NEW YORK, April 11 -- Physicians for Human Rights issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Recent state supreme court decisions in Arizona and Florida that uphold dangerous and draconian abortion bans seriously threaten the health of pregnant people and represent the latest attack on reproductive justice in the United States, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) said today. "PHR's research shows that from Louisiana to Oklahoma to Texas to Idaho and beyond, pregnant patients are facing  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 12 -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Today, community and environmental groups challenged the Louisiana Department of Energy and Natural Resources' (LDENR) decisions to approve Venture Global's coastal use permits to construct and operate the CP2 methane gas liquefaction, storage, and export facility and the CP Express gas pipeline. There are already six liquified methane gas, known as LNG, export terminals proposed, approved, or  more

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, April 9 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news on April 8, 2023: A crucial test of the movement toward equal voting rights will unfold at a hearing and trial to be held from April 8 to 10 at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana in Shreverport, La. The case being heard, Callais v. Landry, will determine the fate of Louisiana's congressional map. The original map enacted in 2022 included only one majority-Black con  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 12 -- The Water Institute issued the following news release: The Water Institute welcomes new board chairman Merritt Lane succeeding long-time chairman Kevin Reilly Jr. who will remain on the board of the Institute. During their March meeting, the board also elected Christy Brown as the new vice chairman and reaffirmed Jerry Jolly in his long-time role as secretary/treasurer for the board. The Institute's Board of Directors represents a group of highly skilled and  more