NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Jan. 25 (TNSres) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2024: The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana announced today in a blog post that participants in its Guaranteed Monthly Income (GMI program) are seeing a 20% increase in overall life satisfaction since the program's launch in early December 2023. The survey was administered in January by the Fund for Guaranteed Income (F4GI), an organization dedica  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Jan. 24 -- The Center for American Women and Politics issued the following news release: Following 2023 off-year elections in states around the country, the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University, has updated its rankings of states by women's representation in state legislatures. CAWP's rankings are determined by the proportion of state legislative seats held by women. Changes in our 2024 ranki  more

LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana, Jan. 24 -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2024: Today, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana issued a preliminary injunction restricting the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) from imposing or enforcing disparate impacted based requirements under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act against Louisiana and its agencies. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act prohibits federal fund recipients   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (TNSres) -- Friends of the Earth issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2024: Expanding liquefied methane (LNG) export infrastructure would primarily benefit Big Oil and speculators while harming US utility customers and causing a massive surge in climate pollution, according to a new report released today from Friends of the Earth, Public Citizen, and BailoutWatch. The report comes as the New York Times reports the White House is likely to impose a pause on a massiv  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (TNSres) -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release: The fossil fuel and petrochemical industry in the Louisiana area that has come to be known as "Cancer Alley" has devastated the health, lives, and environment of residents, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Cancer Alley refers to an approximately 85-mile stretch of communities along the banks of the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, where communities exist side by side wi  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (TNSres) -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release: * * * Dire Health Crisis From Government Failure to Rein in Fossil Fuels * * * The fossil fuel and petrochemical industry in the Louisiana area that has come to be known as "Cancer Alley" has devastated the health, lives, and environment of residents, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Cancer Alley refers to an approximately 85-mile stretch of communities along the banks of the Mississippi   more