WASHINGTON, June 2 -- A coalition of 49 environmental and conservation organizations has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regarding potential future changes to the nationwide permits under the Clean Water Act. The letter stresses the need for the Corps to ensure that NWPs cause no more than minimal harm to rivers, streams, and wetlands, in compliance with statutory environmental protections. The letter outlines concerns that many current NWPs allow activitie more ST

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, June 2 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: * * * 509th Bomb Wing presented with second consecutive Omaha Trophy * WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. - U.S. Navy Adm. Rich Correll, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, and Nebraska State Sen. Rita Sanders, a member of the Strategic Command Consultation Committee (SCCC), presented the SCCC's 2025 Omaha Trophy to the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, May 26.  Correll re more PR

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, June 1 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: * * * AFGSC Commander Visits Vandenberg SFB * VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. - U.S. Air Force Gen. S. L. Davis, commander of Air Force Global Strike Command, visited Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., May 20, 2026, to engage with Airmen and Guardians supporting the nation's strategic deterrence mission. Throughout the visit, Davis met with personnel across multiple units to discuss  more PR

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, June 2 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: * * * AFGSC, JIATF-401 conduct multi-command C-sUAS qualification at Camp Guernsey * CAMP GUERNSEY JOINT TRAINING CENTER, Wyo. - Airmen from the 90th Missile Wing joined personnel from Air Force Global Strike Command, Air Combat Command, U.S. Strategic Command and the Air National Guard for a counter-small unmanned aircraft systems firing qualification conducted in partnership with Joint I more PR

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- The Alliance for Career Education in the States, Arlington, Virginia, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Education expressing concerns about proposed regulations under the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act." ACES, representing career colleges and vocational schools in 32 states, advocates that the Department's methodology for measuring post-graduation earnings is flawed and inconsistent with congressional intent. The letter critiques the Department's rel more ST

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, June 2 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson fights against DEI mandates at SCOTUS * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson today joined a 15-state friend-of-the-court brief to the U.S. Supreme Court that supports a challenge to California's DEI mandates. The specific law requires doctors to receive instruction on implicit bias in order to keep their license to practice medicine. It also more PR

NEW YORK, June 2 -- The Center for Constitutional Rights posted the following news release: * * * Cancer Alley Residents Urge Parish Council to Table Ordinance That Would Turn Historic Black Community Into Industrial Sacrifice Zone In letter to St. James Parish Council, groups say ordinance reflects discriminatory and deadly land use system that has roots in slavery, threaten legal action if ordinance is not withdrawn - St. James Parish, LA - Groups representing residents today urged the St more PR

GOLDEN, Colorado, June 2 -- Colorado School of Mines posted the following news: * * * Colorado School of Mines and ElementUSA awarded $67M by DOE for construction of rare earth processing plant * Colorado School of Mines and ElementUSA have been awarded $67 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to build a plant for the extraction and processing of rare earth elements from alumina tailings in Louisiana. The project in Gramercy, Louisiana is one of two announced today by DOE' more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release on June 2, 2026: * * * DNC Releases Comprehensive List of States Where Gas Prices Are Below $3 a Gallon While the Trump administration predicted that gas prices would fall back under $3 a gallon by summer, costs at the pump have continued to soar in states across the country. - Today, the DNC released a comprehensive list of states where gas prices have dropped below $3 a gallon since the beginning of more PR

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, June 2 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland issued the following news: * * * Exceptional military health professionals, facilities earn coveted awards * DALLAS, Texas - The 2026 Military Health System Conference recognized outstanding military medicine professionals -including several from San Antonio -who are "excelling at their craft, rising stars, and innovators, but most of all -they are patriots; they are warriors," said Dr. Steph more PR

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Fox News: GOP urges SCOTUS to reject 'war on American energy' they say would hit families' wallets * Today, Fox News' Adam Pack highlighted House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) and House Republicans urging the Supreme Court to side with ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy in a climate lawsuit that would drive up energy costs, threaten domestic energy production, and hand local act more PR

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Fox News: GOP urges SCOTUS to reject 'war on American energy' they say would hit families' wallets * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, Fox News' Adam Pack highlighted House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) and House Republicans urging the Supreme Court to side with ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy in a climate lawsuit that would drive up energy costs, threaten domestic energy production, and hand local ac more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, June 3 -- The Georgia Secretary of State issued the following news: * * * Georgia Becomes Fifth State to Join the Professional Counselors Licensure Compact Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Georgia has become the fifth state to offer a streamlined licensing process for professional counselors. Georgia joined Arizona, Louisiana, Minnesota, and Ohio in offering the Counseling Compact, a multistate agreement that grants licensed professional counselors' reciproci more PR

PIERRE, South Dakota, June 2 -- Gov. Larry Rhoden, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Gov. Rhoden and Colleagues Urge Congress to Enact Secure America Act * PIERRE, S.D. - Today, Governor Larry Rhoden and 22 fellow Republican governors called on Congress to enact The Secure America Act to provide sustained funding to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). You can find the statement here. "Under President Trump's le more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 3 -- The American Counseling Association issued the following news release: * * * History Is Made: Georgia Allows Counselors to Practice Across State Lines As part of the historic interstate Counseling Compact agreement, Georgia is the latest state that can now start granting privileges to licensed professional counselors to practice across state lines. Currently, other states that can grant these privileges include Arizona, Minnesota, Ohio, and Louisiana, with addi more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Hudson Institute, a research organization that says it promotes leadership for a secure, free and prosperous future, issued the following commentary by senior fellow Luke Coffey to Arab News: * * * Highlighting Greenland's Strategic Importance Is Good; Threatening to Invade Is Not Greenland, an overseas territory of the Kingdom of Denmark located in the Arctic, is back in the news after the governor of Louisiana, Jeff Landry, who is also US President Donald Trump's speci more PR

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES MISSISSIPPI PARTICIPATION IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DEMO PROGRAM * Magnolia State Joins CCBHC Medicaid Demonstration Program, Key to More Sustained Resources for Care WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today welcomed the addition of Mississippi into a Medicaid demonstration program linked to additional resources for the state's Certified Community Beha more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 2 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Entergy posted the following news release: * * * Inside Entergy's Conway stakeholder engagement event * Strong communities are built on strong partnerships and those partnerships grow even stronger when there is understanding, transparency, and trust. That was the focus of a recent stakeholder engagement event at the Conway facility, where local leaders stepped behind the scenes with Entergy Arkansas to gain a deeper understanding of  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Kennedy, Wyden introduce bipartisan bill to modernize federal court records system * WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today joined Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) in introducing the Open Courts Act, bipartisan legislation to modernize the federal judiciary's outdated records systems, the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) and the Case Manage more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, June 3 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: * * * La. school system heeds FFRF call to ban the Gideons The Freedom From Religion Foundation has successfully advised a Louisiana school district to bar a religious organization from handing out bibles to its students. A concerned family member informed the state/church watchdog that on Sept. 26 of last year, Herndon Magnet School (located in Belcher, La.) permitted Gideons International  more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 3 -- The Louisiana Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION RELEASES STATEMENT ON GOVERNOR LANDRY'S EXECUTIVE ORDER Earlier today, Governor Landry issued an executive order directing the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) and the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) to redirect revenues in the MFP towards a teacher stipend in 2026-2027. Below is a statement from Louisiana State Superint more PR

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Rep. Julia Letlow, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Letlow Introduces Rural Grants Transparency Act * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Julia Letlow today filed legislation to streamline the process for Louisiana communities applying for federal grants and create a transparent, publicly-searchable database of all Department of Agriculture Rural Development grants. The Rural Grants Transparency Act would make USDA rural development grant programs ea more PR

ENCINO, California, June 3 -- Marcus and Millichap issued the following news release on June 2, 2026: * * * Marcus & Millichap Arranges Sale of New Construction Fuego Tortilla Grill in Baton Rouge, Louisiana BATON ROUGE, La. - Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI), a leading commercial real estate brokerage firm specializing in investment sales, financing, research and advisory services, announced today the sale of Fuego Tortilla Grill, a 3,263-square-foot net-leased restaurant property in Baton Rou more PR

WASHINGTON, June 2 (TNSFR) -- The National Park Service is accepting public comments on properties nominated for listing in the National Register of Historic Places across 10 states. The states are - Colorado, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Texas. The agency received these nominations from state and tribal historic preservation officers before May 16, 2026. The evaluations follow federal regulations governing historic preservation. Individu more PR

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: * * * A Year in the Life of Larry the Whale Shark One year ago today, researchers deployed a satellite tag on a whale shark off the coast of Tampa Bay, Florida. They never could have anticipated the epic journey that would ensue. On May 28, 2025, researchers set out from Boca Ciega Bay, Florida, heading into the Gulf of America aboard a 36-foot vessel owned by phys more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, June 2 -- The Reason Foundation issued the following commentary by senior policy analyst Christina Mojica: * * * Louisiana is criminalizing a housing problem Without addressing the underlying housing shortage, the bill risks creating a cycle of repeat arrests that effectively turns jail cells into expensive temporary shelters. * Louisiana House Bill 211 recently passed the state Senate after clearing the state House by a vote of 70 to 28. The bill creates a new crim more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, June 2 -- The Reason Foundation issued the following commentary by Director Vittorio Nastasi and intern Maegan Smarkusky, both from the criminal justice policy division: * * * Maryland's new law protecting artistic expression should be a model for other states Other states and Congress should follow Maryland's lead in protecting freedom of expression. * Did Bob Marley shoot the sheriff? Did Johnny Cash really shoot a man in Reno just to watch him die? Of course not. more PR

NEW PORT RICHEY, Florida, June 1 [Category: Food/Beverage] -- The Southern Shrimp Alliance issued the following news release: * * * Senators Ask Seafood Certification Programs Hard Questions About Safety Gaps Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) are demanding answers to a troubling pattern documented by the Southern Shrimp Alliance: foreign shrimp processors that have received the most recognizable third-party seafood certifications continue to ship unsafe pro more PR

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, June 1 -- The U.S. Army Medicine posted the following news: * * * Turning the Page: Girl Scouts Create Reading Space for Families at BJACH * FORT POLK, La. -Young patients visiting the Patient-Centered Medical Home at Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital can now enjoy a good book while waiting for appointments thanks to local Girl Scouts at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, Louisiana. Members of Girl Scout Troop 2101 recently donated bookshelves filled w more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- The U.S. Chemical Safety Board issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Chemical Safety Board Calls on Chemical Companies to Prepare Now to Prevent Serious Incidents During Hurricane Season With the Atlantic Hurricane season officially underway, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) is urging chemical facilities to prepare now to prevent major chemical releases that could result from high winds and other extreme weather events during the seas more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, June 2 -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: * * * VISTA Center and Parkinson Resource Center partner for therapeutic watercolor workshop * Louisiana Tech University's VISTA (Visual Integration of Science Through Art) Center and the Parkinson Resource Center recently partnered to host an interactive watercolor workshop designed to foster creativity, connection, and community support for individuals living with Parkinson's disease and their care partners.  more PR