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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Louisiana Newsletter for 2026-03-27 ( 30 items )  
AFOSI investigation is a tale of contract assurance as ICBM modernization begins (10)
BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, March 25 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: * * * AFOSI investigation is a tale of contract assurance as ICBM modernization begins * MALMSTROM AIR FORCE BASE, Mont. - A two-year investigation here into an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) service contract shows the dedication the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) has for ensuring Air Force Global Strike Command's no-fail missions are never compromised.  more PR

AG Murrill's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit secures guilty plea for Monroe man on two counts of Medicaid Fraud (10)
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 26 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: * * * AG Murrill's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit secures guilty plea for Monroe man on two counts of Medicaid Fraud * Attorney General Liz Murrill's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit secured a guilty plea for a Monroe man on two counts of Medicaid Fraud. On March 23, 2026, Marion Prudhomme, III pled guilty as charged in the19th JDC to two counts of: * Medicaid Fraud, a violation of La. R.S. 14: more PR

Cassidy Calls on Senate Democrats to Stop Inflicting Pain, End the DHS Shutdown (10)
WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Cassidy Calls on Senate Democrats to Stop Inflicting Pain, End the DHS Shutdown * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) delivered a speech on the U.S. Senate floor, calling on Senate Democrats to fund the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the U.S. Coast Guard, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and Transportation S more PR

Cassidy Presents Plan to Save Social Security, Protect Benefits at Budget Hearing (10)
WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Cassidy Presents Plan to Save Social Security, Protect Benefits at Budget Hearing * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) outlined his plan to save Social Security in light of looming benefit cuts at a U.S. Senate Budget Committee hearing. Cassidy's proposal would protect benefits for current and future retirees and strengthen the program's long-term solvency. "Everyone watching-e more PR

Chairman Cassidy Delivers Remarks During Hearing on Reforming College Athletics to Prioritize Students' Success (10)
WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news on March 26, 2026: * * * Chairman Cassidy Delivers Remarks During Hearing on Reforming College Athletics to Prioritize Students' Success U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered remarks during today's hearing on how Congress can reform college athle more PR

Combat Training Centers Transform to Further Test Units (10)
ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 25 [Category: National Defense] -- The Association of the U.S. Army posted the following news: * * * Combat Training Centers Transform to Further Test Units * With the establishment of U.S. Army Transformation and Training Command, the Army's combat training centers are back under the control of U.S. Army Combined Arms Command, and big changes are coming, a senior Army leader said. Lt. Gen. James Isenhower, commanding general of Combined Arms Command at Fort Leav more PR

Crapo Joins Colleagues in Requesting Briefing on Joint Task Force to Hold Perpetrators of Oct. 7 Attack Accountable (10)
WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Crapo Joins Colleagues in Requesting Briefing on Joint Task Force to Hold Perpetrators of Oct. 7 Attack Accountable * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) this week joined his colleagues in requesting that United States Attorney General Pam Bondi and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel convene a briefing on the Joint Task Force October 7 (JTF) to update Congress on more PR

Democrats Silent, Media Ignoring Unprecedented Ethics Trial of Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick for Stealing $5M in FEMA Funds (10)
WASHINGTON, March 26 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Democrats Silent, Media Ignoring Unprecedented Ethics Trial of Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick for Stealing $5M in FEMA Funds * WASHINGTON -Democrats and the media spent months breathlessly covering and demanding answers regarding the George Santos scandal and indictment, yet both are now curiously silent when it comes to the indictment of Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL). Cherfi more PR

Economic Value of Family Caregiving Reaches $1 Trillion Dollars Annually, New AARP Report Shows (10)
WASHINGTON, March 27 (TNSrpt) -- AARP issued the following news release: * * * Economic Value of Family Caregiving Reaches $1 Trillion Dollars Annually, New AARP Report Shows The report finds that 59 million family caregivers of adults contribute 49.5 billion hours of care annually, work that would be valued at $1.01 trillion per year if paid in the marketplace, with state-by-state estimates reflecting differences in wages and cost of care. * Family caregivers now provide more than $1 trill more PR

Entergy Mississippi is powering up the grid to save customers $2 billion (10)
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 26 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Entergy posted the following news release: * * * Entergy Mississippi is powering up the grid to save customers $2 billion It's early morning. A high school student peers at the project on her laptop screen, tempted by the smell of biscuits someone is baking in the kitchen. Outside, a neighbor drives past, heading for the coffee shop at the end of the street, determined to get his daily morning cup on the way to meet co-workers at the n more PR

Fed Governor Barr Addresses National Community Investment Conference (10)
PHOENIX, Arizona, March 25 -- The Federal Reserve issued the following speech on March 24, 2026, by Governor Michael S. Barr at the National Community Investment Conference: * * * Developing Communities through Public-private Partnerships Thank you for inviting me here today. Let me also thank those at all 12 of the Reserve Banks, the Board of Governors, and the staff at FedCommunities for their efforts to bring this year's National Community Investment Conference (NCIC) to life, and a specia more PR

Federal Court Orders Release of Trans Woman Illegally Deported by ICE Despite Torture Protections (10)
WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights issued the following news release: * * * Federal Court Orders Release of Trans Woman Illegally Deported by ICE Despite Torture Protections NEW ORLEANS - A federal court has ordered the release of Jane Doe/*, a transgender woman who spent a year in immigration jail and was illegally deported by ICE to Mexico in violation of a court order protecting her from torture in Mexico and preventing her deportation there. The ruling delivers a resou more PR

Ga. A.G. Carr Fights for Farmers at the U.S. Supreme Court (10)
ATLANTA, Georgia, March 27 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * Carr Fights for Farmers at the U.S. Supreme Court Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has filed a brief in opposition to a Massachusetts law that seeks to regulate pork production nationwide. If upheld, this statute will impose costly mandates on out-of-state pig farmers - burdening the interstate pork market and increasing prices for all Americans. Carr and 23 other at more PR

HYDE-SMITH JOINS CASSIDY INVESTIGATION INTO ABORTION DRUG MAKERS (10)
WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * HYDE-SMITH JOINS CASSIDY INVESTIGATION INTO ABORTION DRUG MAKERS * Pro-Life Senators Also Seek FDA Crackdown on Illegal Chemical Abortion Drug Online Sellers WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, along with U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and others, today began an investigation into chemical abortion drug manufacturer comp more PR

Kennedy calls for shared sacrifice, asks Senate Financial Clerk to withhold his pay until DHS shutdown ends (10)
WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Kennedy calls for shared sacrifice, asks Senate Financial Clerk to withhold his pay until DHS shutdown ends * WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, sent a letter to the Financial Clerk of the U.S. Senate requesting that they withhold his salary until the ongoing shutdown at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ends. The funding lapse ha more PR

Kennedy on DHS shutdown: "Senators shouldn't be paid, either." (10)
WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Kennedy on DHS shutdown: "Senators shouldn't be paid, either." * Watch Kennedy's comments here. WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) issued the following statement regarding the ongoing shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security: "Here's a cold dish of truth, folks: We've got 260,000 people who work at the Department of Homeland Security, and they have gone without pay for more than a  more PR

PBS PARTNERS WITH ITVS TO LAUNCH THE, "PBS DOCUMENTARIES" YOUTUBE CHANNEL (10)
ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 26 [Category: BizMedia] -- PBS posted the following news release: * * * PBS PARTNERS WITH ITVS TO LAUNCH THE, "PBS DOCUMENTARIES" YOUTUBE CHANNEL * REIMAGINING DOCUMENTARY STORYTELLING AND EXPANDING CONTENT AND PREMIERES ACROSS THE FORM March 26 Launch Includes the Premiere of Independent Lens Feature "The Inquisitor" (SAN FRANCISCO) March 26, 2026 \- PBS and ITVS, the award-winning co-producer of independent documentary films and the PBS series INDEPENDENT LEN more PR

Pressley, Min Introduce Bill to Provide Oversight on Deaths Caused by ICE (10)
WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * Pressley, Min Introduce Bill to Provide Oversight on Deaths Caused by ICE Legislation Requires DHS Evidence in ICE-related Injuries and Deaths be Turned Over to Congress, Including Body Cameras, Incident Reports Pressley Has Stood in Vigorous Defense of Immigrant Communities in MA 7 th and Nationwide, Fighting to Bring Detained Neighbors Home *  WASHINGTON - Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07 more PR

Scalise Highlights Democrat Leadership's Hypocrisy on DHS Shutdown (10)
WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Scalise Highlights Democrat Leadership's Hypocrisy on DHS Shutdown * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today on the House floor, before 206 Democrats voted against funding the Department of Homeland Security, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) called out Democrats for prolonging Americans' suffering. Leader Scalise highlighted Democrat hypocrisy by pointing to Hakeem Jeffries' past remarks, calling it  more PR

Scalise Highlights Democrat Leadership's Hypocrisy on DHS Shutdown (10)
WASHINGTON, March 26 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Scalise Highlights Democrat Leadership's Hypocrisy on DHS Shutdown * Today on the House floor, before 206 Democrats voted against funding the Department of Homeland Security, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) called out Democrats for prolonging Americans' suffering. Leader Scalise highlighted Democrat hypocrisy by pointing to Hakeem Jeffries' past remarks, calling it ' more PR

Scalise: Democrats are Siding with Illegal Immigrants Over the American People (10)
WASHINGTON, March 26 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Scalise: Democrats are Siding with Illegal Immigrants Over the American People * Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Newsmax's Wake Up America to discuss TSA agents struggling to make ends meet as Democrats vote to withhold their paychecks and keep the Department of Homeland Security shut down to appease their radical base. Click here or the image above t more PR

Scalise: Democrats are Siding with Illegal Immigrants Over the American People (10)
WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Scalise: Democrats are Siding with Illegal Immigrants Over the American People * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Newsmax's Wake Up America to discuss TSA agents struggling to make ends meet as Democrats vote to withhold their paychecks and keep the Department of Homeland Security shut down to appease their radical base. Click here or the image above more PR

Sen. Moran Leads Colleagues in Requesting Briefing on Joint Task Force to Hold Perpetrators of Oct. 7 Attack Accountable (10)
WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Moran Leads Colleagues in Requesting Briefing on Joint Task Force to Hold Perpetrators of Oct. 7 Attack Accountable * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) - chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science - this week led his colleagues in requesting that United States Attorney General Pam Bondi and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash more PR

Speaker Johnson: For the Third Time, Democrats Pledge Their Allegiance to Criminal Illegal Aliens Over American Citizens (10)
WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Speaker Johnson: For the Third Time, Democrats Pledge Their Allegiance to Criminal Illegal Aliens Over American Citizens * WASHINGTON -This afternoon, Speaker Johnson delivered remarks after a bipartisan majority of House members voted to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security for a third time. Once again, the overwhelming majority of House Democrats refused to provide funding for TSA age more PR

Speaker Johnson: For the Third Time, Democrats Pledge Their Allegiance to Criminal Illegal Aliens Over American Citizens (10)
WASHINGTON, March 26 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Speaker Johnson: For the Third Time, Democrats Pledge Their Allegiance to Criminal Illegal Aliens Over American Citizens * WASHINGTON -This afternoon, Speaker Johnson delivered remarks after a bipartisan majority of House members voted to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security for a third time. Once again, the overwhelming majority of House Democrats refused to provide fun more PR

Temple biologist and deep-ocean expert Erik Cordes named AAAS Fellow (10)
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 26 -- Temple University posted the following news: * * * Temple biologist and deep-ocean expert Erik Cordes named AAAS Fellow The American Association for the Advancement of Science has elected Erik Cordes an AAAS Fellow for his research, exploration and conservation efforts in the deep ocean.  * If aliens visited Earth, statistically speaking, their spaceship would most likely land at the bottom of the ocean. The deep ocean covers 60% of Earth's surface,  more PR

The Leader's Floor Lookout: Thursday, March 26, 2026 (10)
WASHINGTON, March 26 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * The Leader's Floor Lookout: Thursday, March 26, 2026 * Here's what to watch for on the House Floor today: Supporting DHS Employees and Calling to Fund DHS It's Day 41 of Democrats' DHS Shutdown, and Americans across the nation are suffering the consequences. Over 100,000 DHS workers - including more than 50,000 frontline TSA employees - aren't getting paid, missing their  more PR

University of New Orleans Names Ivan Neville as Spring 2026 Commencement Speaker (10)
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 27 -- The University of New Orleans issued the following news release: * * * University of New Orleans Names Ivan Neville as Spring 2026 Commencement Speaker The University of New Orleans has announced that musician Ivan Neville will serve as the keynote speaker for its Spring 2026 commencement ceremony. He will also receive an honorary degree in recognition of his contributions to music and to the culture of New Orleans. A New Orleans native, Neville has built  more PR

University of New Orleans: Books Edited by Education Professor Addresses Transforming Teacher Education for Complex, Changing World (10)
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 27 -- The University of New Orleans issued the following news release: * * * New Books Edited by Education Professor Addresses Transforming Teacher Education for Complex, Changing World Assistant professor Ashleigh Pelafigue of the University of New Orleans has announced the publication of two timely and impactful books that reimagine teacher preparation for today's rapidly evolving educational landscape, Teacher Education for a Changing World: Rebuilding Pedagog more PR

Whitehouse, Leader Schumer, and Senate Democrats Spotlight How Climate Change Drives Up Household Costs for American Families (10)
WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * Whitehouse, Leader Schumer, and Senate Democrats Spotlight How Climate Change Drives Up Household Costs for American Families Trump's fossil fuel donors put heavy burden on family budgets--from home insurance to utility bills, grocery prices, and health costs * U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI),  more PR