SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, Jan. 18 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following news release: * * * ADF attorneys represent Rapides Parish School Board in suit against federal rule changes jeopardizing student privacy, safety * * * ALEXANDRIA, La. - On behalf of a Louisiana school board serving more than 20,000 students, Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed a federal lawsuit Friday against the Biden administration for an unlawful and sweeping rewrite of five federal laws and polici  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 [Category: Energy] -- The American Petroleum Institute issued the following news release: * * * API, States File Lawsuit to Reverse New Restrictions on Offshore Oil and Natural Gas Development WASHINGTON, January 17, 2025 -- The American Petroleum Institute today joined with the states of Alabama, Alaska, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi in filing a challenge to the Biden administration's ban on new oil and natural gas leasing across millions of acres of federal waters.   more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Jan. 16 -- The Center for Sportfishing Policy (formerly the Center for Coastal Conservation) issued the following statement on Jan. 15, 2025, by President Jeff Angers on the withdrawal of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's vessel speed restriction rule: * * * "Today's withdrawal of the Biden Administration's deeply flawed Vessel Speed Restriction Rule is long overdue. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) was misguided in its zealous   more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Jan. 17 [Category: National Defense] -- The Association of the U.S. Army issued the following news: * * * Tricare Extends Deadlines for West Region Users Tricare Extends Deadlines for West Region Users Beneficiaries who use Tricare in the West Region now have more time to update their payment information. On Jan. 1, TriWest Healthcare Alliance became the new West Region contractor, replacing Health Net Federal Services. Tricare also moved six states from the East Regio  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (TNSres) -- The Violence Policy Center issued the following news release: * * * Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, New Mexico, and Alaska Have Highest Gun Death Rates in the Nation Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Hawaii Have Lowest Gun Death Rates in the Nation * * * New data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that states with the highest rates of overall gun death in the nation are those with weak gun violence pre  more