NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 3 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Entergy posted the following news release: * * * A message from Laura Landreaux, President and CEO, Entergy Arkansas * Dear Entergy Arkansas Customer, I'm reaching out directly to you to correct some inaccurate information published in the news this week regarding Google, specifically when it comes to how much they're paying toward the Arkansas Cypress Solar facility. We understand there is angst about data centers coming to our state and the potential effects to our communities. Th more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Sept. 4 [Category: Agriculture] -- USA Rice Federation posted the following news: * * * Applications are Open for the 2026 USA Rice Sustainability Award * Mountain Home, TX - USA Rice's Sustainability Award, launched in 2018, is back this year to recognize the women and men who work to improve rice's sustainability every day, and applications are open now. The USA Rice Sustainability Award is open to individuals or entities with significant involvement in the U.S. rice industry and with a history of promoting and advan more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * As U.S. Oil Reserves Hit 44-Year-Low, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher and Congressman August Pfluger Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Study Strategic Petroleum Reserve Modernization, Strengthen U.S. Energy Security * Bill introduction comes as SPR has undergone two major emergency drawdowns in four years-first during Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and now during the war in Iran-and sits at its lowest level since the 1980s Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fle more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Sept. 3 [Category: Transportation] -- The American Trucking Associations posted the following news release: * * * ATA Backs Bipartisan Bill to Crack Down on Staged Accidents * Washington-Today, ATA welcomed the introduction of the Stop Auto Fraud Act of 2026, bipartisan legislation to make motor vehicle collision fraud a federal crime, improve safety for drivers, and lower insurance rates nationwide. The legislation-which was introduced by U.S. Representatives Laura Gillen (D-NY), Troy Nehls (R-TX), Josh Gottheimer (D- more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 5 (TNSLrpt) -- Parish Employment and Wages in Louisiana First Quarter 2026 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Southwest Region - Sept. 4, 2026 * * * Employment declined in 4 of the 7 largest parishes in Louisiana from March 2025 to March 2026, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Louisiana employment decreased 0.5 percent over the year to 1,917,200 in March 2026, as measured by the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Cassidy on Fox Business: Congress Needs to Have the Guts to Step Up, Address Social Security * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) joined Fox Business to discuss his plan to protect current and future retirees from a 22-28% cut to Social Security benefits in six short years. Cassidy urged Congress to step up and put a process in place to consider solutions for solvency. "What I am suggesting is we set up an investment fund. You  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Cassidy on NewsNation: "Congress Needs to Get Down to Work and Address Social Security This Year!" * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) joined NewsNation to discuss the need for Congress to take urgent action to consider solutions to protect current and future retirees from a 22-28% benefit cut when Social Security goes insolvent in just six years. Cassidy urged colleagues to stop blocking the process to merely consider bipartisa more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (TNSFR) -- The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled is proposing to delete two products and three services from the Procurement List, affecting supplies and support operations furnished by nonprofit agencies employing people who are blind or have other severe disabilities. The proposal is intended to give interested persons an opportunity to comment on the planned deletions. The Committee said the action is published under 41 U.S.C. 8503(a)(2) and 41 CFR 51-2.3. The products proposed for rem more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 3 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas and Members Award $754K to Texas Community Organizations * IRVING, TEXAS, September 3, 2026-Twenty-four Texas community-based organizations received a combined $754,250 from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas' (FHLB Dallas) Partnership Grant Program (PGP), part of than $1.8 million awarded across FHLB Dallas' five-state region. The Texas awards w more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Sept. 3 -- Louisiana State University Shreveport campus posted the following news: * * * Former Olympian, LSUS alum headlining men's mental health summit with fraternity * SHREVEPORT - Three-time U.S. Olympian Kendrick Farris will be part of a men's mental health summit with LSUS fraternity Kappa Alpha Psi on Sept. 10. Farris, who pledged Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. while an LSUS student, knows the importance of mental health and mentality as a weightlifter who had three top-11 Olympic finishes and set American  more PR

BEAVER FALLS, Pennsylvania, Sept. 5 -- Geneva College issued the following news: * * * Faculty Awards Presented at the 2026 Academic Convocation Four faculty members were presented with awards during Geneva's Academic Convocation on August 26, 2026. The annual awards celebrate exemplary scholarship, service, and teaching that embody the College's mission of equipping students for faithful and fruitful service to God and neighbor. Each awardee is determined by student and faculty nominations. Provost Melinda Stephens, PhD presented the award more PR

GRAMBLING, Louisiana, Sept. 3 -- Grambling State University posted the following news: * * * Grambling State University to Celebrate World Famed Tiger Marching Band Centennial with Gala & Concert * Once-in-a-century celebration will honor 100 years of sound, showmanship, tradition, and cultural impact GRAMBLING, La. -September 2, 2026 -Grambling State University will honor a century of sound, showmanship, and cultural impact as the World Famed Tiger Marching Band celebrates its 100th anniversary with the World Famed Tiger Marching Band Ce more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Clay Higgins, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Higgins Leads Week of Oversight to Investigate Cartel Trafficking of Migrant Children and DOJ's Posture Toward Firearm Suppressors * WASHINGTON, D.C.-Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA), Oversight Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement Chairman, led two roundtables this week examining federal government failures on two fronts: enabling the criminal enterprise that freely trafficked unaccompanied alien children into the country, and the Department of more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 4 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Entergy posted the following news release: * * * Investing in Louisiana's future: Entergy and Quanta award scholarships to future lineworkers * Scholarship provides financial support and career pathway for two Louisiana students pursuing careers in the energy industry A reliable and resilient electric system depends on more than infrastructure. It depends on the skilled men and women who build, maintain and restore it. That's why Entergy and Quanta Services are investing in the next more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Kennedy announces $219.5 million for Louisiana hurricane, storm recovery * MADISONVILLE, La. - Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $219.5 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) aid Louisiana communities recovering from Hurricanes Barry, Delta, Francine, Ida, Isaac, Katrina and Laura, saltwater intrusion and the Severe Winter Storm Fern. "Louisiana has been through more than its fai more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Kennedy welcomes historic Artemis II crew to Louisiana, celebrates Michoud workers * MADISONVILLE, La. - Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today welcomed the Artemis II crew to NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans and celebrated the Louisiana workers who helped power the first crewed mission to the Moon in more than 50 years. Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen visit more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news: * * * The Long Blue Line: Maggie Norvell--Guardian of Lake Pontchartrain * "There isn't anything unusual in a woman keeping a light in her window to guide men folk home. I just happen to a keep a bigger light than most..." \- Keeper Margaret Norvell, U.S. Lighthouse Service Margaret (aka Maggie or Madge) Celest Dimitry Ruth Norvell was born on February 11, 1862, in Washington, D.C. Her parents, Elizabeth (Eliza) Virgina Dimitry and Enoc more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Sept. 4 -- Louisiana State University Shreveport campus posted the following news: * * * Louisiana nonprofits report financial challenges in statewide survey * SHREVEPORT - Nonprofits from across Louisiana reported that financial stability and funding sources were their greatest challenges in a statewide survey conducted by LSU Shreveport's Institute for Nonprofit Administration and Research (INAR). Seventy-one percent of nonprofits surveyed said that financial stability and funding sources were their greatest chall more PR

OXFORD, Mississippi, Sept. 4 -- The University of Mississippi posted the following news: * * * Ole Miss Students Explore How Business and Nature Coexist in Iceland * OXFORD, Miss. - A group of University of Mississippi business students got an up-close look at how tourism drives one of the world's fastest-growing economies this summer when they traded the Mississippi heat for three weeks of Icelandic waterfalls. Twenty-six students spent Aug. 1-20 taking in the sights and talking with business and government leaders about how tourism and s more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Pfluger, Fletcher Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Study Strategic Petroleum Reserve Modernization * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) and Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) introduced the 21st Century Strategic Petroleum Reserve Act (21st Century SPR Act) to direct the U.S. Department of Energy to issue a public report on opportunities to modernize the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). The SPR has served as America's insur more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (TNSletter) -- Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, ranking member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight, issued the following letter to U.S. Department of Justice Attorney General Blanche and Harmeet K. Dhillon, assistant attorney general of the civil rights division: * * * Here is the text of the letter: September 02, 2026 Mr. Todd W. Blanche Attorney General of the United States United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, D.C. 20530 - Ms. Harmeet K. Dhillon Assistant Attorney more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Scalise: Socialists Have Taken Over the Democrat Party * Last night, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Fox News Channel's Hannity to discuss Democrats' full embrace of socialism and the contrast between House Republicans' commonsense policies and Democrats' radical agenda. Click here or the image above to view Leader Scalise's full interview. Highlights from Leader Scalise's interview: On Democrats embraci more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Scalise: Socialists Have Taken Over the Democrat Party * NEW ORLEANS, La.-Last night, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Fox News Channel's Hannity to discuss Democrats' full embrace of socialism and the contrast between House Republicans' commonsense policies and Democrats' radical agenda. Click here or the image above to view Leader Scalise's full interview. Highlights from Leader Scalise's interview: On Democrats embracin more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * The Republican Recap: Week of August 31, 2026 * Here's a recap of what Republicans achieved on the House floor this week: Condemning Socialism and Protecting American Elections Socialism is one of the most destructive ideologies in world history, time and time again proving itself to be a failed experiment that only leads to communist regimes, totalitarian rule, and brutal dictatorships. More than 100 million people have be more PR

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, Sept. 3 (TNSrep) -- Verisk Analytics Inc., a data analytics provider, issued the following news on Sept. 2, 2026: * * * U.S. P&C Insurers Post Strong Underwriting Gains Through First Half of 2026; Line-Specific and Geographic Challenges Persist Limited catastrophe losses and higher investment income supported continued profitability, though exposure and market pressures remain - Verisk (Nasdaq: VRSK), a leading strategic data analytics and technology partner to the global insurance industry, and the American Proper more PR