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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Louisiana Newsletter for Sunday March 02, 2025 ( 4 items )  

Black Voters Matter Announces 2025 BVM Days At The Capitol
ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 26 -- Black Voters Matter, a voting rights and community empowerment organization, issued the following news: * * * Black Voters Matter Announces 2025 BVM Days At The Capitol GEORGIA - With a hyper-focus on local politics in 2025, Black Voters Matter (BVM) is set to hold its annual BVM Day at the Capitol across nine states including Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Mississippi, North Carolina, Florida, Louisiana, Michigan, and Pennsylvania to advocate for meaningful legislative  more

Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area Protected from Industrial Development, Lawsuit Alleges
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 25 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area Protected from Industrial Development, Lawsuit Alleges Baton Rouge, La. -- Healthy Gulf filed a lawsuit in the 19 th judicial district court for the Parish of East Baton Rouge alleging state agencies are acting outside their authority when they approved Air Products Blue Energy's plan to construct a carbon dioxide pipeline through the Ma  more

Phillips 66 Expands Middle School STEM Support Through Contributions to PLTW
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Feb. 25 -- Project Lead The Way, an organization that says it develops STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) curriculum for use by elementary, middle and high schools, issued the following news: * * * Phillips 66 Expands Middle School STEM Support through Contributions to PLTW Phillips 66 and Project Lead The Way (PLTW) announced an additional investment of $1 million to support STEM learning for middle school students across the U.S. This continued pa  more

Relocation of 30,000 Young Adult Books in Louisiana Library Shows Harrowing Impact of Moral Panic Over Obscenity and Vague Laws that Lead to Book Censorship
NEW YORK, Feb. 26 [Category: Media] -- PEN America, an organization that says it stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression, posted the following news release: * * * Relocation of 30,000 Young Adult Books in Louisiana Library Shows Harrowing Impact of Moral Panic Over Obscenity and Vague Laws that Lead to Book Censorship (NEW YORK)-- PEN America issued the following comment today on the re location of 30,000 books in Livingston Parish, LA public libra  more