BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Oct. 24 -- The Center for Sportfishing Policy (formerly the Center for Coastal Conservation) issued the following news: Multiple states along the Atlantic Coast have expressed significant objections to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) proposed amendments to the North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Strike Reduction Rule. These objections are part of a review process under the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA), which gives states a voice to weigh-  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 25 -- The Immigrant Legal Resource Center issued the following news release: * * * Texas anti-immigrant laws are trickling to other states, the Immigrant Legal Resource Center pushes breaking data where the organization tracks some of these troubling trends. * * * (TEXAS) - Since Texas SB 4 was enacted, it has become a template of hate for other states. Our latest brief, "Criminalizing Immigration," outlines which communities are at risk of being harmed and ho  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- The Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights issued the following news release: Basile, LA, October 23, 2024 - Yesterday, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and the ACLU of Louisiana filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Ermine Nersisian, a 51-year-old disabled woman who is currently detained at the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center. An asylum seeker from Russia, Ermine suffers from severe, debilitating osteoarthritis and meniscal injury as well as severe anxiety and depression, bot  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 21 [Category: Law/Legal] -- 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: BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA Representatives for nine multi-faith Louisiana families today urged the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana to block H.B. 71, a new state law requiring all public elementary, secondary, and postsecondar  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Oct. 23 -- The Association of Independent Information Professionals issued the following Q&A on Oct. 22, 2024, with school library specialist Elizabeth Hutchinson: * * * In your bio, you describe yourself as a school library specialist. In two sentences, what does a school library specialist do? I provide training and support for school staff members wishing to learn about the value that school libraries and librarians can bring to teaching and learning. The librarian   more