CLARKSVILLE, Arkansas, May 11 -- The University of the Ozarks posted the following news: * * * A Decade in the Making: Petit's Dream Becomes Reality * A decade after graduating from high school -and after years of sacrifice, uncertainty and perseverance across two countries -Fredony "Freddy" Petit is finally about to realize a dream that once seemed far out of reach. This week, the University of the Ozarks senior from Haiti will graduate Summa Cum Laude with a degree in accounting, becoming the first person in his family to earn a college more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 12 -- The American Bar Association issued the following statement on May 11, 2026, by President Michelle A. Behnke: * * * Fair and equal access to the ballot is fundamental to the rule of law Our nation is confronting a profound test of its commitment to representative democracy and equal justice under the law. In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Louisiana v. Callais, concerning the Voting Rights Act of 1965, legislatures in several states are moving aggressively to redraw districts in ways likel more PR

WASHINGTON, May 11 [Category: Health Care] -- Ascension, a faith-based healthcare organization, posted the following news release: * * * Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown Names New Chief Operating Officer * Ascension Saint Thomas has named Luke Miller chief operating officer of Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown. He will assume the role June 21, 2026. Miller brings more than a decade of operational leadership experience within Ascension. He joined the ministry's Florida market in 2015 and advanced through a series of leadership more PR

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, May 11 -- Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Hanaway Joins 23-State Coalition Asking Supreme Court to Uphold Mifepristone Stay * JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway joined a coalition of 23 state attorneys general in asking the Supreme Court to leave in place a lower court's stay of a federal regulation that removed the longstanding in-person dispensing requirement for the chemical abortion drug mifepristone. The stayed more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 11 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Liz Murrill leads bipartisan push to fix Medicare therapy payment rules * Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill led a bipartisan coalition of 11 attorneys general in urging the federal government to improve how Medicare pays for outpatient therapy services. In a letter to CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, the coalition supports a request for clearer rules on how a payment reduction for multiple therapy services is app more PR

BRISTOL, Connecticut, May 11 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release: * * * Batter up: ESPN exclusively presents every pitch of the NCAA Softball Regionals on the #RoadToWCWS * * ESPN slated to air more than 100 games across networks, May 15-17 * 7Innings Live set to bring fans whiparound coverage all three days * All games streaming on the ESPN App, with select matchups exclusive to ESPN+ The 2026 Road to the Women's College World Series swings into action Friday, May 15 as ESPN netw more PR

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on May 11, 2026, by investigative researcher Parker Thayer: * * * The Vote Machine is already planning for the 2030 Census A partisan left-leaning coalition with no shortage of loot has meddled in the last two Census counts for the benefit of Democrats. Their 2020 work helped produced one of the most inaccurate Census counts in modern American history. Editorial note: this essay is from a forthcoming report on the 2026 mid-term election. * * * For months the more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 12 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released the following testimony by Debbie Rowell, owner of the Coffee Connection and Acadian Coffee Roasters, Deridder, from a May 5, 2026, field hearing entitled "Making Health Care Affordable Again Part 2: Perspectives from Employers, Patients, and Providers": * * * Chairman, Ranking Member, and distinguished Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. Healthcare is often discussed in terms of percentages and billions  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Committee Cliff Notes: Weekly Preview - Week of May 11, 2026 * Here's what to watch for from House Republican committees during the week: Appropriations On Tuesday, May 12, the Subcommittee on Defense will hold a budget hearing called "The Department of Defense." On Tuesday, May 12, the Subcommittee on Defense will hold a budget hearing called "The United States Navy and Marine Corps." On Tuesday, May 12, the Subcommitt more PR

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, issued the following news: * * * Cornyn, Colleagues Urge SCOTUS to Protect Women & Babies from Dangerous Chemical Abortion Drugs * AUSTIN - U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) joined more than 100 bicameral Republican lawmakers in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in support of Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill's lawsuit, Louisiana v. FDA, to protect women and unborn children from dangerous mail-order chemical abortion drugs. This builds on the amicus brief he signed onto earl more PR

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene on MSNOW: "The American People Are Angry About What They See Happening Across the Country." * On Republicans attempting to gerrymander away Democratic-held seats in the South, DelBene says: "Don't count out someone like Jim Clyburn." DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene joined Rev. Al Sharpton's show over the weekend to discuss how the Republican push to rig the midterms will backfire on them in November. Chair DelBe more PR

NEW YORK, May 11 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Debevoise and Plimpton, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Debevoise Files Amicus Brief Asking Supreme Court to Restore Mail and Pharmacy Dispensing of Mifepristone * Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has filed an amicus curiae brief in two parallel cases before the Supreme Court of the United States, Danco Laboratories, LLC v. The State of Louisiana, et al. and GenBioPro, Inc. v. The State of Louisiana, et al., on behalf of many of the nation's leading medical societies to protect access to mif more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 12 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released the following testimony by Ronnell Nolan, president, CEO and founder of Health Agents for America, from a May 5, 2026, field hearing entitled "Making Health Care Affordable Again Part 2: Perspectives from Employers, Patients, and Providers": * * * Good afternoon, Senator Cassidy, and thank you for the opportunity to be here today. My name is Ronnell Nolan, and I am the Founder and CEO of Health Agents for America, a national trade associatio more PR

WASHINGTON, May 11 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Mini Timmaraju Discusses Looming Louisiana v. FDA SCOTUS Decision with Ali Vitali * Today, Reproductive Freedom for All President and CEO Mini Timmaraju joined Way Too Early with Ali Vitali to discuss the Supreme Court's looming decision in Louisiana v. FDA -the case threatening nationwide access to mifepristone, a safe and effective medication used in most U.S. abortion care as wel more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 11 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: * * * JUST IN: Louisiana Supreme Court sides with AG Liz Murrill; green lights transfer of authority to Orleans Parish Clerk of Court * The Louisiana Supreme Court granted Attorney General Murrill's request on behalf of the State for a stay in Crockett v. State of Louisiana, temporarily pausing the 19th JDC's preliminary injunction and all further proceedings pending the Louisiana Supreme Court's review. The ruling had prohibited the State fr more PR

WASHINGTON, May 11 (TNSFR) -- The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) is proposing to revise regulations implementing the "engaged in the business" definition from the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA). Although Congress defined that term in BSCA, the Department of Justice provided additional definitions in its implementing regulations to further define terms within the statutory definition and to include examples of covered activities that established rebuttable presumptions of being engaged in the business of deal more PR

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Kennedy in The Hill: Congress should come together to address young adult suicide * WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) penned this op-ed in The Hill arguing that Congress should take action to address the persistently high suicide rate among young adults in America. Key excerpts of the op-ed are below: "If you only read the headlines each day, you could miss one of the most serious challenges facing American communities: Suicide has become more PR

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- The U.S. Department of War issued the following news: * * * Medal of Honor Monday: Army 1st Lt. Douglas Bernard Fournet * Army 1st Lt. Douglas Bernard Fournet was a trooper assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, when he served in South Vietnam in 1968. He was born on May 7, 1943, in Lake Charles, Louisiana. His father, former Army Staff Sgt. Henry Bernard Fournet, was a shrimp boat operator, and his mother, Maria Lena Fournet, was a homemaker. In 1952, his father drowned w more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, May 11 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following news release: * * * More Than 400 Register for Attorney General Griffin's Emerging Issues Series Event Exploring AI and the Law * Griffin: 'AI should be used to augment, not replace, our professional judgment' LITTLE ROCK - Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement after wrapping up the inaugural Emerging Issues Series event titled Innovation with Integrity: Embracing AI Responsibly in Your Legal Practice: "The kickoff of the Em more PR

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- The Offshore Operators Committee, representing more than 90% of energy production on the Gulf of America Outer Continental Shelf, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regarding the proposed Paper Manifest Sunset Rule and related modifications to hazardous waste manifest regulations. The OOC urges the EPA to retain paper hazardous waste manifests as a compliance option and to extend the sunset period from 24 months to 48 months to address operational challenges faced by offshore  more ST

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 11 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Goldwater Institute posted the following news: * * * Oklahoma Signs Right to Try 2.0 Into Law * In a major win for rare-disease patients in Oklahoma, Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed the Goldwater Institute's model Right to Try for Individualized Treatments Act, a cutting-edge law that empowers patients to seek personalized treatments designed just for them. Sponsored by state Sen. Brenda Stanley and state Reps. Marilyn Stark and Mark Lepak, SB 933 expands Goldwater's original Right to Try la more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 12 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released the following testimony by Prescriptions to Geaux co-owner T.J. Woodard from a May 5, 2026, field hearing entitled "Making Health Care Affordable Again Part 2: Perspectives from Employers, Patients, and Providers": * * * Chairman Cassidy, Ranking Member Sanders, and distinguished Members of the Committee: thank you for coming to Louisiana and for the opportunity to testify today about the skyrocketing cost of healthcare. My name is T.J. Wooda more PR

WASHINGTON, May 11 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * Reproductive Freedom for All Responds to Supreme Court Extending Temporary Stay in Louisiana v. FDA * Reproductive Freedom for All Responds to Supreme Court Extending Temporary Stay in Louisiana v. FDA Washington, DC - Today, the U.S. Supreme Court extended its temporary stay in Louisiana v. FDA until 5pm EDT on Thursday, May 14, while the Court continues to review appeals. The stay block more PR

ANGOLA, Indiana, May 11 -- Trine University posted the following news: * * * Shower shoe: Trine students develop prosthetic for Allen County paramedic * Two amputations haven't stopped Ben Masten from working as a paramedic, but he still faces challenges every day. A team of Trine University biomedical engineering majors worked this spring to help him overcome one of them. The senior design team of Michaela Doiron of Zachary, Louisiana, Kara Harris of Louisville, Tennessee, Madix Johnson of New Palestine, Indiana, and Emily Wahl of Defi more PR

NEW YORK, May 11 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., posted the following news release: * * * Tennessee Voters Sue to Block Redrawn Congressional Map that Discriminates Against and Silences Black Memphians * NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Tennessee filed a federal lawsuit today challenging Tennessee's discriminatory new congressional redistricti more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * The Leader's Floor Lookout: Week of May 11, 2026 * Here's what to watch for on the House Floor this week: Expressing Support for the Brave Men and Women in Law Enforcement This week, during National Police Week, House Republicans are bringing forward a resolution to express our gratitude for the brave men and women in blue and the sacrifices they make every day to keep our communities safe. America's police officers are th more PR

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * Tuberville Urges SCOTUS to Protect Women and Babies from Dangerous Abortion Drugs * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined more than 100 Republican lawmakers in both the Senate and House of Representatives in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting a lawsuit to protect women and their unborn children from dangerous mail-order chemical abortion drugs. The brief argues that mifepristone's in-person dispensin more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, May 11 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Entergy posted the following news release: * * * What is Peak Demand? * Learn about the causes of peak demand and how it can impact your energy bill. Power generation, transmission and distribution are all needed 24 hours a day. That's because, with the exception of energy storage, electricity must be used as it's generated. This is where the concept of peak demand comes into play. Electricity demand during the course of a day looks very much like a hill. The hours may shift from p more PR

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: * * * Young, Colleagues Urge SCOTUS to Protect Women and Babies from Dangerous Abortion Drugs * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) joined over 100 colleagues in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting Louisiana's lawsuit to protect women and their unborn children from dangerous mail-order chemical abortion drugs. The brief argues mifepristone's in-person dispensing requirement must be reinstated. "I'm proud to join with my C more PR