NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 9 (TNSres) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana issued the following news release: In a new report, the ACLU of Louisiana and Fund For Guaranteed Income (F4GI) have announced the six-month results of the Truth and Reconciliation (T&R) guaranteed income program, the nation's first initiative focused specifically on those impacted by police violence. The program provides monthly payments of $1,000 for one year to 12 individuals in Louisiana who experienc  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 2 -- The Southern Regional Education Board issued the following news release: * * * Cumings Smith of Kentucky re-elected vice chair, Tennessee's White re-elected treasurer Mizell of Louisiana is new legislative chair, Chaudhuri of N.C. is vice chair * * * Governor Brian P. Kemp of Georgia will serve a second one-year term as chair of the Southern Regional Education Board. He was re-elected by the board at its annual meeting June 23 in Dallas. As SREB chair, Kemp le  more

NEW YORK, July 10 [Category: Media] -- PEN America, an organization that says it stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression, issued the following news release: A federal judge's ruling that rap artist B.G. must turn over his written lyrics to probation officials before they are released is a "slap in the face" to the basic right to free expression, PEN America said today. On July 2, U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan, who serves in the Eastern District o  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, July 8 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: The plaintiffs in Roake v. Brumley filed a motion for a preliminary injunction today in an effort to stop officials in Louisiana from implementing a new law mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in every public-school classroom. In their motion, the plaintiffs ask the court to issue an order that blocks the defendants from posting the Ten Commandments in public schools or taking any ot  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 9 -- 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 news release on July 8, 2024: In an effort to stop state and school-district officials from implementing a new law mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom, the plaintiffs in Roake v. Brumley filed a motion for a preliminary injunc  more