BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 11 -- 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., issued the following statement on Aug. 10, 2023: * * * This week, Gov. Edwards exercised his constitutionally provided executive authority to call on the Louisiana Board of Pardons to review the clemency petitions of the 56 persons on death row. The American Civil Liberties Union applaud  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 8 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2023: Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed a friend-of-the-court brief Monday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in State of Missouri and State of Louisiana v. Biden, urging the court to hold the Biden administration accountable for using major social media corporations to censor views with which the administration disagrees. In July, a federal district court rule  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2023: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the hanging of a White supremacist banner in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Community members from Baton Rouge's NAACP removed four banners promoting a neo-Nazi organization hung above busy roads and highways on Sunday. Baton Rouge is home to a majority Bl  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The Carbon Capture Coalition issued the following statement on Aug. 11, 2023: * * * The following statement may be attributed to Madelyn Morrison, Government Affairs Manager for the Carbon Capture Coalition: "Today, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of two project awardees for the development of two regional direct air capture (DAC) hubs in Texas and Louisiana along with 19 additional awardees for earlier-stage development projects as directed by th  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 5 -- The Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2023: Today, a state court judge ruled a 1990 zoning ordinance null and void, granting a resounding victory to an organization that advocates for descendants of enslaved people. The Descendants Project filed a lawsuit to prevent construction of a massive grain elevator that threatened the health and heritage of Wallace, a historic Black community in the heart of Cancer Alley. With quiet backin  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 11 (TNSres) -- Demos, a think tank for the racial justice movement, issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2023: Demos, a movement-oriented think tank committed to racial justice, today released Protecting Voter Registration: An Assessment of Voter Purge Policies in Ten States, a report assessing voter removal practices across ten different states and the risks they pose for kicking eligible voters off the registration rolls. The report analyzes voter purge practices, the   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 5 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following agency statement on Aug. 4, 2023: * * * On August 1, a federal district court in Louisiana issued a ruling in Thomas v. School Board of St. Martin Parish, ordering the school board to follow a plan proposed by the plaintiffs that advances desegregation efforts in the district. The Court's order adopts the plaintiffs' remedial proposal to keep Black and white students together in grades 2 to 5 at St. Martinvil  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 11 -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release: It is a historic moment in Louisiana as state officials take a big step forward in advancing the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, soon to become one of the largest individual ecosystem restoration projects in the world. Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), alongside partners and supporters, celebrate the start of this long-awaited $2.9 billion initiative to reconnect the Mississippi River to the B  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund issued the following statement on Aug. 9, 2023: * * * Would Be First LGBTQ+ Person Ever Elected to Mississippi State Legislature * * * Last night LGBTQ+ Victory Fund endorsed candidate Fabian Nelson advanced to the runoff election for Mississippi state House District 66. If elected, Nelson would be the first out LGBTQ+ person ever elected to the Mississippi state legislature. Mississippi and Louisiana are the only U.S. states to have ne  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 9 -- The Catholic Foundation issued the following news release: Georgia and Marc Lyons, South Louisiana natives, college sweethearts and long-time supporters of Catholic churches, schools and major philanthropic campaigns in Dallas, have been selected as the 41st annual recipients of The Catholic Foundation Award. The Lyons, married 51 years, parents of two children and members of All Saints Catholic Church since 1985, are being recognized for their decades of leadership a  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 11 -- Greater New Orleans, a regional economic development alliance serving the 10-parish region of Southeast Louisiana, issued the following news on Aug. 10, 2023: Today, GNO, Inc. in partnership with The Idea Village, Louisiana Entertainment, New Orleans & Company, and the City of New Orleans launched METRONOME, an electrifying series of programs focused on growing the business aspects of the music industry. With a mission to forge a resilient and dynamic music ec  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 12 -- The National Wildlife Federation issued the following news release: The State of Louisiana's ground-breaking for the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, the largest single ecosystem restoration project in U.S. history and a monumental milestone decades in the making, will help reconnect the Mississippi River to its surrounding wetlands. The National Wildlife Federation has worked for decades to advance large-scale sediment diversions as the most effective way to  more