WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Democrats for Education Reform issued the following news release: Terrence Lockett, Executive Director for Democrats for Education Reform Louisiana, announced the endorsement of 13 candidates across Louisiana seeking a seat on the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE), and in the Legislature. "Through the recruitment and endorsement process, DFER LA PAC has chosen to support leaders who champion high-quality public school options for every student across Lo  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Sept. 14 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: The Freedom From Religion Foundation is rebuking two President Trump-appointed federal appeals court judges for gratuitously injecting a bible verse into a debate about an unrelated legal question. The judges, who both sit on the archconservative 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, unnecessarily cited a verse from the Christian New Testament and one even added a pious declaration of belief in  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Sept. 15 -- The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2023: A cabinet-level Office of Talent Development, an eventual phase-out of the personal income tax and a focus on early childhood as both an educational tool and workforce support system - those are just three of the many policy recommendations revealed today by the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI) in its LA23 Strategic Plan, aimed at corre  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Sept. 12 -- The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2023: Today the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI) released its 2023 Legislative Scorecard, highlighting legislators inside the State Capitol who supported pro-business legislation in this year's regular session and throughout the four-year term now coming to a close. LABI, the state's chamber of commerce and manufacturers association, worked w  more