ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 17 (TNSres) -- Associated General Contractors of America issued the following news release on June 16, 2023: * * * Texas and Arkansas Top List of Yearly Increases, While Colorado and Connecticut Experience Worst Losses; California and Louisiana Lead in Monthly Job Gains, While Indiana and Rhode Island Have Largest Declines * * * Construction employment increased in 42 states and the District of Columbia in May from a year earlier, while only 24 states added construc  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 (TNSgov) -- The American Tort Reform Association issued the following news release: Today, the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) applauds the passage of Louisiana Senate Bill 196, which would require mandatory disclosure of litigation financing arrangements, and encourages Governor John Bel Edwards (D) to support and sign the bill. "Louisiana has long been a target for abusive litigation, and this bill would help protect the state from these practices," ATRA President  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 14 (TNSpp) -- The Coastal Conservation Association of Louisiana issued the following news on June 13, 2023: Coastal Conservation Association of Louisiana, along with conservation partners Shell, Jefferson Parish, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and CCA's Building Conservation Trust installed a new inshore artificial reef on Tuesday. The project, built in Hackberry Bay near Lafitte, was named "Theophile's Reef" in honor of legendary Louisiana angle  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 13 (TNSpp) -- Enterprise Community Partners issued the following news release: Twelve affordable housing and community development nonprofits in the Gulf Coast were recently awarded $540,000 in grants from Enterprise Community Partners (Enterprise) to strengthen organizational capacity, expand resident services, promote homeownership, and advance affordable housing and community development. The grants are supported through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban   more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 16 (TNSgov) -- The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws issued the following news release: House and Senate lawmakers have advanced legislation (House Bill 286) facilitating the expungement of marijuana possession convictions to Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards. The measure allows first-time marijuana possession offenders to file a request for an expungement of their records within 90 days of their conviction. (Current law mandates a waiting perio  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 15 (TNSres) -- The Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission issued the following news release: * * * Additional Resolutions on Immigration and Gender Issues Will Undergird Commission's Advocacy * * * The Southern Baptist Convention became the first national denomination to pass a definitive statement on the ethics of artificial intelligence, which will become the cornerstone of the ERLC's advocacy on this issue. Other significant re  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 14 (TNStalk) -- The Sierra Club issued the following statement on June 12, 2023: * * * At the end of May, Cleco filed the final draft of its long-range energy plan with the Louisiana Public Service Commission (PSC). The utility's preferred plan continues to prioritize the installation of unproven carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) for its Madison Unit 3 coal facility. Cleco also proposes the construction of a new 400 megawatt combined cycle gas plant because, s  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSgov) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on June 14, 2023: Today, Department of Energy's (DOE) officials convened a listening session in Lake Charles, Louisiana, closing out the DOE's second stop on its "Energy Justice to the People Roadshow" that included Lake Charles and Port Arthur. Yesterday, Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm joined a listening session in Port Arthur, Texas. The DOE describes this Roadshow as a series of stakeholder dialogues aim  more