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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Louisiana Newsletter for 2026-02-02 ( 7 items )  
A letter from Phillip May, president and CEO, Entergy Louisiana (10)
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 1 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Entergy posted the following news release: * * * A letter from Phillip May, president and CEO, Entergy Louisiana * To our customers across North Louisiana who are still without power following the recent winter storm, First and most importantly, thank you. Thank you for your patience, your resilience and the care you continue to show one another during an incredibly difficult circumstance. Winter storms of this magnitude test every p more PR

Americans for Tax Reform Issues Commentary: New Census Migration Data Shows Americans Moving From High- to Low-Tax States (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Americans for Tax Reform issued the following commentary on Jan. 30, 2026: * * * New Census Migration Data Shows Americans Moving From High- to Low-Tax States By Patrick Gleason The U.S. Census Bureau recently released its annual report on state-to-state migration, which looks at how population changed from July 1, 2024 to July 1, 2025. In addition to showing national population growth of 1.8 million people, which amounts to a 0.5 percent increase, the new Census docume more PR

Cassidy Votes to Keep Government Open, Secures Over $1.3 Billion for Louisiana (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Cassidy Votes to Keep Government Open, Secures Over $1.3 Billion for Louisiana * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) voted to keep the government open and announced he secured $1,323,770.00 for Louisiana in the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, Defense, Financial Services and General Government, and National Security an more PR

Census Bureau: 'Social & Economic Characteristics of Currently Unmarried Women With a Recent Birth - 2023' (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following report (No. ACS-62) on Jan. 28, 2026, by Lydia R Anderson, Tayelor Valerio and Chanell Washington entitled "Social and Economic Characteristics of Currently Unmarried Women With a Recent Birth: 2023." Here are excerpts: * * * INTRODUCTION This report looks at the socioeconomic characteristics of unmarried women in 2023 who had given birth in the last year. While the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) provides d more PR

Center of the American Experiment Issues Commentary: North Dakota to Participate in New Tax-credit Scholarship Program - and That's a Win for Families (10)
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Jan. 28 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary: * * * North Dakota to participate in new tax-credit scholarship program -- and that's a win for families By Catrin Wigfall Something important is happening in education policy, and it isn't coming from Washington mandates or teachers' union talking points. It's coming from states embracing a landmark e more PR

SAMHSA Releases Updated List of Certified Drug Testing Laboratories (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration issued a notice identifying the laboratories and Instrumented Initial Testing Facilities (IITFs) currently certified to meet federal standards for workplace drug testing. These facilities are required to maintain strict standards to conduct drug and specimen validity tests for federal agencies. Under the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing  more PR

Speaker Johnson Joins Meet the Press and Fox News Sunday (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Speaker Johnson Joins Meet the Press and Fox News Sunday * WASHINGTON -This morning, Speaker Johnson joined Kristen Welker on Meet the Press and Shannon Bream on Fox News Sunday to discuss the state of play regarding the partial government shutdown and the ongoing implementation of the Working Families Tax Cut legislation as tax season gets underway. "I will say that we need good faith on both si more PR