BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 7 (TNStalk) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana issued the following statement on June 6, 2023: * * * The ACLU of Louisiana released the following statement upon the Senate's passage of House Bill 648, a bill that bans gender-affirming care for transgender children in Louisiana and does not allow for exceptions with parental permission: "We are deeply disturbed that Louisiana lawmakers circumvented democratic legislative processes and ignored overw  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 10 (TNSgov) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana issued the following news release on June 9, 2023: The ACLU of Louisiana, American Civil Liberties Union, Legal Defense Fund (LDF), law firm Cozen O' Connor, and Louisiana attorneys Ron Wilson and John Adcock filed a motion today to lift a stay in a federal lawsuit challenging Louisiana's discriminatorily drawn state House and Senate district maps. The groups filed the motion in Nairne v. Ardoin, a laws  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 10 (TNSgov) -- 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 June 9, 2023: The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Louisiana, Legal Defense Fund (LDF), law firm Cozen O' Connor, and Louisiana attorneys Ron Wilson and John Adcock filed a motion today to lift a stay in a federal lawsuit challenging Lo  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 6 (TNSgov) -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following news release: On behalf of three female athletes, Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed a friend-of-the-court brief Friday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit urging it to protect equal opportunity for women's athletics. In Neese v. Becerra, two Texas-based physicians are challenging the Biden administration's attempt to rewrite Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act to force doc  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 8 (TNSgov) -- The Coastal Conservation Association of Louisiana issued the following news: Coastal Conservation Association's REEF Louisiana Program completed construction on the South Marsh Island 235 artificial reef located south of Cypremort Point. The project was a joint effort with The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Danos, and White Water Contractors. CCA Louisiana deployed 128 "Cajun Coral" modules, created using 3-D printed concrete. The mod  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 (TNStalk) -- Demos, a think tank for the racial justice movement, issued the following statement on June 8, 2023: * * * Taifa Smith Butler, President of Demos, a movement-oriented think tank committed to racial justice, released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court Allen v. Milligan decision: "Today, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Black voters and the Voting Rights Act. This victory belongs to the Black organizers and voting advocates in Alabama. Th  more

NEW YORK, June 7 (TNSgov) -- The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network issued the following news release on June 6, 2023: Today, Louisiana legislators passed three different anti-LGBTQ+ bills: A"Don't Say Gay or Trans" bill (HB 466) that silences educators by banning the instruction and dicussion of sexual orientation or gender identity during any curricular or extracurricular academic, athletic, or social activities in grades K-12; a gender-affirming care ban (HB 648) that does not allow  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 6 (TNSgov) -- The Human Rights Campaign issued the following news release: Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization, condemns Louisiana legislators for advancing three discriminatory bills targeting LGBTQ+ youth. The Senate passed an extreme Gender Affirming Care Ban (HB 648), "Don't Say LGBTQ+" Bill (HB 466) and Pronoun Restriction Bill (HB 81), which will be sent t  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 9 (TNSgov) -- The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: As the 2023 Regular Legislative Session concluded on Thursday night, the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI) noted specific wins for Louisiana job creators. "I want to thank our friends in the Legislature for their hard work and determination at the Capitol over the last two months," said LABI Interim President and CEO Jim Patterson.  more

NEW YORK, June 10 (TNStalk) -- Moms Demand Actiona, a part of Everytown for Gun Safety, issued the following statement on June 9, 2023: * * * The Louisiana chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety's grassroots network, released the following statement after the Louisiana legislature adjourned sine die, marking the official end of the 2023 legislative session. Despite fervent attempts to advance a suite of dangerous gun bills, lawmakers cl  more

ORLANDO, Florida, June 7 (TNSper) -- Nemours Children's Health System issued the following news release: Pediatric otolaryngologist Adele Evans, MD, FAAP, who specializes in tracheostomy safety, has been named Chief of Otolaryngology for Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida. Evans previously served as Louisiana State University School of Medicine Director of the Safe Trach Program, and oversaw the Trach Clinic at Children's Hospital there. In her new role, Dr. Evans will lead a team of skille  more

LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana, June 5 (TNSgov) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on June 4, 2023: Over the weekend, residents of Southwest Louisiana experienced three industrial emergencies. A fire, reportedly caused by a lightning strike, burned from yesterday afternoon until early this morning at the Calcasieu Refining Company, an oil refinery in Lake Charles. The nearby community was evacuated and a shelter-in-place order was in effect for a 3 mile radius surrounding the Calcasi  more