PINEVILLE, Louisiana, April 30 -- Cleco, a regulated electricity utility company, issued the following news release: Cleco employees spent the day volunteering at the Eunice Community Garden as part of the company's Done in a Day program. Through the Done in a Day program, Cleco employees volunteer with Louisiana non-profit organizations who request assistance with a project that can be completed in one day or a few hours. The Eunice Community Garden is a free service to Eunice-area residen  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 3 -- Discovery Education, a division of Discovery Communications, issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: Louisiana's Calcasieu Parish School Board (CPSB) today announced the renewal of its long-term partnership with global edtech leader Discovery Education supporting student learning, development, and achievement. The continuation of this partnership enables teachers across CPSB to build dynamic classroom experiences that nurture student curiosity and p  more

LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana, April 30 -- McNeese State University shared the following news: The Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System voted unanimously to name Dr. Wade Rousse as the next president of McNeese State University. "I would like to thank the System Board and President Gallot for the opportunity to serve McNeese State University's students, faculty and staff, and the Southwest region as the University's next president," Rousse said. "I also want to thank all of t  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, May 4 -- Entergy issued the following news release on May 3, 2024: Entergy is supporting customer growth, expectations for cleaner energy, growing reliability and resilience needs, while balancing affordability for its customers, said Chair and Chief Executive Officer Drew Marsh, during the company's 75th annual meeting of shareholders today. "As we look ahead, we see unprecedented growth potential for our company and our region stemming from a number of factors, includ  more

BOISE, Idaho, April 30 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: Today, the Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) and the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, and Idaho filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (Monroe Division), challenging the Biden administration's final Title IX regulations. Published today, the regulations unlawfully rewrite Title IX to undermine it  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 2 -- Gov. Jeff Landry, R-Louisiana, issued the following news on May 1, 2024: Today, Governor Jeff Landry held a bill signing in his office in the Capitol. He signed Senator Cleo Fields bill, SB 255. This bill creates a second majority-black Supreme Court seat in Louisiana. "Today, we fulfilled our responsibility and ensured the people of Louisiana will have a fair, democratic, and equally representative judiciary. I appreciate Senator Cleo Fields, Attorney General  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 2 -- Gov. Jeff Landry, R-Louisiana, issued the following statements on May 1, 2024: * * * Today, Governor Jeff Landry and the Louisiana State Police Superintendent Colonel Robert Hodges issued the following statements following law enforcement's clearing of the unlawful protests on Tulane's campus. "My appreciation goes out to Tulane President Michael Fitts, the Tulane Police Department, Tulane Police Chief Frank Young, New Orleans Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick, th  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 1 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news on April 29, 2024: Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill defeated another activist challenge from environmentalists seeking to undermine Louisiana's economy. On Monday, April 29, in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, a three-judge panel dismissed the Sierra Club's frivolous challenge to Louisiana's approval of permits for an LNG export facility along the Calcasieu Ship Channel. "The law is clea  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 30 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news on April 29, 2024: Today, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is leading the charge against the Biden administration's illegal expansion of Title IX rules, which would apply burdensome requirements on nearly every school, college, and university in Louisiana and across the nation. This would deprive women and girls of the equal educational opportunities they struggled for decades to secure, a  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 3 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is suing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) of the U.S. Department of Justice for illegally attempting to curtail Americans' constitutional right to privately buy and sell firearms. Louisiana is part of a multi-state coalition that includes Texas, Mississippi, and Utah. Just weeks ago, the Justice Department expanded rules requiri  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 2 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: In her short time at LSU, Librarian Nicollette Davis has made an indelible mark on LSU Libraries and the library world writ large. This year, she was named a 2024 Mover & Shaker by Library Journal for her dedication to equal opportunity initiatives. Library Journal is a premier American trade publication for librarians that was founded in 1876. It has awarded more than 20,000 recipients since the awar  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, May 2 -- McGlinchey Stafford, a law firm, issued the following news release: McGlinchey Stafford is pleased to announce the election of four Members (Partners) to the firm's executive Policy Committee: * Jeff Barringer (Albany) * Megan Ben'Ary (Washington, DC) * Jean-Paul (J-P) Perrault (Baton Rouge) * Robert Savoie (Cleveland) These four Members will serve two- or three-year terms which began on April 1, 2024. It is the first term on the committee for Jeff, Megan,   more

LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana, April 30 -- McNeese State University shared the following news: McNeese State University is pleased to be selected as one of the 71 recipients of the 2023-24 Keep Louisiana Beautiful (KBL) Trash Receptacle Grant Program made possible with funding from the State of Louisiana and Office of the Lieutenant Governor. McNeese will install 10 trash receptacles on campus. Through the 2023-24 Trash Receptacle Grant Program, Keep Louisiana Beautiful awarded 628 receptacles to 7  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- George Washington University issued the following news: Citing a violation of the Equal Protection Clause, a federal panel struck down Louisiana's congressional map including a second majority-Black district. The ruling leaves the state without a settled congressional map mere months before the November elections. The decision, amid broader legal challenges to electoral maps across the South, underscores the pivotal role of these suits in determining control of the House   more

IRVING, Texas, May 2 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST), today announced that its owned and operated television stations in Chicago, Illinois (DMA #3), Norfolk, Virginia (DMA #43), and Lafayette, Louisiana (DMA #125), will become affiliates of The CW Network on September 1, 2024. All three stations will begin carrying the network's primetime entertainment, live sports, and special   more

HAMMOND, Louisiana, May 2 -- Southeastern Louisiana University issued the following news release: Southeastern Louisiana University's College of Business hosted the first ever business forum on the Northshore recently. Held at the Castine Center in Mandeville, the Executive Business Forum was established to bring critical information to the Northshore in the areas of talent, technology, and the economy. The event featured several speakers, such as Secretary of Louisiana Economic Development S  more

HAMMOND, Louisiana, May 1 -- Southeastern Louisiana University issued the following news release: Southeastern Louisiana University's Department of Kinesiology and Health Studies is now offering a graduate certificate in sport management, the first graduate certificate to be offered by the university. In order to engage underserved populations, working adults, and those who face barriers to access, the certificate program mode of delivery is 100% online and courses will rotate semesters enablin  more

AUSTIN, Texas, May 2 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is leading a multistate coalition including Louisiana, Missouri, and Utah to sue the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ("ATF") of the U.S. Department of Justice for unlawfully attempting to abridge Americans' constitutional right to privately buy and sell firearms. The ATF's regulatory restrictions go beyond the authority granted to the  more

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, April 30 (TNSres) -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news: A team of University of Louisiana at Lafayette students designed and built a flower-shaped structure that's caught the eye of NASA. The reason? Its potential to enhance scientific observation of planets outside Earth's solar system. The five-member team's small-scale starshade - coupled with extensive documentation about its construction and capabilities - placed third in NASA's  more

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, May 4 -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release: The Nicholls College of Nursing will be formally named the Thibodaux Regional Health System School of Nursing at Nicholls State University after a $10M contribution from Thibodaux Regional Health System. The naming right commenced with approval from the ULS Board of Supervisors and is set to continue for 10 years. "Thibodaux Regional's unprecedented gift will change the trajectory of the nursing progra  more

HAMMOND, Louisiana, May 2 -- Southeastern Louisiana University issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: Award-winning WDSU-TV news journalist Randi Rousseau will address Southeastern Louisiana University graduating students at commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 11. She will speak at the events scheduled for 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. at the University Center, where the university will confer nearly 1,100 degrees on students who are graduating with bachelor's, master's and doctoral degre  more