THIBODAUX, Louisiana, Feb. 23 (TNSpp) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2023: The ACLU of Louisiana and Fish & Richardson announced a settlement on behalf of Mr. Yohann Jackson, a Black man suffering from cerebral palsy who was violently detained by three Thibodaux police officers at his own home. This settlement is another significant victory for Justice Lab, the ACLU's campaign to challenge systemic racism and police violence acro  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 23 (TNSgov) -- Environment Texas posted the following news release on Feb. 22, 2023: The Biden administration on Wednesday proposed the first-ever offshore wind power generation lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coasts of Texas and Louisiana. In addition, California and Louisiana are joining Atlantic Coast governors and the Biden administration in the Federal-State Offshore Wind Implementation Partnership. These actions and new lease sales last year in the Pacific e  more

CANOGA PARK, California, Feb. 25 (TNSres) -- The Free Speech Coalition issued the following news release: Between meetings with Congressional offices, multiple trade shows and a flood of antiporn bills being introduced in the US, it's been a busy start to the year. Here's a few of the things we've been working on. * * * The Rapid Advance of AVS Since Louisiana's age-verification law went into effect on January 1, nearly 20 AVS bills have been introduced in other states. FSC has been actively  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 25 (TNStalk) -- The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry issued the following statement on Feb. 24, 2023: * * * The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI) released the following statement on Governor Edwards' budget proposal announced earlier this week. "The governor's proposed budget is simply the opening salvo to what will be a critical and multi-faceted debate on the budget this year," said LABI President and CEO Stephen Waguespack. "Th  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 23 (TNSpp) -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release and letter: PETA is doubling down today on its call to strip Louisiana State University (LSU) experimenter Christine Lattin of taxpayer funding for her bogus experiments after having reviewed the findings of yet another exceptionally cruel study with a high avian body count. In today's letter to the Louisiana Board of Regents, which bankrolled the experiments with taxpayer m  more