WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- George Washington University issued the following news: * * * Cellphone bans spread in schools amid mental health concerns As students return to school, a number of states and districts are facing cell phone restrictions and bans amid growing mental health concerns. Districts including Los Angeles and Clark County have introduced restrictions, with some requiring phones to be stored in pouches during school hours. Several states, such as Indiana, Louisiana, and Florid  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Jan. 24 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: * * * Drummond requests murderer be transferred from federal prison to Oklahoma for execution OKLAHOMA CITY (Jan. 24, 2025) - Attorney General Gentner Drummond has asked the U.S. Bureau of Prisons to transfer convicted murderer George John Hanson from a Louisiana federal prison to Oklahoma so that a death sentence can be carried out for the kidnapping and murder of an elderly woma  more

GRAMBLING, Louisiana, Jan. 22 -- Grambling State University issued the following news: The Mellon Foundation has awarded a $500,000 grant to support the "Voices of Grambling: Scaling Digital Equity Projects," an initiative aimed at enhancing the understanding and interpretation of African American history through advanced digital technology. This funding will allow for the expansion of the experiential learning lab and the creation of a sustainable version 2.0 of the "Voices of Grambling" immer  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Jan. 22 -- McGlinchey Stafford, a law firm, issued the following news release: McGlinchey Stafford is pleased to announce that John Murray has joined the firm as an Associate Attorney in the Cleveland office. John represents financial services companies, from mortgage servicing and auto finance companies to bank and non-bank lenders, and others. His practice focuses primarily on litigation related to charges brought under federal and state consumer protection statutes.   more

JACKSON, Mississippi, Jan. 21 -- Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch issued the following news release on Jan. 19, 2025: On Friday, January 17, Attorney General Lynn Fitch joined the Attorneys General of Louisiana, Alabama, Alaska, and Georgia in a lawsuit to stop President Joe Biden's illegal ban on new offshore drilling. On January 6, only two weeks before the end of the Biden-Harris Administration, President Biden issued two memoranda purporting to permanently "withdraw from dispositio  more