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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Louisiana Newsletter for Sunday May 07, 2023 ( 5 items )  

America First Legal Files Landmark Federal Class-Action Lawsuit Against Private Entities That Conspired With the Federal Government to Censor Speech
WASHINGTON, May 3 (TNSgov) -- The America First Legal, a civil rights organization, issued the following news release on May 2, 2023: America First Legal (AFL) filed a federal class action against key persons and entities involved in the so-called "Election Integrity Partnership" and the "Virality Project," on behalf of Jill Hines, the co-Director of Health Freedom Louisiana, and Jim Hoft, the founder the popular news website The Gateway Pundit. Defendants include the Stanford Internet Observat  more

LABI Statement on Class VI Primacy Application Notice
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 2 (TNSgov) -- The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry issued the following news release on May 1, 2023: The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI) released the following statement regarding the posting of Louisiana's Class VI primacy application notice in the federal registry. "Securing primacy is a fundamental first step in solidifying Louisiana as a global leader of the energy future," said Lauren Hadden, LABI's general counsel and direct  more

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: HUD Violates Fair Housing Act in Approving Streamlined Voluntary Conversion, Dislocates Nearly All Tenants
WASHINGTON, May 5 (TNSgov) -- The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following news release: The Streamlined Voluntary Conversion (SVC) of the Acre Road public housing community in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana is unlawful due to inconsistencies under the Administrative Procedure Act and the Fair Housing Act, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and co-counsel argued in a lawsuit filed on behalf of the Marrero Tenant's Organization (MTO) and three individual pla  more

League of Women Voters: Pro-Democracy Groups Sue Louisiana Over Inequitable Felony Disenfranchisement Scheme
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 2 (TNSgov) -- The League of Women Voters of Louisiana issued the following news release on May 1, 2023: The League of Women Voters of Louisiana (LWV of Louisiana), along with Voice of the Experienced (VOTE) and the Power Coalition for Equity and Justice (Power Coalition), filed a lawsuit, with representation from Campaign Legal Center (CLC) and Bill Quigley of Loyola University Law School, asking the US District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana to declare a  more

The University of Florida Takes First Place in PRSSA's 2023 Bateman Case Study Competition
NEW YORK, May 5 (TNSres) -- The Public Relations Society of America issued the following news on May 4, 2023: PRSSA, the foremost organization for students interested in the public relations and communications fields, announced today that The University of Florida was named the winner of the 2023 Bateman Case Study Competition. Earning second place was The University of Colorado Boulder -- The Daily He(a)rd, followed by Louisiana State University in the third-place spot. This year, PRSSA teame  more