BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 19 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: * * * 21 Attorneys General, 60 Members of Congress File Amicus Briefs Supporting Louisiana's Lawsuit to Protect Women and Children from Dangerous Mail-Order Abortion Drugs * Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is thanking her fellow Republican attorneys general and 60 U.S. lawmakers for filing amicus briefs in support of her lawsuit against the FDA to vacate a Biden-era rule that removed a  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 19 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: * * * AG Murrill's Louisiana Bureau of Investigation arrests Benton couple for defrauding the Medicaid and SNAP benefits programs of more than $126,000 * Agents with Attorney General Liz Murrill's Louisiana Bureau of Investigation arrested a couple from Benton for defrauding the Medicaid and SNAP benefits program of more than $126,000. The Louisiana Bureau of Investigation (LBI) received a   more

ALBANY, New York, Feb. 18 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Releases Statement on Live Nation Lawsuit * New York Attorney General Letitia James today released the following statement after the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York rejected Live Nation's attempt to have all claims dismissed in an antitrust lawsuit filed by Attorney General James, a bipartisan coalition of 40 other attorneys general, a  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Cassidy Tours LSU Health Shreveport Laboratory * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, visited LSU Health Shreveport (LSUHS) to tour the site of the new laboratory he supported through appropriations funding. The lab will help North Louisiana and the United States improve public health and safety, train d  more

CARLISLE, Pennsylvania, Feb. 19 -- Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law issued the following news: * * * Dean's Fellows share reflections from Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting In January, Penn State Dickinson Law and School of International Affairs Dean and Donald J. Farage Professor of Law Danielle M. Conway was elected president of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) during the Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. Conway invited a group of   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 19 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Entergy posted the following news release: * * * Entergy Louisiana to offer free tax assistance for customers at upcoming Super Tax Day events * BATON ROUGE, La. - This tax season, Entergy Louisiana will offer its customers free tax preparation and support at upcoming multiple Super Tax Day events throughout Louisiana. Qualified Entergy customers can walk in and receive assistance from IRS-certified volunteers, ensuring a smooth and ha  more

DALLAS, Texas, Feb. 19 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Operating Results * DALLAS, TEXAS, February 19, 2026 - The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (Bank) today reported net income of $126.2 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2025. In comparison, for the quarters ended September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following news release: * * * Summaries | February 2026 Commission Meeting These are summaries of orders voted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission at its February 19, 2026, public meeting. Links to each order will be provided below once the order is issued. The summaries are produced by FERC's Office of External Affairs and are intended to provide only a general synopsis of the orders. These summaries are not i  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 20 -- FFRF Action Fund, an organization that says it develops and advocates for legislation, regulations and government programs to preserve the constitutional principle of separation between state and church, posted the following news: * * * Secular star Rep. Raskin explains the Constitution at Shariah law hearing The FFRF Action Fund salutes state-church ally U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., for his stellar speech at an unnecessary congressional hearing that fearmonge  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Feb. 19 -- The Reason Foundation issued the following news: * * * Funding Education Opportunity: About one in four students is chronically absent School districts may need to implement new policies to encourage students to attend school more regularly. By Jude Schwalbach When public schools remained closed for months during the COVID-19 pandemic, they sent students and families a harmful message: missing a lot of school is ok. Before the pandemic, only 15% of stud  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Georgetown University Law Center issued the following news: * * * In 'Getting to Reparations,' Professor Dorothy Brown, L'83, Charts the Path to Restitution for Black Americans * "What's the likelihood of that ever happening? It's not going to work," she recalls thinking. But after researching her 2021 book The Whiteness of Wealth, which exposed systemic racism in United States tax policy, she changed her mind. "I realized that even if we had a perfect tax system tha  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Rep. Julia Letlow, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Letlow Praises Trump Administration Approval of Disaster Assistance for North Louisiana * WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Trump Administration has approved a Major Disaster Declaration for North Louisiana, triggering federal funding to assist local communities in recovery efforts. Congresswoman Julia Letlow has repeatedly advocated for federal support for recovery efforts, including after the storm and in   more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 19 -- The Louisiana Department of Health issued the following news on Feb. 18, 2026: * * * Louisiana Department of Health implements SNAP healthy food waiver Waiver strengthens access to nutritious foods and supports healthier futures for Louisiana families * The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) is empowering families receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to make healthier food choices with today's implementation of Louisiana's   more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Feb. 20 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on Feb. 19, 2026: * * * Drummond demands answers from YouTube over alleged censorship of conservative voices Attorney General Gentner Drummond wants answers from YouTube and its parent company, Alphabet Inc., regarding concerns that politically conservative voices may have been unfairly suppressed on the platform. Drummond and 15 state attorneys general sent a letter to Alphabet r  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Republicans Are Getting "Crushed" in Recent Elections, And They Are Freaking Out About the Midterms * Axios AM's 1 big thing: GOP wipeout Republicans are getting crushed in special election after special election, prompting fears about a forthcoming wipeout in November among party insiders. Since Trump was elected, Democrats have overperformed Kamala Harris's 2024 margin by 13  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following information for a nominations hearing at 9:30 a.m. on Feb. 25, 2026, at 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building: NOMINEES * Stevan Pearce, of New Mexico, to be Director of the Bureau of Land Management, vice Tracy Stone-Manning, resigned. * Kyle Haustveit, of North Dakota, to be Under Secretary of Energy, vice Preston Griffith, resigned. * David LaCerte, of Louisiana, to be a Member of the Federal Energy  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news on Feb. 19, 2026: * * * Senate HELP Committee to Vote on Bills Improving Americans' Access to Quality Education, Health Care On Thursday, February 26, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will vote on several bills to improve Americans' access to quality education and health care. The bills under consideration i  more

HAMMOND, Louisiana, Feb. 20 -- Southeastern Louisiana University issued the following news: * * * Southeastern Announces Academic Organizational Alignment By: Tonya Lowentritt In order to further position itself for long-term growth and academic excellence and to more closely align with Louisiana's economic development goals, Southeastern Louisiana University has created a strategic organizational alignment that will take effect in fall 2026, university officials announced. The changes were   more

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Feb. 20 (TNSjou) -- The University of Louisiana Lafayette campus issued the following news: * * * UL Lafayette researcher reveals first direct evidence of rare cosmic process in ancient stardust A University of Louisiana at Lafayette researcher has uncovered the first direct evidence of a rare chemical process deep inside an exploding massive star by analyzing ancient stardust billions of years older than our sun. The discovery, led by Dr. Ishita Pal in collaboration wi  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Feb. 18 -- The University of Texas-San Antonio issued the following news: * * * UT San Antonio researcher aims to save an endangered crocodile in Southeast Asia * In the dense, blackwater peat swamps of Southeast Asia, a rare predatory reptile conceals itself below the water's surface, largely unknown to the world. The Sunda gharial ( Tomistoma schlegelii ) is a crocodile that is dwindling in numbers, but Kyle Shaney, an assistant professor of vertebrate zoology at UT S  more