DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 26 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * $3K Grant from FHLB Dallas and Southern Bancorp Supports Nonprofit Guiding Arkansas Youth to College * LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, August 26, 2026-The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) and its member Southern Bancorp provided a $3,000 Partnership Grant Program (PGP) award that will help Mamas Unidas LR expand its work helping Arkansas youth pursue education after high school.  more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 27 -- Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2026: * * * Attorney General Jay Jones Announces a $17 Billion Landmark Settlement with Meta with $353 Million Guaranteed for Virginia Settlement requires Meta to implement sweeping child-safety reforms for Virginians on Instagram and Facebook after deceiving the public about teen mental health harms - Today, Attorney General Jones announced a $17 billion settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc. of which Virginia will receive a gua more PR

SAN DIEGO, California, Aug. 26 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Public Health Association posted the following news release: * * * AJPH Supplement Releases New Findings on the First Nationwide Community Health Worker Program * Contact: mediarelations@apha.org CDC's CCR Initiative Success Makes the Case for More Investment Community health workers promote community health and address inequities, guiding the nation toward a healthier future. Findings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Community Health Worke more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 28 -- ARAMARK, a provider of food, facilities, refreshments, hospitality and supply chain services, issued the following news release: * * * Aramark Brings Major-League Hospitality to College Campuses for the 2026 Season From Bold Culinary Creations to Enhanced Fan Experiences, Aramark Continues to Transform NCAA Gameday - Across NCAA campuses nationwide, Aramark is transforming the university atmosphere by bringing a major-league experience to gamedays this season. Through innovative culinary programs, en more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Aug. 27 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Griffin Applauds Federal Appeals Court Opinion Regarding Fair Compensation for Arkansas Pharmacies * #Griffin: 'I am glad that Rule 128 can continue to be enforced to ensure that pharmacies receive fair and reasonable reimbursement for their dispensing services' LITTLE ROCK - Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed a federal dis more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- District of Columbia Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Schwalb Announces That Meta Will Pay Up to $17.1 Billion for Exploiting Kids with Intentionally Addictive Social Media Platforms * Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced a landmark multistate settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta). It is the largest state consumer protection settlement in history outside of the Big Tobacco settlements of the 1990s. The District will receive at least $90,395, more PR

ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida, Aug. 28 -- Flagler College posted the following news: * * * Crisp-Ellert Art Museum Welcomes Visual Artist & Biologist Dr. Brandon Ballengee * Flagler College welcomes interdisciplinary artist, biologist, environmental researcher, and educator Dr. Brandon Ballengee as the Crisp-Ellert Art Museum's (CEAM) Artist-in-Residence from Sept. 7-19. Dr. Ballengee will sit down for a conversation with Dr. Benjamin Atkinson, Associate Professor of Natural Sciences at Flagler College, on Thursday, Sept. 10 at 6 p.m. at Ringhaver more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 27 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Entergy posted the following news release: * * * Entergy customers begin seeing benefits from data center agreements, Fair Share Plus pledge keeps money in customers' pockets * Amazon's hyperscale facility generates revenue that offsets costs for all Entergy Mississippi customers, eliminating nearly $5 on monthly bills -approved by state regulators Follows Entergy CEO signing the White House's Ratepayer Protection Pledge last month NEW ORLEANS - The first dollars attributed to Enter more PR

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 27 -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center posted the following news: * * * Experienced Human Resources Leader Tapped for Top HR Position at UT Health Sciences * Paul D. Thomas, a senior human resources executive with 30 years of leadership in higher education and corporate environments, has been named the associate vice chancellor for Human Resources at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences. He assumes the role Sept. 1. Thomas served as the associate vice president for Administration and Finance more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 26-220): * * * Unless otherwise specified, the following procedures and dates apply to the application(s) (the Section 214 Discontinuance Application(s)) listed in the Appendix. The Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau), upon initial review, has found the Section 214 Discontinuance Application(s) listed herein to be acceptable for filing and subject to the procedures set forth in Section 63.71 of the Com more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 27 -- Louisiana State University Shreveport campus posted the following news: * * * Federal grant gives opportunity for local educators to incorporate primary sources in classrooms * SHREVEPORT - One LSU Shreveport educator is working to attune middle and high school teachers and their students to Shreveport's rich history. Dr. Chantee Earl earned a grant from the Library of Congress to demonstrate how teachers can use primary sources to bring topics alive for their students. Earl is organizing a teacher field more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11459) by legislative attorney Milan N. Ball: * * * For more than 150 years, federal law has banned individuals from distilling spirits at home. Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Sec.Sec. 5601(a)(6) and 5178(a)(1)(B) prohibit individuals from producing spirits at home for personal consumption by restricting a spirit distillery's location and attaching criminal penalties to noncompliance. In the past few years, persons seeking t more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 27 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Entergy posted the following news release: * * * First benefits from data centers appear in Entergy Mississippi customer bills, eliminating nearly $5 monthly increase * Mississippi Public Service Commission vote ensures no summer increase through the annual rate plan, keeping rates below national average while also accelerating grid improvements JACKSON, Miss. - New revenues from Mississippi data centers, like Amazon's, are a primary reason why Entergy Mississippi customers won't see more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 28 -- Fisher Phillips, a law firm, issued the following Insight on Aug. 27, 2026: * * * New H-2A Adverse Effect Wage Rates Up in Air as Court Orders DOL to Try Again: What Agricultural Employers Need to Know A federal court in California just ordered the US Department of Labor (DOL) to quickly come up with a new methodology for calculating the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) for H-2A job orders, just weeks after the agency released long-awaited new H-2A farmworker rates. Those rates had been calculated under a framewor more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 27 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2026: * * * Carr Announces Largest Big Tech Settlement in History Meta to pay up to $17 billion and implement sweeping child-safety reforms on Instagram and Facebook - Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr today announced a landmark $17.1 billion multistate settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc. - the largest state consumer protection settlement in history outside the Big Tobacco settlements of the 1990s. In addition to the payment, M more PR

GRAMBLING, Louisiana, Aug. 27 -- Grambling State University posted the following news: * * * Grambling State University Announces Multiversary Tour Celebrating Historic Milestones * #Tour will feature special screenings of MARCH ON and select short films highlighting Grambling State University's legacy across generations GRAMBLING, La. -August 27, 2026 -Grambling State University announced today the launch of its Multiversary Tour, a national series of events celebrating a rare convergence of milestones in the University's history: 125 yea more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 27 -- Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2026: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL LOPEZ ANNOUNCES LARGEST BIG TECH SETTLEMENT IN HISTORY Meta to Pay Up to $17 Billion and Implement Sweeping Child-Safety Reforms on Instagram and Facebook - Today, Attorney General Anne Lopez announced a landmark $17.1 billion multistate settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc. -- one of the largest state consumer protection settlements in history outside the Big Tobacco settlements of the 1990s. In addi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Rep. Clay Higgins, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Higgins Celebrates Groundbreaking of Advanced Air Mobility Pilot Program at Houma-Terrebonne Airport * LAFAYETTE, LA - Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) congratulated state and local leaders on breaking ground on Louisiana's Advanced Air Mobility and Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) Integration Pilot Program (eIPP) site at the Houma-Terrebonne Airport. The project, selected by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federa more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Cassidy, Durbin Release Joint Op-Ed Calling on Congress to Join Their Bipartisan Effort to Address Social Security * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) today published an op-ed in the Washington Examiner calling on their colleagues to join their bipartisan effort to address Social Security's looming insolvency. With the program facing an automatic 22 percent reduction in benefits in just six years i more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Aug. 28 -- Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health issued the following news release: * * * Amid Ongoing Measles Outbreaks, U.S. Children Remain Vulnerable to Vaccine-Preventable Disease State-level coverage of measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccination continues to vary across the U.S., as shown in new coverage rates reported by the CDC. Though the latest data indicate that national coverage estimates for MMR vaccines among U.S. kindergartners during the 2025-26 school year are comparable to the pr more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 28 -- The Louisiana Department of Insurance issued the following news release: * * * Commissioner Tim Temple Named FLASH "Leadership Partner" National Disaster Safety Coalition Honors Commissioner Temple for Transforming Home Resilience and Accelerating the Louisiana Fortify Homes Program - Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple has been named a "Leadership Partner" by the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH), the nation's premier non-profit coalition dedicated to disaster safety, resilient building pra more PR

JEFFERSON, Louisiana, Aug. 26 [Category: BizHospital] -- Ochsner Health System issued the following news release: * * * Loyola University New Orleans and Ochsner Health launch Executive MBA partnership * NEW ORLEANS -Loyola University New Orleans and Ochsner Health have launched a new Executive MBA partnership designed to provide more Ochsner clinical leaders with business, strategy and leadership expertise to navigate an increasingly complex healthcare environment. The inaugural cohort of 38 Ochsner physicians, advanced practice providers more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 27 -- Loyola University posted the following news release: * * * Loyola University New Orleans to Honor Roland and Carol Waguespack with Integritas Vitae Award * NEW ORLEANS -August 27, 2026 -Loyola University New Orleans will honor Dr. Roland Waguespack Jr., M.P.S. '92, and Carol Gisevius Waguespack '62, M.Ed. '64, M.P.S. '92, with the Integritas Vitae Award, one of the university's highest honors, at the 1912 Society Masquerade on Thursday, October 1. Presented annually to individuals who exemplify a life of  more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Aug. 27 -- Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2026: * * * Attorney General Aaron M. Frey Announces Largest Big Tech Settlement in History Meta to Pay Up to $17 Billion and Implement Sweeping Child-Safety Reforms on Instagram and Facebook - Today, Attorney General Aaron M. Frey announced a landmark $17.1 billion multistate settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc.-- the largest state consumer protection settlement in history outside the Big Tobacco settlements of the 1990s. The settlem more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Aug. 27 -- New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2026: * * * Attorney General Davenport Announces Historic $17 Billion Settlement With Meta Meta to Implement Safeguards to Protect Children and Pay New Jersey at Least $525 Million - Attorney General Jennifer Davenport today announced a landmark multistate settlement of up to $17.1 billion with Meta Platforms, Inc.--a historic step in protecting consumers and the largest state consumer protection settlement in histor more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 [Category: Political] -- The NAACP posted the following news release: * * * NAACP Florida State Conference Files Amicus Brief Opposing Florida's Non-Unanimous Capital Sentencing Law * August 26, 2026 Contact:communications@naacpnet.org Leesburg, FL. -The NAACP Florida State Conference has filed an amicus brief before the U.S. Supreme Court in Jackson v. Florida, challenging the state's Non-Unanimous Amendment in capital sentencing cases. The brief argues that the law intentionally dilutes and silences the voices of Bla more PR

MERRIFIELD, Virginia, Aug. 27 [Category: Environment] -- The National Wildlife Federation posted the following letter with Louisiana Wildlife Federation and Pontchartrain Conservancy to the Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Bryan Bedford: * * * Here is the text of the letter: August 24, 2026 U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial Space Transportation 800 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591 RE: Comments on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, "Waiver of Specified Statutor more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 27 -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news: * * * Paper mulberry is a plant you see everywhere, and not in a good way * Get It Growing for 08/28/26 Over the years, people have imported numerous foreign plants into the United States, and some have become staples of our gardens. Can you picture a Louisiana landscape without crape myrtles, camellias and azaleas -all of which are native to Asia -or tropical selections like gingers and elephant ears? Not all introductions of non-nativ more PR

OAKLAND, California, Aug. 28 -- Positive Women's Network-USA issued the following news: * * * #HIVResists: August 2026 Monthly Policy Update Content Warning: many of these updates include information about harmful attacks on Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) and LGBTQ+ folks. A Fond Farewell: The Final MPU by Helina Haile It is with deep gratitude and thanks that I write my final MPU as PWN's Lessow Reproductive Health Law Fellow. Throughout the last year we navigated various domestic policy and legal updates including: the more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 27 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2026: * * * Attorney General Neronha, coalition announce largest Big Tech settlement in history Attorney General Neronha today joined a coalition of 47 States and D.C., Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands in announcing a landmark multistate settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc. of up to $17.1 billion - one of the largest state consumer protection settlements in history. Under the settlemen more PR

PIERRE, South Dakota, Aug. 27 -- South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2026: * * * Attorney General Jackley Announces SD to Receive Minimum $52 Million in Multistate Settlement with Meta Attorney General Marty Jackley announces South Dakota will receive a minimum of $52,612,676 as its share in a landmark $17.1 billion multistate settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc. It is one of the largest state consumer protection settlements in history outside the Big Tobacco settlements of the 1990s. Sou more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (TNSrpt) -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news: * * * Chairman Cassidy Exposes Lack of Action by Chemical Abortion Drug Companies Endangering Mothers in New Report U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a new report detailing the business practices of chemical abortion drug companies and the lack of visibility into prescribing patterns more PR

MONROE, Louisiana, Aug. 27 -- The University of Louisiana Monroe campus posted the following news: * * * University Police Director Tom Torregrossa named President of LACP * CAPTION: ULM President Dr. Carrie L. Castille (left) congratulates ULM Director of University Police Tom Torregrossa (right) on his appointment as President of the Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police MONROE, La. - University of Louisiana Monroe (ULM) President Dr. Carrie L. Castille is proud to announce that ULM Director of University Police Tom Torregrossa has b more PR

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 27 -- Utah Attorney General Derek Brown issued the following news on Aug. 26, 2026: * * * Utah secures $12.2 billion settlement with Meta over child safety practices Utah today announced a landmark $12.2 billion settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc. that will force sweeping changes to how Instagram and Facebook are built for children and teens once issued by the court. It ranks among the largest consumer protection settlements in U.S. history--rivaled only by the Big Tobacco settlements of the 1990s--and marks the more PR