DALLAS, Texas, Feb. 5 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * $150K Grant from FHLB Dallas and Community Bank of Mississippi to Assist North Mississippi Rural Legal Services to Help Homeowners Resolve Property Titles * TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI, February 5, 2026-The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas), through its member Community Bank of Mississippi, awarded a $150,000 Pathway Fund grant to North Mississippi Rural Legal Services (NMRLS) to  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The Center for a Humane Economy posted the following statement on Feb. 5, 2026: * * * Center for a Humane Economy Says NIH Proposal to Make the Oregon Primate Research Facility into a Sanctuary Makes Fiscal and Scientific Sense Lawmakers, governors, public health agency leaders want to expedite transition to human-relevant testing methods and to halt unethical, ineffective, costly uses of primates * The Center for a Humane Economy and Animal Wellness Action welcomed news from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) t more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news on Feb. 5, 2026: * * * Chair Cassidy Delivers Remarks During Hearing on Strengthening Americans' Retirement, Examining the Railroad Retirement Board U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chair of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered remarks during today's hearing on how Congress can learn from the success of the Railroad Retirement Board to stre more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news on Feb. 5, 2026: * * * Chair Cassidy Launches Oversight into Zohran Mamdani Emboldening Antisemitism, Endangering Jewish New Yorkers Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, launched oversight into socialist New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani for his recent actions that embolden antisemitism and put Jewish New Yorke more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Cleo Fields, D-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Cleo Fields Set to Make a Congress to the Classroom Stop in Rapides Parish Tomorrow * Baton Rouge, LA. - Tomorrow, Congressman Cleo Fields will make visits to three Rapides Parish schools in Louisiana's Sixth Congressional District. The schedule is as follows: 10:30 AM: Alexandria Middle Magnet School (122 Maryland Avenue, Alexandria, LA 7130) 12:00 PM: Peabody Magnet High School (2727 Jones Avenue, Alexandria, LA 71302) 1:15 PM more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Questions ATF Director Nominee, Judicial Nominee During Senate Judiciary Committee Nominations Hearing * February 04, 2026 Durbin pressed nominee to lead ATF about the President's cuts to ATF funding and diverting ATF agents to the President's lawless immigration agenda WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today questioned nominees at a Senate Judiciary Commit more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 5 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Entergy posted the following news release: * * * Entergy Louisiana restores all customers impacted by winter weather in North Louisiana * BATON ROUGE, La. - Entergy Louisiana has restored power to all customers who can safely receive it, impacted by the recent winter storm that brought prolonged freezing temperatures, heavy ice accumulation and strong winds to North Louisiana. Since the start of the storm, crews safely restored service to close to 130,000 customers, with many requiring more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 5 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Entergy posted the following news release: * * * Entergy to report full year 2025 financial results on Feb. 12 * NEW ORLEANS - Entergy will report its fourth quarter and full year 2025 financial results before the market opens Thursday, Feb. 12. Drew Marsh, chair and chief executive officer, and Kimberly Fontan, executive vice president and chief financial officer, invite you to listen to a live webcast discussion of Entergy's quarterly business update and financial results at 10 a.m. more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (AU Docket No. 20-34; WC Docket No. 19-126, 10-90) on Feb. 5, 2026: * * * By this Public Notice, the Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB or Bureau) announces that certain Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) census block groups (CBG) are now eligible for other funding programs. Specifically, Savage Communications, Inc. (Savage) has notified the Commission of its decision to withdraw from the RDOF support program in the CB more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Feb. 5 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * FHLB Dallas and Community Bank of Mississippi Award $150K Grant to Mission First Inc. in Jackson, Mississippi * JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, February 5, 2026-The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas), through its member Community Bank of Mississippi (Community Bank), awarded a $150,000 Pathway Fund grant to Mission First Inc. (Mission First) to help expand services to accessible, aff more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 6 -- Earthjustice posted the following news release on Feb. 5, 2026: * * * Groups Sue Over Formosa Plastics' Permit Extensions Suit challenges the fourth extension of air permit based on an outdated analysis * Baton Rouge, La. -- Today, groups filed a lawsuit against the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ), challenging the agency's decision to grant a fourth extension of a Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) preconstruction permit for Formosa Plastics' massive plastics manufacturin more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Judiciary Committee Advances Three U.S. Attorney Nominations and Bipartisan Crime Legislation * WASHINGTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced the following nominations: * Thomas Govan, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, by a vote of 12-10; * Zachary Keller, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, by a vote of 13-9; and * Ryan Raybould, to be United States Attorney fo more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2026: * * * Judiciary Committee Advances Three U.S. Attorney Nominations and Bipartisan Crime Legislation The Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced the following nominations: * Thomas Govan, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, by a vote of 12-10; * Zachary Keller, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, by a vote of 13-9; and * Ryan Ray more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana posted the following news release on Feb. 4, 2026: * * * New Orleans Man Indicted for Assaulting Postal Carrier with a Deadly Weapon GILBERT DARBY ("DARBY"), age 48, a resident of New Orleans, was indicted on January 30, 2026, for assaulting a federal officer, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 111(a)(1) and (b); discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 924( more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Feb. 6 -- The Institute for Justice posted the following news release on Feb. 5, 2026: * * * Oklahoma Small Business Files Lawsuit Challenging State's Unconstitutional Restrictions on Selling Caskets OKLAHOMA CITY--Today, a Hughes County small business filed a lawsuit challenging an Oklahoma law that arbitrarily restricts who can and cannot sell caskets in the state. Caskets of Honor owners Candi Mentink and her husband Todd Collard have partnered with the Institute for Justice (IJ) to file the lawsuit, which seeks to st more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Scalise: House to Vote on SAVE America Act Next Week * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) appeared on Fox Business Network's Kudlow to discuss the SAVE America Act, which will require voters to provide photo ID to vote and proof of citizenship to register to vote. Click here (link is external) or the image above to view Leader Scalise's full interview. Highlights from Leader Scalise's interview: On Democra more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Scalise: House to Vote on SAVE America Act Next Week * Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) appeared on Fox Business Network's Kudlow to discuss the SAVE America Act, which will require voters to provide photo ID to vote and proof of citizenship to register to vote. Click here or the image above to view Leader Scalise's full interview. Highlights from Leader Scalise's interview: On Democrats opposing common-s more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news on Feb. 5, 2026: * * * Senate HELP Committee to Hold Hearing On Child Care Fraud, Protecting American Taxpayers On Thursday, February 12, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will hold a hearing on reports of fraud in federal child care funding, which is hurting American families and taxpayers. As chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * The Republican Recap: Week of February 2, 2026 * Here's a recap of what Republicans achieved on the House Floor this week: Blocking D.C. Council's Attempt to Deny Residents Historic Tax Relief In December, the D.C. Council enacted the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision Temporary Amendment Act of 2025 (D.C. Act A26-217). This legislation would decouple the D.C. local tax code from specific federal tax-rel more PR

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Feb. 6 -- The University of Louisiana Lafayette campus issued the following news: * * * Center for Louisiana Studies speaker unearths Louisiana's lost camellias Written by Dean Boudreaux Dr. F. Wayne Stromeyer, a retired pathologist, spent his career analyzing human cell structures through a microscope and making diagnoses. As he approached retirement, he and his wife Cheryl -- a Louisiana architecture scholar -- decided to move a Creole house from 1825 in the Opelousas-Washington area through the Atchafalaya Basin, ac more PR

EL PASO, Texas, Feb. 5 -- The University of Texas El Paso campus issued the following news release: * * * UTEP Press Announces Texas Western and Discovery Book Award Winners * EL PASO, Texas (Feb. 2, 2026) - UTEP Press at The University of Texas at El Paso announced today the winners of its first round of book awards since relaunching the press in fall 2025. UTEP Press, which publishes a wide variety of popular and academic books, announced winners in two categories for its inaugural 2026 awards, as well as its 2027 book awards. UTEP Pres more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 5 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Entergy posted the following news release: * * * Your quick guide to smart thermostats * Have you been thinking about getting a smart thermostat for your home? Here's a quick guide to why it's a great choice. Smart thermostats make saving energy effortless. By automatically fine-tuning your heating and cooling based on your routines and preferences, they reduce wasted energy while keeping your home consistently comfortable. Typical savings for ENERGY STAR(r) smart thermostats are a more PR