NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 4 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana issued the following news release: The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana announced today the first payments of a Guaranteed Monthly Income (GMI) program that will provide financial support to individuals and families whose lives have been significantly impacted by racist policing, mass incarceration, and the criminalization of poverty. This initiative is the first-ever guaranteed income program to delive  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 7 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana issued the following news release: The ACLU of Louisiana has released the following statement after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a First Amendment violation claim brought against a St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office deputy by Teliah Perkins, a Black woman from Slidell who was violently arrested at her own home in response to an anonymous complaint of someone operating a motorcycle in a dangerous mann  more

LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana, Dec. 5 -- The Sierra Club issued the following agency statement on Dec. 4, 2023: * * * Local and national organizations, including the Sierra Club, For a Better Bayou, Micah 6:8 Mission, Vessel Project, and Healthy Gulf, successfully challenged Magnolia LNG's request for an extension on its export license for its proposed LNG export terminal in Lake Charles, La. The Department of Energy (DOE) agreed that Magnolia LNG's extension request should be subject to DOE's new p  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (TNSres) -- The American Tort Reform Foundation issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2023: * * * From Coasts to Courts, State Struggles Under Weight of Judicial Hellholes(R) Title * * * Louisiana clinched the No. 7 Judicial Hellholes spot (https://www.judicialhellholes.org/hellhole/2023-2024/louisiana-9/) in the American Tort Reform Foundation's 2023-2024 report, shedding light on an ongoing crisis demanding immediate attention. Louisiana faces a range of unique   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (TNSres) -- Detention Watch Network issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2023: Today, Detention Watch Network, the Southeast Dignity Not Detention Coalition, the National Immigration Project (NIPNLG), and RFK Human Rights released an 'Anthology of Abuse' on the still operational Winn Correctional Center in Winnfield, Louisiana. Its short history as a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility is littered with both individual and systemic reports  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Dec. 6 -- Ducks Unlimited issued the following news release: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) along with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) recently approved $144 million to support coastal resilience projects in 31states and U.S. territories. A total of 109 grants were awarded and will generate more than $97 million in matching funds with an expected conservation impact of $242 million. Ducks Unlimited (DU) received around $15 millio  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 6 -- The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry issued the following statement on Dec. 4, 2023: * * * The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI) released the following statement after the president of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE), rescinded an emergency rule to immediately create a graduation appeals process ahead of its implementation date. While the emergency rule has been rescinded, LABI remains opposed to BESE's  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 6 -- The National Immigrant Justice Center issued the following news release: A Salvadoran man who fled to the United States after being targeted for religious persecution has secured a positive published opinion in the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that will allow him a second chance to present his claim for protection. The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP represent Samuel de Jesus Argueta-Hernandez, who h  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- The National Insurance Crime Bureau issued the following news release: A new report on South Carolina fraud trends shows staged vehicle accidents as the top fraud issue in the state. The analysis, released by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), the nation's leading not-for-profit organization dedicated to combatting and preventing insurance crime, ranks South Carolina as 13th in the nation in terms of questionable vehicle-related insurance cl  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 7 -- The Vera Institute of Justice issued the following news release: The Big Easy Budget Coalition commends Mayor Cantrell and the New Orleans City Council for their investments in safe, thriving communities in the 2024 city budget, including $17 million allocation to the housing trust fund, $2.5 million for the Healthy Homes program, and $2 million for the New Orleans Health Department's community violence intervention initiatives. We are grateful to Councilmember  more