WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Education Trust issued the following commentary to BIZ Magazine on March 14, 2024: * * * Investing in Louisiana's Earliest Learners - A Clear Path to Academic and Economic Prosperity By Tramelle Howard In 2022, Louisiana celebrated a noteworthy achievement: leading the nation in reading gains for fourth graders. This success was attributed to the state's emphasis on the science of reading and literacy reforms. That success over other states blurs the troubling reality  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 12 -- The Pacific Legal Foundation issued the following news release on March 11, 2024: Today, the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers and the Domestic Energy Producers Alliance filed suit to block the Securities and Exchange Commission's new rule requiring publicly traded companies to make onerous disclosures about greenhouse gas emissions and other climate-related issues. "The SEC's mandate is to ensure that companies disclose important information so that inves  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 14 -- The Planned Parenthood Federation of America issued the following statement on March 13, 2024: * * * Today, Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) issued the following statement after a three-judge panel on the Fifth Circuit heard oral arguments in PPFA's pre-trial appeal concerning the politically motivated and meritless False Claims Act case brought against PPFA and three Texas Planned Parenthood affiliates. The case is expected to go to trial la  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 14 [Category: Transportation] -- The American Trucking Associations issued the following news release: Bipartisan legislation would eliminate waste and inefficiencies in credentialing system costing frontline transportation workers Washington -- Today, the American Trucking Associations welcomed the introduction of the Transportation Security Screening Modernization Act by Senators Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi), Jon Tester (D-Montana), Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska), and An  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on March 11, 2024: Today, residents from around the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana sent a letter to President Biden and Secretary Granholm to thank them for pausing the approval of new licenses for the export of liquefied methane gas (LNG). The letter also shares key priorities that local communities want to see incorporated into the Department of Energy's (DOE) review of criteria used to determine whether a gas export  more

RESTON, Virginia, March 15 -- The American Society of Civil Engineers issued the following news release: Future civil engineers showed off the skills, knowledge, and perseverance that will help shape the future of cities and infrastructure worldwide at The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 2024 Gulf Coast Student Symposium at University of New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana, March 7-9. The competition featured nearly 300 civil engineering students from 13 universities in Alabama, Lo  more