WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The American Petroleum Institute issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2023: The American Petroleum Institute (API) today joined with the State of Louisiana and Chevron U.S.A. Inc. in filing a challenge to the Department of the Interior (DOI) Bureau of Ocean Management's (BOEM) Final Notice of Sale for Lease Sale 261. Today's challenge follows BOEM's announcement yesterday to hold the final offshore lease sale mandated by the Inflation Reduction Act, but with sign  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 26 -- Democrats for Education Reform issued the following statement on Aug. 25, 2023: * * * Following the recent news of Sharon Clark's outright election to the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to represent District 2 due to the disqualification of Eric J. Jones, DFER Louisiana's Executive Director, Terrence Lockett, released the following statement: "DFER Louisiana congratulates Mrs. Clark on this outright victory. We applaud the work she's d  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 26 -- The Institute for Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 25, 2023: During the COVID-19 pandemic Waylon Bailey made a joke about the virus, zombies, and his local sheriff's department on Facebook. Today, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed that Waylon's joke was protected by the First Amendment and that deputies violated his free-speech rights and his Fourth Amendment rights when they arrested him. Waylon teamed up with the Institute for Jus  more

CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, Aug. 21 -- The Louisiana Society of Addiction Medicine issued the following news release: On August 16th, the Louisiana Society of Addiction Medicine (LASAM) sent a letter to the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners (LSBME) regarding the implementation of the state's newly enacted telehealth law. LASAM urged LSBME to align the implementation with recent US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) policy temporarily allowing for the prescribing of medications for opioid  more