NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 22 (TNSPer) -- McGlinchey Stafford, a law firm, issued the following news release on Dec. 21, 2021: McGlinchey is pleased to welcome Alexis del Rio to the law firm's Commercial Litigation group as an associate in the Dallas office. Alexis will focus her practice on complex corporate and contract disputes, creditors' rights, litigation on behalf of financial institutions and lenders, and lender representation in bankruptcies and workouts. "Alexis makes a tremendous  more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 13 (TNSPer) -- McGlinchey Stafford, a law firm, issued the following news release: McGlinchey welcomes Thomas White, Jr. to the firm's Houston office as an Associate in the Commercial Litigation Section. He handles everything from complex commercial matters to financial services litigation, frequently representing banks and loan servicers in claims arising under a variety of federal and state consumer protection statutes. "Thomas's legal experience paired with his  more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 22 (TNSPer) -- McGlinchey Stafford, a law firm, issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2021: McGlinchey is pleased to announce that Natalie Vann Walker has joined the firm's Commercial Litigation group as an associate in the Birmingham office. Natalie will focus her practice on litigation on behalf of financial institutions and lenders, creditors' rights, complex corporate and contract disputes, and lender representation in bankruptcies and workouts. She also more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 13 (TNSPer) -- McGlinchey Stafford, a law firm, issued the following news release: McGlinchey is pleased to announce that Remington Angelle has joined the firm's Commercial Litigation group as an associate in the Baton Rouge office. Remington will focus on serving national banks, insurance companies, lenders, and others in a wide variety of matters. He joins McGlinchey after serving as a litigation attorney at Lobman Carnahan APC, where he advised insurance compani more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 24 (TNSOps) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: LSU Museum of Natural Science's Vertebrate Paleontology, or VP, Collections Manager Suyin Ting, was recently honored by having a 40-million-year-old extinct shark species named after her. David Cicimurri, curator of natural history at the South Carolina State Museum in Columbia, and Jun Ebersole, director of collections at the McWane Science Center in Birmingham, Alabama, chose to honor Ti more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 22 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on Dec. 21, 2021: Gov. John Bel Edwards today extended Louisiana's Public Health Emergency order related to COVID-19, including a provision allowing all state government agencies to require mask wearing, given the fast-spreading Omicron variant, which is now the dominant strain in the United States and Louisiana according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). State agencies in the more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 21 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Entergy Corporation's shareholders are helping protect the environment by contributing more than $1 million to 14 partnering organizations through the company's Environmental Initiatives Fund, including three programs funded in the Entergy Arkansas service area. These grants mark the 21st consecutive year that Entergy has earmarked funds at this scale to support the work of these important local drivers of needed envi more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 23 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Entergy's Louisiana companies are continuing their commitment to help protect the environment by contributing nearly $500,000 to 10 partnering organizations through the company's Environmental Initiatives Fund. The Entergy shareholder-funded grants mark the 21st consecutive year that Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Louisiana have designated funds to raise awareness of environmental initiatives and care for and protect more PR

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Dec. 22 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release on Dec. 21, 2021: Attorney General Ashley Moody is taking legal action challenging President Joe Biden's unlawful mandates for Head Start staff, teachers and students. Attorney General Moody and attorneys general from 23 other states today filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana challenging the requirements. The unlawful requirements include mandatory mask more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, Dec. 22 (TNSOps) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Scott and Ashlea Hill of Ruston have made a $100,000 gift to benefit Louisiana Tech University's College of Business. Funds will support current and future programming within the College and technology enhancements in Ray's Trading Room. "Scott and Ashlea have generously given their time, talents, and support to advance Louisiana Tech University, and I am grateful for their friendship and commitment to  more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 24 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Second year social work doctoral student Natasha M. Lee-Johnson has been selected for a competitive fellowship from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) as a Health Policy Research Scholar. She is the first person in Louisiana to receive this reputable fellowship. The Health Policy Research Scholars Program supports students from all fields in applying their work to policies that advance equit more PR

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Dec. 23 -- Oklahoma Attorney General John O'Connor issued the following news release: Oklahoma Attorney General John O'Connor has joined a multi-state lawsuit against Joe Biden's overreaching COVID mandates. The suit led by Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, takes aim at the President's unlawful requirements of masks on toddlers and COVID-19 shots for staff and volunteers in Head Start Programs. "This unconstitutional mandate for pre-school students, staff, and vo more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Dec. 22 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news release: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has joined a multi-state lawsuit against Joe Biden's overreaching COVID mandates. The suit, led by Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, takes aim at the President's unlawful requirements of masks on toddlers and COVID-19 shots for staff and volunteers in Head Start Programs. "To think that the Biden Administration would politicize th more PR

PIERRE, South Dakota, Dec. 22 -- South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg issued the following news release on Dec. 21, 2021: Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg has joined a multi-state lawsuit against President Joe Biden's overreaching COVID mandates. The suit led by Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, takes aim at the President's unlawful requirements of masks on toddlers and COVID-19 shots for staff and volunteers in Head Start Programs. "Like the other efforts of the Biden Administr more PR

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, Dec. 22 (TNSJou) -- South Dakota State University issued the following news: Mental health is an important part of being human. For service members, military life can add extra stressors that put a strain on mental health. Alper Kayaalp, assistant professor in the SDSU School of Psychology, Sociology and Rural Studies, and colleagues from Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) and Louisiana State University (LSU) examined the stressful nature of the military and menta more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 21 (TNSRes) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Hannah Frank, a bat expert in the Tulane University School of Science and Engineering, will share in a $1.25 million award for new research in detecting and mitigating emerging animal-borne infectious diseases. The award, part of the first Scialog: Mitigating Zoonotic Threats initiative, was given to 10 multidisciplinary teams of early career scientists by the Research Corporation for Science Advan more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 23 (TNSJou) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 who had a combination of high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes or other conditions associated with metabolic syndrome were at much higher risk of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and death, according to an international study published in the medical journal JAMA Network Open. The risk for developing ARDS, a life-threatening lung condition that causes  more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 22 (TNSJou) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Thanks to a symbiotic fungus, many species of morning glories contain elements of powerful psychedelic drugs, according to a new Tulane University study published in the journal Communications Biology. The seeds of the common tropical vine, whose namesake trumpet-like blooms only open in the morning, contain compounds that could be useful for treating mental and physical diseases as well as promoti more PR