ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Dec. 20 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico issued the following news release: The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) affiliates of New Mexico, Arizona, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, San Diego and Imperial Counties, and Texas issued an advisory warning people traveling through Texas to know their rights and take significant precautions to protect themselves and their loved ones because of extremist laws Texas lawmakers have passed targeting immigrant  more

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Dec. 22 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana issued the following statement on Dec. 21, 2023: * * * The ACLU of Louisiana has released the following statement after a jury found that seven Lafayette Police Department officers did not engage in or fail to intervene in excessive force in their arrest of Mr. Raynaldo Sampy, a Black man who was asleep and pulled from his parked truck, repeatedly thrown onto the pavement face first, and pinned down with officers'  more

BOSSIER CITY, Louisiana, Dec. 20 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana issued the following news release: The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFKHR) have filed a criminal appeal on behalf of their client Mr. Anthony Monroe, after Mr. Monroe was convicted of battery of a police officer and resisting an officer. The appeal, filed on November 17, highlights significant errors throughout Mr. Monroe's case - including the denial of his con  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Dec. 20 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma issued the following news release: The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) affiliates of Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arkansas, Louisiana, Arizona, Texas and San Diego and Imperial Counties are issuing a travel advisory for their residents about the threat of civil and constitutional rights violations when traveling in the state of Texas. The laws don't take effect until February and March of 2024, but issuance of the  more

PINE PRAIRIE, Louisiana, Dec. 21 (TNSres) -- The Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights posted the following news on Dec. 20, 2023: * * * Human rights advocates celebrate long-awaited closure of troubled Pine Prairie ICE Processing Center and call for release of detained immigrants transferred to nearby Winn Correctional Center. * * * The Southeast Dignity Not Detention (SDND) coalition, a group of local and national organizations committed to immigrants' rights, today applauds the impending closure  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Dec. 20 -- The Association for Talent Development issued the following news release: Daniel Pink, bestselling author and one of the foremost business minds of our day, will speak at the Association for Talent Development's 2024 International Conference & EXPO in New Orleans, Louisiana, on May 21, 2024. Pink has written five New York Times bestsellers, including: The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward; When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing; To   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (TNSres)-- The Food and Water Watch issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2023: Just days after the close of the COP28 climate summit, 170 scientists sent a letter to the Biden administration today urging it to reject the proposed Calcasieu Pass 2 (CP2) liquified natural gas (LNG) export facility in Louisiana. The letter (https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/scientists-cp2-letter-final/) cited the enormous impact the proposal would have on global climate pollution -   more

BOSSIER CITY, Louisiana, Dec. 19 -- The Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights issued the following news: Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFKHR) and the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana (ACLU-LA) have filed a criminal appeal on behalf of their client Anthony Monroe, after Mr. Monroe was convicted of battery of a police officer and resisting an officer. The appeal, filed on November 17, highlights significant errors throughout Mr. Monroe's case - including the denial of his constitutional rig  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- The Sierra Club issued the following statement on Dec. 18, 2023: * * * This month, the Department of the Interior approved a final five-year plan for offshore oil and gas leasing. The plan schedules three oil-and-gas auctions, scheduled to be held in 2025, 2027, and 2029. The plan had originally considered up to 10 offshore sales in the Gulf of Mexico, eventually settling on three. The oil industry has previously gone to court seeking to overturn the plan and greatly ex  more