WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Americans for Tax Reform issued the following news release on Nov. 7, 2023: For decades, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) has fought and delivered for taxpayers. As a member of the Louisiana Legislature, Scalise not only signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, but organized and led the state's Taxpayer Protection Caucus. As the House Majority Whip in 2017, Scalise marshalled the votes needed to pass the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act - the most significant tax cut packa  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov. 8 -- The American Association of State Colleges and Universities issued the following news release on Nov. 7, 2023: The American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) today honored Feeding America Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Claire Babineaux-Fontenot with its 2023 Distinguished Alumnus Award. Babineaux-Fontenot accepted the award during AASCU's 2023 Annual Conference in Chicago. Babineaux-Fontenot is a 1985 graduate of the University of Louisiana at L  more

TROY, Michigan, Nov. 9 -- The Kresge Foundation issued the following Q&A on Nov. 8, 2023, with Veronica Reed, executive director of Jane Place Neighborhood Sustainability Initiative, by Loren Berlin: * * * Veronica Reed is the executive director of Jane Place Neighborhood Sustainability Initiative, a New Orleans-based nonprofit and Kresge Foundation grantee with a mission to transform unjust housing policies, discriminatory practices and inequitable development. Founded in 2008, staff at Jane   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Nov. 10 -- The National Performance Network issued the following news: The National Performance Network (NPN) is pleased to announce we are awarding $115,000 and leveraging $129,000 through the Fall 2023 Development Fund to further support thirteen Creation Fund projects that advance racial and cultural justice. The Development Fund is the second phase of NPN's Creation & Development Fund (CDF) and assists in offsetting managerial, artistic, or technical needs when deve  more

LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana, Nov. 11 -- The Sierra Club issued the following statement on Nov. 10, 2023: * * * The under-construction Driftwood LNG project in Southwest Louisiana faces further obstacles amid financial woes at parent company Tellurian Inc. In a letter filed yesterday with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Sierra Club urges the agency to deny Tellurian's request for a three-year extension to FERC's deadline to have the liquefied methane gas export facility ready for serv  more