ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 22 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * AFP-LA Student Advocacy Day at the Capitol Pushes for Full Funding of LA GATOR * Baton Rouge, LA -Today, Americans for Prosperity-Louisiana (AFP-LA) and students from across Louisiana gathered at the State Capitol for an advocacy day to urge lawmakers to fully fund the LA GATOR program. Throughout the morning, students met directly with legislators and staff, participated in a Capitol tour, and heard from policymaker more PR

PARIS, France, April 23 -- Air Liquide, a supplier of gases, technologies and services, issued the following news release: * * * Air Liquide to invest over 350M USD to support steel industry and strengthen its footprint in Louisiana Air Liquide has entered into a long-term agreement to supply oxygen, nitrogen, and argon to HYUNDAI-POSCO Louisiana LLC (HPLS) for its landmark new low-carbon emissions steel facility in Louisiana. Thanks to this new infrastructure, the Group supports the development of localized, low-carbon production of critica more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release: * * * America First Legal Partners with Coalition of States to Defend President Trump's Election Integrity Executive Order * America First Legal (AFL) is partnering with a coalition of 12 states to intervene in two federal lawsuits challenging President Trump's recent executive order aimed at strengthening election integrity, verifying citizenship in federal elections, securing ballots, and restoring public conf more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, April 22 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson raises concerns over credit rating agencies' ESG policies * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson today joined a coalition of 23 states in questioning the lawfulness of the environmental, social, and governance ("ESG") policies of three top credit rating agencies. The agencies-Fitch Ratings, Moody's, and S&P Global Ratings-have pledged to systematically incorporate ESG considerations int more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 22 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Griffin Certifies Act 934 of 2025, Expanding the Law on Intoxicating Hemp-Derived Products * Griffin: 'It has been a long road to get to this point, but I am proud of my team for successfully defending the 2023 law, and I am happy to finally certify this Act.' LITTLE ROCK - Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement after certifying Act 934 of 2025, which updated a 2023 law outlawing the sale  more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 22 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Hilgers Leads Letter to Top Credit Ratings Agencies Raising Concerns Over ESG Policies * Lincoln, NE - Attorney General Mike Hilgers today co-led a coalition of 23 States in questioning the lawfulness of the environmental, social, and governance ("ESG") policies of three top credit rating agencies. The agencies-Fitch Ratings, Moody's, and S&P Global Ratings-have pledged to systematically incorporate ESG considerati more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Carbajal Leads Bipartisan Effort to Address Rising Homeowner Insurance Costs * U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal (D-CA), along with U.S. Representatives Gabe Evans (R-CO), Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA), and Mike Ezell (R-MS), introduced the bipartisan Commission on Natural Disaster Risk Management and Insurance Act, a bill to create a nonpartisan commission to study natural disaster insurance affordability and report policy recommendations to C more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Cassidy Announces $14.9 Million for Louisiana Airport Improvements from His Infrastructure Bill * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced Louisiana airports will receive $14,860,012.00 in federal funding through his Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The funding will support terminal upgrades, hangar construction, taxiway rehabilitation, and other improvements to enhance passenger safety, travel experience, and operati more PR

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, April 23 -- Centenary College of Louisiana issued the following news: * * * Centenary College launches first hybrid M.Ed. Leadership program Centenary College announced the launch of the Master of Educational Leadership (M.Ed.) on Wednesday, April 22, 2026. It is the College's first hybrid master's program that combines online and in-person coursework. The first of its kind in the region, this degree is perfect for working educators who are ready to step into leadership roles in their schools, school districts, and com more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news on April 22, 2026: * * * Chairman Cassidy Delivers Remarks During Hearing with Secretary Kennedy on HHS Budget 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 with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to discuss President Trump' more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Troy Carter, D-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Troy Carter Statement on the Passing of Congressman David Scott * NEW ORLEANS, LA - Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) issued the following statement after the announcement that Congressman David Scott (D-GA) passed away: "I am deeply saddened by the loss of Congressman David Scott, and my heart is with his family, staff, and the constituents he faithfully served. I had the privilege of witnessing firsthand his unwavering commit more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- CrescentCare, New Orleans, Louisiana, has submitted a public comment letter to the Health Resources and Services Administration expressing opposition to the agency's proposed 340B Rebate Model Pilot Program. CrescentCare warns that the pilot would impose serious financial and operational risks on community health centers that serve vulnerable populations nationwide. The organization highlights that the 340B Drug Pricing Program has for decades enabled CHCs to provide outpatient medications at discounted prices, supporti more ST

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, April 22 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Entergy posted the following news release: * * * Entergy to report first quarter 2026 financial results on April 29 * NEW ORLEANS - Entergy will report its first quarter 2026 financial results before the market opens Wednesday, April 29. 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. Cent more PR

BRISTOL, Connecticut, April 22 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release: * * * Exclusively on PGA TOUR LIVE on the ESPN App: four-stream coverage of unique team competition at Zurich Classic of New Orleans * PGA TOUR LIVE on the ESPN App will present exclusive, four-stream coverage of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La., a unique team event with TOUR players competing with a partner in two alternating scoring formats. Coverage begins tomorrow at 8 a.m. ET, and co more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The HIV/AIDS Alliance for Region Two Inc. submitted a public comment letter to the Health Resources and Services Administration expressing concerns about the proposed 340B Rebate Model Pilot Program. The letter highlights the potential operational, financial, and patient care risks this pilot poses to community health centers nationwide. OHCC warns that shifting 340B program responsibility from manufacturers to safety-net providers through this rebate model threatens to destabilize CHC pharmacy operations. Drawing from  more ST

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Lane Regional Medical Center, Zachary, Louisiana, has submitted a public comment letter to the Health Resources and Services Administration expressing opposition to the proposed 340B Rebate Model Pilot Program. The medical center cautions that shifting the 340B Drug Pricing Program from a prospective discount model to a rebate-based system will create financial risks and administrative burdens, impacting patient care services supported by the program. In its letter, Lane Regional Medical Center highlights that the 340B  more ST

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 22 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: * * * Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill Joins Missouri in Coalition to Defend Executive Order on Election Integrity * Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill joined Missouri and 10 other states in a motion to intervene to defend a presidential executive order that would allow access to resources that would verify voter-registration lists against lawfare from left-wing activists. On March 31, 2026, President Trump issued Executive Orde more PR

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 22 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Lt. Gov. Cournoyer joins multi-state effort to champion Iowa agriculture and national food security * Lieutenant Governor Chris Cournoyer, alongside a bipartisan coalition of lieutenant governors from across the country, announced the passage of a national resolution recognizing the critical impact of American agriculture on the global economy and food security. The resolution, passed during a recent meeting of the National Lieutenant Governo more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 (TNSLrpt) -- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued Technical Report ANL/ESIA-237, NREL/TP-5100-87099, PNNL-35604, titled 'Economic, Greenhouse Gas, and Resource Assessment for Fuel and Protein Production from Microalgae: 2022 Algae Harmonization Update,' coordinated by Ryan Davis and Troy R. Hawkins with contributions from Andre Coleman, Song Gao, Bruno Klein, Matthew Wiatrowski, Yunhua Zhu, Yiling Xu, Lesley Snowden-Swan, Peter Valdez, Jingyi Zha more PR

JEFFERSON, Louisiana, April 22 [Category: BizHospital] -- Ochsner Health System issued the following news release: * * * No-cost sports physicals offered for student athletes * LAFAYETTE, La. - The Ochsner Lafayette General Orthopedics & Sports team will provide no-cost sports physicals on Friday, May 8, 2026, from 3-5:30 p.m. The event will take place at the Ochsner Lafayette General Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Institute, located at 4212 W. Congress St. Sports physicals will be administered by more than 60 Ochsner team members includin more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Ochsner Health submitted a public comment letter to the Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services raising concerns about the proposed 340B Rebate Model Pilot Program. The letter outlines the potential financial and operational challenges the pilot program could create for hospitals that rely on the 340B Drug Pricing Program. Ochsner Health, which includes 47 hospitals and numerous rural healthcare facilities, emphasized the importance of the 340B Program in supporti more ST

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, April 22 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Entergy posted the following news release: * * * Powering progress through connection: Takeaways from AABE 2026 national conference * The American Association of Blacks in Energy recently held its 49th national conference in New Orleans, bringing together hundreds of professionals from across the country to engage in meaningful discussions on some of the industry's most pressing topics - from grid modernization and artificial intelligence to workforce development and the evolving exp more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Maria Salazar, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar Joins Bipartisan Lawmakers and Real Voices from Across America to Demand Action on the Dignity Act * WASHINGTON, D.C. - This morning, U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) joined bipartisan lawmakers, veterans, families, farmers, faith leaders, employers, and the American Business Immigration Coalition (ABIC) for a press conference at the U.S. Capitol urging passage of the Dignity Act (H.R. 4393). Amid a growing nation more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Troy Carter, D-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Carter, Fletcher Introduce the ZELDIN Act to Safeguard Americans from EPA Failures and Protect Public Health * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) and Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX) introduced the Zealously Eliminating Legal Decisions of Ineptitude and Negligence (ZELDIN) Act, a bill to establish critical accountability measures and legal protections that will safeguard communities from Trump's Environment more PR

NEW YORK, April 22 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Restore Earth Day's Legacy * This Earth Day arrives at a sobering moment as the EPA continues to erase the safeguards it was created to uphold. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was established in 1970, following the first Earth Day, expressly to protect human health and the environment. But, since President Donald Trump's second term began, rapid-fire policy shifts have pivoted the agency away from public health. Si more PR

JEFFERSON, Louisiana, April 22 [Category: BizHospital] -- Ochsner Health System issued the following news release: * * * Robotic kidney transplant gives brother new life * NEW ORLEANS \- This Donate Life Month, the story of Mark B. reminds us that the greatest gift of life often comes from someone you love. When Mark's kidney function began to decline, he and his care team at Ochsner Health took a proactive approach. Instead of waiting until dialysis became necessary, Mark received a living donor kidney transplant from his sister, Becky,  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center has submitted a public comment letter to the Health Resources and Services Administration expressing opposition to the proposed 340B Rebate Model Pilot Program. As a rural Disproportionate Share Hospital serving medically vulnerable populations in Mississippi and neighboring Louisiana, SMRMC emphasizes that the 340B program's current structure is critical to sustaining access to care in its community. The letter asserts that the statutory framework of the 340B program clearl more ST

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, April 22 -- Mississippi State University posted the following news: * * * Students break MSU communication awards record at MAB * Contact: Sarah Nicholas STARKVILLE, Miss.-Students representing Mississippi State University's Department of Communication, Media and Theatre, along with MSU's radio station WMSV-FM 91.1 The Junction, earned more than two dozen student and professional honors at the Mississippi Association of Broadcasters Annual Awards this month, pushing the department past its previous record and to a more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Trinity Community Health Centers of Louisiana, Bossier City, submitted a public comment letter to the Health Resources and Services Administration expressing opposition to the proposed 340B Rebate Model Pilot Program. The organization emphasized the potential operational and financial risks the model poses to community health centers and the vulnerable patients they serve. Trinity Community Health Centers highlighted that the 340B program has been essential for CHCs to provide affordable medications to low-income and un more ST

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, April 22 -- Tulane University issued the following news release: * * * Tulane engineering students build Formula-style race car as capstone project * A team of Tulane University School of Science and Engineering seniors is building a Formula-style race car from the ground up as part of a capstone project that will debut at the university's Engineering Capstone Design Expo on April 23. The student-built vehicle is designed to serve as the foundation for Tulane's newly established Formula SAE program and for use by f more PR

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, April 23 -- The University of Louisiana Lafayette campus issued the following news: * * * UL Lafayette leading international flood resilience project A research team from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette recently met with U.S. Ambassador to Guyana Nicole D. Theriot during a visit supporting a major U.S.-funded flood resilience project. Backed by more than $697,000 from the National Science Foundation, the initiative is led by Emad Habib, professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and dir more PR

NOTRE DAME, Indiana, April 22 -- The University of Notre Dame posted the following news: * * * Division of Student Affairs honors outstanding student leaders * The University of Notre Dame's Division of Student Affairs recognized seven graduating students at its 40th annual Student Leadership Awards banquet on April 13. These annual awards honor current student leaders for their exceptional contributions to the Notre Dame community. Rev. A. Leonard Collins, C.S.C., Award The Rev. A. Leonard Collins, C.S.C., Award, which honors a gradua more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, April 22 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Entergy posted the following news release: * * * Working quickly, safely and skillfully, linemen showcase expertise at annual event * 2026 Lineman Rodeo and Family Fun Day held recently at Mississippi Fairgrounds Customers often cheer when bucket trucks arrive in their neighborhoods because they know the trucks are bringing the linemen to restore power after storms or other events have caused outages. Many customers understand generally that lineman maintain the electrical grid tha more PR