COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Feb. 21 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson fights to protect free speech from big tech censorship South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has joined a multistate letter to YouTube and its parent company, Alphabet Inc., raising concerns about the censorship of conservative speech. "Companies do not have to agree with consumers or those who use their services," Attorney General Wilson state  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 19 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Issues Bulletin Reminding Law Enforcement to Reject Out-of-State Reproductive Healthcare Investigations and Prosecutions * OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued an updated information bulletin to all California District Attorneys, Chiefs of Police, Sheriffs, and State Law Enforcement Agencies reminding them of California's laws that pr  more

BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 19 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Labrador Urges DOJ to Investigate Foreign-Funded Climate Groups Operating in U.S. Attorney General Raul Labrador joined a 19-state coalition urging the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate over 150 American climate activist organizations suspected of violating federal law by taking nearly $2 billion from foreign entities to influence U.S. energy policy without regist  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 20 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Liz Murrill Announces $45 million settlement with Pharmacy Benefit Manager CVS * Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill today announced the resolution of three separate lawsuits filed against CVS Health and its related pharmacy benefit manager subsidiary, resulting in a significant financial recovery for the State of Louisiana and its taxpayers. This settlement resolv  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Cassidy Helps Deliver Tax Relief for Louisianans Hit by Winter Storm * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) applauded the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for extending the tax filing deadlines for Louisianans effected by Winter Storm Fern. This announcement comes after Cassidy urged the IRS to do so. These taxpayers now have until March 31, 2026, to file various federal individual an  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news on Feb. 20, 2026: * * * Chairman Cassidy Investigates Biden Health Officials Allegedly Colluding with Radical Groups Promoting Gender Mutilation of Children U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, is investigating former Assistant Secretary for Health Levine and o  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Rep. Cleo Fields, D-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Cleo Fields' Statement on Supreme Court Ruling to Strike Down President Trump's Emergency Tariffs * BATON ROUGE, L.A. - Today, Congressman Cleo Fields issued the following statement following the Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, holding that President Trump's expansive tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) were unla  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 20 -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: * * * Environmental Groups Sue DOE over Approval of CP2 LNG Export Application "By approving CP2 LNG, DOE is adding to the glut of exports that will drive up consumer prices and lock in decades more of fossil fuel reliance around the globe." * Washington, D.C. -- Environmental groups filed a lawsuit today challenging the Department of Energy's (DOE) approval of Venture Global's application to export lique  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Feb. 17 -- ExcelinEd, an organization that says it supports state leaders in transforming education to unlock opportunity and success for each and every child, issued the following news: * * * Senate HELP Response: Informing Parents and Policymakers Through School-Level Academic Growth Indicators Christy Hovanetz, Ph.D. Last week, ExcelinEd responded to a request for information from the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) on f  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 20 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., posted the following news release: * * * Fifth Circuit: Too Soon to Rule on Constitutionality of Louisiana Law Requiring Public Schools to Display Ten Commandments * NEW ORLEANS - The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that it is premature to determine the constitu  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 21 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release: * * * Carr Pushes for Permanent Halt of Medicare and Medicaid Funding for Child Sex-Change Procedures Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr is urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to stop federal funding for child sex-change procedures. "Children are not social experiments, they are not science experiments, and they are not political theories. They're children, and they deserve   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The National Governors Association issued the following news release: * * * Governors Comment on Productive, Bipartisan White House Meeting NGA Chair Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt and Vice Chair Maryland Governor Wes Moore spoke to the media Friday following a productive bipartisan meeting with President Trump and Cabinet secretaries. Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, and North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein j  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior announced the availability of a final restoration plan aimed at repairing ecosystems damaged by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The plan focuses on the Chandeleur Islands in Louisiana targeting the recovery of wetlands, coastal habitats, fish, sea turtles and birds. Following the April 20, 2010, explosion of the drilling unit, federal and state trustees have worked to implement recovery strategies. The Louisiana and Open O  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2026: * * * Judiciary Democrats Demand BOP Immediately Address Pervasive Staffing Shortages and Safety Failures Members Press For Answers After Whistleblowers Detail Decades of Agency Neglect, Producing Officer Shortages, Lockdowns, and Unsafe Conditions for Staff and Incarcerated People * Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House J  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 20 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news: * * * LDF Mourns the Loss of Dr. Norman C. Francis, Civil Rights Champion and Longtime Board Member * The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) mourns the loss of Dr. Norman C. Francis, a towering advocate for civil rights, educational equity, and social justice. A stalwart civic and higher education leader, Dr. Francis dedicated his life's work to expanding opportunity and strengthening pat  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government released the following testimony by Stephen M. Gele, board chairman of the Pelican Institute for Public Policy and a partner at Bivalacqua, Gele and Ellis, New Orleans, Louisiana, from a Feb. 10, 2026, hearing entitled "Sharia-Free America: Why Political Islam & Sharia Law Are Incompatible with the U.S. Constitution": * * * Thank you, Chairman Roy, Ranking Member Scanlon, and Members of the Subco  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * Pressley to Boycott State of the Union, Uplift Children Detained and Traumatized by ICE as Honorary State of the Union Guests * Pressley Has Led Efforts in Congress to Address Childhood Trauma, Championed Policies to Support Child Health, Education, Safety Pressley Has Stood in Vigorous Defense of Immigrant Communities in MA 7 th and Nationwide, Fighting to Bring Detained Neighbors Home * Congre  more

PLANO, Texas, Feb. 20 [Category: Sociological] -- The First Liberty Institute, an organization that says it is dedicated to defending liberty for all Americans, issued the following news release: * * * Statement Regarding Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal's Decision Allowing Louisiana Ten Commandments Law * New Orleans, LA -Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a decision reversing a preliminary injunction against Louisiana's Ten Commandments law. The following statement   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * To Award the Mainstream Media for Raising Awareness About DHS's Worst of the Worst Website, DHS Drops Another 5,000 Criminals, Now Featuring Over 30,000 Criminal Illegal Aliens * Despite its best efforts to ignore, even the mainstream media is covering DHS's database of hundreds of thousands of criminal illegal aliens arrested across the country WASHINGTON - After failing to cover Presi  more

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Feb. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana posted the following news release on Feb. 18, 2026: * * * U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Keller Highlights Seven Recent Prosecutions Involving Threats and Assaults Against Federal Law Enforcement and Public Officials Today, United States Attorney Zachary A. Keller highlights a series of recent prosecutions undertaken by the Office that reflect its ongoing commitment to protecting federal law enfor  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 20 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: * * * BREAKING NEWS: U.S. Fifth Circuit VACATES preliminary injunction against Louisiana's 10 Commandments law. Rules challenges are premature - allowing the law to go into effect. * Today, the full U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the ACLU, allowing Louisiana public schools to immediately start posting displays of the Ten Commandments. This comes only a month after the who  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 21 (TNSjou) -- The University of California San Francisco campus issued the following news release: * * * Periods May Trigger Pain for Many Who Have Sickle Cell Disease UCSF study recommends that a menstrual history screening become a routine part of annual sickle cell care, and that patients connect with reproductive health specialists. * Pain related to sickle cell disease (SCD) increases during menstruation, as do emergency department (ED) visits and hospi  more