LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Feb. 28 -- The Arkansas Economic Development Commission issued the following news on Feb. 27, 2026: * * * Clark County Receives CCI, Select Site, and ONSite Recognition ARKADELPHIA, Ark. (February 27, 2026) - Clark County has received the Competitive Communities Initiative (CCI) designation from the Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC), the Select Site certification from Entergy Arkansas, and the ONSite certification from the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Feb. 27 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson challenges Biden-era Department of Energy policy * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson joined a 21-state friend-of-the-court brief challenging a Biden-era Department of Energy rule that imposes costly efficiency standards for consumer furnaces and commercial water heaters. "Under the guise of 'expertise,' the Biden adminis  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Feb. 27 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Griffin Announces Arrest of Conway Man on Child Pornography Charges * Griffin: 'Protecting Arkansas's children and ensuring justice for victims will always remain a top priority of this office' LITTLE ROCK - Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement after agents in his Special Investigations Division (SID) arrested Diego Santana Juarez, 1  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Feb. 27 -- Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2026: * * * Attorney General Hanaway, Coalition of States Secure Agreement from Vanguard to Protect Energy Markets from ESG Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that a coalition of 13 states, in a monumental, first-of-its kind settlement with The Vanguard Group, Inc. ("Vanguard"), have resolved part of their lawsuit against asset managers Black  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2026: * * * Building on President Trump's Vision, FY26 Funding Strengthens America ICYMI: This week, President Trump delivered a historic State of the Union address, sharing the positive impact renewed leadership in the White House has had on our nation. Our Commander in Chief presented his vision for a strong America - a nation that has not yet reach  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Cassidy Announces Over $70.5 Million for Louisiana Disaster Recovery, Emergency Preparedness * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced Louisiana will receive $70,508,828.60 in federal funding from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to support disaster recovery and emergency preparedness efforts following Hurricanes Laura, Ida, and Francine, as well as respons  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news on Feb. 27, 2026: * * * Chairman Cassidy Applauds New Trump Policy Empowering Independent Workers, Creating Job Opportunities for Americans U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, applauded the new Trump administration policy that empowers Americans to work a  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 27 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: * * * Covington man arrested by AG Murrill's LBI for Indecent Behavior with a Juvenile and other disturbing charges * A man from Covington was arrested by AG Murrill's Louisiana Bureau of Investigation on a number of disturbing charges recently. 36-year-old Brandon Joseph Brown, was arrested at his home on Beverly Drive in Covington on February 12, for violating: * LA R.S. 14:81 Indecent  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Crapo Joins 'GRIP Act' to Block State Gun Registries * Washington, D.C. \-U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) has teamed up with U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Mississippi) and U.S. Representative Paul Gosar (R-Arizona) to continue a bicameral fight to prohibit states, localities or any other organization from using federal funding and background check information to maintain gun registries. "Federal   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 27 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Entergy posted the following news release: * * * Entergy Arkansas prioritizes affordable power, supports reliability improvements for all customers in rate review * LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Entergy Arkansas today made a filing with the Arkansas Public Service Commission to establish new base rates effective January 2027. Residential customers are expected to see minimal change to their monthly bills as the company introduces new rate struct  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed removing the Geocarpon minimum, a small winter annual plant, from the federal list of endangered and threatened plants. A comprehensive review indicates that threats to the species have been reduced or eliminated and it no longer meets the definition of an endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Originally listed as threatened on June 16, 1987, the plant w  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Research and Technology released the following testimony by Diana Furchtgott-Roth, adjunct professor of economics at George Washington University and former deputy assistant secretary of Transportation for research and technology, from a Feb. 11, 2026, hearing entitled "Accelerating Progress: U.S. Surface Transportation Research": * * * Chairman Obernolte, Ranking Member Stevens, Distinguished Members of the Committ  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Hickenlooper, Colleagues Sound Alarm on Deaths in Immigration Detention Under Trump * 30+ individuals have died in ICE detention since the start of the Trump administration WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper along with 21 of his Senate colleagues sounded the alarm on the dramatic increase in deaths in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention. Since the start of the Trump   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Federal Court Hears Major Challenge to Medication Abortion With Nationwide Implications * This week, a federal district court in Louisiana held a hearing in Louisiana v. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), where U.S. District Judge David Joseph considered whether to grant Louisiana's request to reinstate medically unnecessary in-per  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Kennedy on Iran: "We're not trying to start a war.... We're trying to end it." * Watch Kennedy's comments here. WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) explained why the United States is exerting pressure on Iran's leaders to halt their missile program in a speech on the U.S. Senate floor. Key excerpts of the speech are below. "We don't know how many people he's hung in the last six months. W  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Kennedy urges Sec. Lutnick to adjust Census poverty definitions: "Please fix it." * Watch Kennedy's comments here. WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) called on Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to have the Census Bureau add a new definition of poverty to reflect the benefits that American taxpayers provide to those in need in a speech on the U.S. Senate floor. Key excerpts are below. "Th  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 28 -- The Louisiana Department of Insurance issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2026: * * * Contractor Issued Cease-and-Desist Order and Arrested for Fraudulent Activities Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple recently issued a Cease-and-Desist Order to Jon Andersen for allegedly falsifying documents while applying for a new contractor's license. Andersen was later arrested in Jefferson Parish on February 25 on charges of fraud, filing false public records a  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * LOCAL SPOTLIGHT: Cassidy Highlights Isle de Jean Charles Marina Owner for Lifelong Commitment to the Bayou * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), for his monthly Local Spotlight, recognized Theo Chaisson of the United Houma Nation in Southeast Louisiana. Theo left school in the third grade to help his family make a living and later began operating the Isle de Jean Charles Marina, w  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, Feb. 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi posted the following news release on Feb. 27, 2026: * * * Louisiana Man Pleads Guilty to Committing COVID Relief Fraud While in Prison Gulfport, MS - A Louisiana man pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to conspiring with another individual to fraudulently obtain unemployment insurance benefits related to the COVID-19 pandemic while he was in prison. According to court documents and  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 27 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: * * * Raceland man arrested by AG Murrill's Louisiana Bureau of Investigation for Indecent Behavior with a Juvenile and Computer Aided Solicitation of a Minor * Agents with Attorney General Liz Murrill's Louisiana Bureau of Investigation arrested a Raceland man on February 26, on two charges. 36-year-old David Anthony Dufrene, of St Mary Street in Raceland, was arrested for: * 14:81 Inde  more

ST. BONAVENTURE, New York, Feb. 27 -- St. Bonaventure University issued the following news release: * * * Renowned classical/jazz pianist to perform March 13 at SBU * Feb 27, 2026 Willis Delony, one of the nation's foremost classical/jazz crossover artists, will perform Friday, March 13, at St. Bonaventure University's Quick Center for the Arts. Delony's performance will feature collaborations with regionally acclaimed jazz artists for an evening of evocative and genre-blending music. Ti  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Feb. 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee posted the following news release on Feb. 26, 2026: * * * U.S. Attorney Dunavant adds Additional Attorneys and Support Staff to U.S. Attorney's Office U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant, of the Western District of Tennessee, is pleased to announce the recent hiring and assignment of five (5) new Assistant U.S. Attorneys, one (1) new Special Assistant U.S. Attorney (JAG SAUSA), and two (2) new s  more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, Feb. 27 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: * * * UNARMED MINUTEMAN III ICBM TEST LAUNCH SCHEDULED AT VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE * VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. - An operational test launch of an Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile is scheduled between 11:01 p.m. to 5:01 a.m. Pacific Time, Mar. 3 to Mar. 4, from north Vandenberg. The purpose of the ICBM test launch prog  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Feb. 28 (TNSjou) -- VCOM - Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine issued the following news: * * * VCOM-Louisiana's Justin Nguyen Named Student Researcher of the Year By Danielle Voumard For Justin Nguyen '26, being named VCOM-Louisiana's Student Researcher of the Year is both an honor and a reflection of years spent asking thoughtful questions, embracing persistence, and pursuing research that can advance patient care. His journey into medicine and research is deep  more