating fleets in the United States. The 974-megawatt River Bend  more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, June 17 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release: Yesterday, Judge Terry Doughty in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against President Biden's ban on oil and gas leases on federal lands. Attorney General Chris Carr joined 12 other state attorneys general in filing suit to block the Biden Administration's violation of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) and the Mine more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, June 18 (TNSOps) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC), Cyber Innovation Center (CIC) in Bossier City, and Louisiana Tech University are celebrating the first anniversary of the Global Strike National Security Fellowship Program. Administered through a Partnership Intermediary Agreement (PIA) with AFGSC, the program brought together 13 fellows and four professors from Louisiana Tech and three AFGSC Project Champions f more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 17 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards and Intralox President Edel Blanks announced that Intralox is expanding the workforce at two of its facilities. Intralox will grow its Louisiana team by 40 direct new jobs at its global headquarters in Harahan and by 40 new jobs at Intralox Hammond, with plans for continued growth. The 80 total direct jobs will receive benefits and result in a payroll expansion of $3.8 million more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 18 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards and the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP) are pleased to announce $136 million dollars in FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) funding has been allocated for Louisiana parishes impacted by Hurricanes Laura and Delta. This is the latest installment in HMGP funding that will be added to the $40 million dollar allocation announced more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 17 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards and Amazon announced the company's latest robotics fulfillment center in Louisiana, with over 1,000 jobs and a $200 million capital investment coming to Baton Rouge. Located on the former site of Cortana Mall, the facility is being constructed near the intersection of Florida Boulevard and Airline Highway, providing necessary access for Amazon's logistics operations. The Amaz more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 18 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following statement on June 17, 2021: * * * Gov. John Bel Edwards today issued a statement on the United States Supreme Court again upholding the Affordable Care Act, which is a lifeline for Louisianans in lower wage jobs and those with pre-existing health conditions. Louisiana's Attorney General joined the politically motivated lawsuit from the state of Texas, which threatened health care for hundreds of thousa more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 18 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Governor John Bel Edwards has issued a state of emergency due to the potential weather threats associated with Potential Tropical Cyclone 3, a tropical system expected to impact the Gulf Coast this weekend. The broad area of low pressure is expected to become a tropical or subtropical depression Thursday night or Friday morning. "According to the National Weather Service (NWS), rainfall will be th more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 17 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following statement: * * * Gov. John Bel Edwards signed House Bill 286 by Rep. Frederick D. Jones, which extended the period of early voting for presidential elections in Louisiana. Gov. Edwards said: "I am proud to sign HB 286 by Rep. Jones, which extends the early voting period for presidential elections by three days. "All across the country, we have seen partisan efforts to limit access to voting. That's  more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 17 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following statement on June 15, 2021: * * * Gov. John Bel Edwards released the following statement today, upon signing House Bill 652 by Representative Cedric Glover, which reduces the penalties for possession of small amounts of marijuana. Gov. Edwards said: "I have signed HB 652, which contrary to the narrative developed in the press and elsewhere, does not decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijua more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 18 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Fourteen vaccinated Louisianans will win scholarships and cash prizes - including one adult who will win $1 million - throughout July as part of the Shot At A Million campaign the state is launching to reward residents who have taken or who choose to get their COVID-19 vaccine, Gov. Edwards announced Thursday. Registration for Louisiana's Shot At A Million lottery begins Monday, June 21, 2021 at n more PR

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, June 16 -- Discovery Education, a division of Discovery Communications, issued the following news release on June 15, 2021: Louisiana Public Broadcasting (LPB) today announced the renewal of its long-term partnership with Discovery Education, a leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources and engaging content for K-12 classrooms worldwide. LPB's renewal of its 18-year collaboration with Discovery Education empowers K-12 educators across the state to create d more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 17 (TNSJou) -- The Louisiana State University's Pennington Biomedical Research Center issued the following news release: Pennington Biomedical Research Center stepped into the consumer products evaluation arena with a study that shows the Body feature in Amazon Halo can be as accurate as the methods doctors use to measure body fat percentage. "Body fat percentage is a better overall indicator of health and longevity than weight or body mass index alone. BMI offers  more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 17 (TNSAwa) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: LSU Professor Jinx Coleman Broussard has been awarded the Donald L. Shaw Senior Scholar Award by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication's (AEJMC) History Division. This award honors a scholar who has a demonstrated record of excellence in media history that has spanned at least 15 years, including division membership. Broussard is the Manship School of Mass Comm more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 18 (TNSGra) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: For the first time, a team of researchers at LSU and Drexel University is examining the structure-function relationship in transition metal alloys--such as copper-titanium, gold-palladium, gold-titanium, etc.--and their ability to generate and efficiently transport above-equilibrium "hot" electrons and holes in an optoelectronic device. The charges generated by current materials have very  more PR

FRANKLIN, Louisiana, June 15 (TNSPro) -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news: St. Mary Parish libraries have added a new exercise element to summer programming this year thanks to a partnership with the LSU AgCenter. Visitors can now find painted play stencils in front of the Franklin, Baldwin, Centerville, Patterson and Amelia library branches. "We are super excited to have our colorful activities stenciled in front of the Iberia Street entrance," said Connie D more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, June 18 (TNSAwa) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Louisiana Tech University Construction Engineering Technology major Haden Smith, a senior from Benton, has been named the first recipient of the Lane McGaha Memorial Scholarship. McGaha's family presented the scholarship June 15 in the Marbury Alumni Center on Louisiana Tech's campus. McGaha, '06-Sociology, was the late coach of the University's Bass Fishing Team, a club sport organized through the Lamb more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, June 15 (TNSOps) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Nanosystems Engineering and Studio Art freshman and Monroe native, Nicholas Jones has two full-time jobs: one as a student taking a full load of classes, and another as a single dad of three small children. He also has a part-time job as an undergraduate research assistant with Dr. Shawn Chen, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University's Institute for Micromanufacturing, researching  more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, June 17 (TNSPar) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: A high school robotics' summer learning camp is now available through funding provided by Louisiana GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) through the Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance's Field Outreach Services Division of the Louisiana Board of Regents. The collaboration includes Morehouse Parish Schools, Louisiana Tech's Science and Technology Educati more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, June 16 (TNSGra) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Dr. Chris Martin, Dean of Louisiana Tech University's College of Business, recently announced the "Just Business" grant award recipients for 2021. "Our committee members were impressed by the quality and number of applications received this year, and I'm confident the projects funded this cycle fully support the College's mission to connect business with technology and innovation," Martin said. "With me more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 16 (TNSGra) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: LSU Libraries selected three scholars to receive travel grants supporting use of the LSU Libraries Special Collections in their dissertation projects. The grant covers travel and lodging costs associated with a research trip to Hill Memorial Library. We are excited to welcome the following awardees to Baton Rouge during the 2021-2022 academic year: Emily Yankowitz, Ph.D. candidate in Yale  more PR

HELENA, Montana, June 17 -- Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following news release: A federal judge today halted the Biden administration's moratorium on federal oil and gas leasing and drilling permits that threatened the livelihoods of rural Montana families and would have cost the state millions in lost tax revenue. The lawsuit was filed by Attorney General Austin Knudsen and a dozen other state attorneys general. United States District Judge for the Western District of L more PR

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, June 18 (TNSOps) -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release: A team of Nicholls State University students placed second in the 2021 Business Analytics Competition at Manhattan College. Known as BAC@MC, the annual competition took place virtually from April 30 to May 1. The competition engages teams in the "art and science of decision-making." Case studies challenge the teams to draw "business insight from a comprehensive analysis of relevant data." "I more PR

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, June 15 (TNSGra) -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release: Three Nicholls State University professors will provide professional development to local K-12 STEM teachers, thanks to a new grant. The $19,900 grant from the Brown Foundation will fund training for 20 elementary school teachers from the Tri-Parish area. Teacher education assistant professors Drs. Aimee Hollander and Ke Wang wrote the grant. Dr. Hollander is also the director of the Nicholls more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 16 (TNSPer) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Following a national search, Dr. Oliver Garden has been named dean of the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine, or SVM. Garden is currently the chair of the Department of Clinical Sciences and Advanced Medicine and the Henry and Corinne R. Bower Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. Garden will assume his role as dean on Aug. 31, pending approva more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 15 (TNSMon) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: The Priddy Family Foundation is donating $1 million to the Tulane University Center for Brain Health (TUCBH) to help treat military veterans suffering from mild traumatic brain injuries, post-traumatic stress disorder and mental health issues related to their service. With an emphasis on music therapy, the Priddy Family Brain Health Fund will support the TUCBH's delivery of intensive outpatient car more PR

HAMMOND, Louisiana, June 18 (TNSOps) -- Southeastern Louisiana University issued the following news release: The Southeastern Louisiana University Alumni Association has officially launched an app for its Southeastern Connect platform, a network that helps members connect, give back, explore career opportunities and get ahead, said Executive Director of Alumni Relations Michelle Biggs. Instructions to download the app are available on the Alumni Association website at southeastern.edu/alumni.  more PR

HAMMOND, Louisiana, June 17 (TNSPer) -- Southeastern Louisiana University issued the following news release: L'Oreal Williams of Kenner, president of the Southeastern Louisiana University Student Government Association, has been elected by the University of Louisiana System's Student Advisory Council to serve on the system's Board of Supervisors. A double major in business management and marketing, Williams will serve as the student voice on the board, the governing body of nine Louisiana univ more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, June 15 (TNSPar) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news on June 14, 2021: Louisiana Tech University will partner with LSU Health Shreveport (LSUHS) and Grambling State University (GSU) to establish a regional hub to share SARSCoV-2 genomic data for cases of COVID-19 in north Louisiana. This partnership will increase the reach of a Rockefeller Foundation program designed to strengthen global capabilities to detect and respond to pandemic threats. As COVID-19 v more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 15 (TNSBook) -- The University of New Orleans issued the following news release: A New Orleans advocacy organization for literacy improvement wants the public's help in selecting the next book for its citywide reading initiative. Participants can choose one of three books via an online poll as the One Book One New Orleans 2022 citywide read. The three finalists all have connections to the University of New Orleans. The University of New Orleans Press published two more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 17 (TNSPer) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Paulo Goes, Dean and Halle Chair in Leadership at the University of Arizona's Eller College of Management, has been named dean of Tulane University's A.B. Freeman School of Business, effective August 23, 2021. "The ability to attract leading scholars and administrators such as Dean Goes is a testament to the Freeman School's growing stature and national reputation and sets it on an exciting trajec more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 19 (TNSPar) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine has entered into a five-year agreement with Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., the oldest intercollegiate fraternity for African American college men in the United States, that will streamline the admissions process for the organization's members. The agreement paves the way for members and alumni of the fraternity to apply and enroll i more PR

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, June 17 (TNSOps) -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release: Two Nicholls State University chemistry majors presented their research at a national conference in April. Autumn Andras (BS '21) and Aaron Naquin (BS '21) shared their findings at the annual meeting of the American Chemical Society. Because of COVID-19 restrictions, ACS held the meeting virtually. Dr. Uttam Pokharel, assistant professor of chemistry, has supervised both students on their re more PR