WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Cleco Power LLC has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the agency's proposed rule to delay compliance dates and revise language in the Clean Water Act Hazardous Substance Facility Response Plan requirements. The proposal, published by EPA in the Federal Register on March 5, 2026, addresses the Clean Water Act Hazardous Substance Facility Response Plan requirements originally established in the 2024 rule. Cleco Po  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The Formerly Incarcerated Convicted People and Families Movement (FICPFM), a coalition of seventy organizations spanning twenty-six states, submitted a public comment letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) supporting regulatory efforts to address unfair and deceptive rental housing fees and screening practices. The group highlighted how automated rental application systems and opaque fees disproportionately harm people with criminal records, a population numbering o  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The Family Research Council issued the following news release: * * * FRC's Tony Perkins Statement on Federal Court's Ruling on Lawsuit to Restore FDA Safeguards on Abortion Drug Mifepristone * Last night, Trump-appointed Judge David Joseph of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana ruled on a lawsuit brought by state Attorney General Liz Murrill against the Food and Drug Administration challenging the conditions under which the abortion drug mifep  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- The National Association of Higher Education Systems issued the following news release: * * * NASH and National Student Clearinghouse Partner for Groundbreaking Academic and Labor Market Analytics New pilot connects postsecondary and workforce data to help systems align programs with labor market outcomes and improve student mobility * The National Association of Higher Education Systems (NASH) today announced an expansion of the ongoing partnership with the National  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- The National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU), representing more than 1,700 private, nonprofit colleges and universities, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Education regarding the Accountability in Higher Education and Access through Demand-driven (AHEAD) Workforce Pell Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). The letter addresses provisions of the proposed rule on Pell Grant exclusions relating to other grant aid, Workfo  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 9 -- Occidental Petroleum, an oil and gas, exploration and production company, issued the following news release: * * * Occidental Announces Gulf of America Oil Discovery at Bandit Occidental and its co-owners are evaluating results to determine next steps * Occidental (NYSE: OXY) today announced an oil discovery at the Bandit prospect in the Gulf of America, about 125 miles south of the Louisiana coast. The exploration well, located in Green Canyon Block 680, encounte  more

MERRIFIELD, Virginia, April 11 -- The Public Advocate of the U.S. issued the following statement on April 9, 2026, by President Eugene Delgaudio: * * * PUBLIC ADVOCATE CELEBRATES: 23 STATES AND SEVERAL NATIONS NOW BLOCK PORN Eugene Delgaudio, age 71, in a direct email message to supporters nationwide in the United States wrote: "THANK YOU to Public Advocate supporters who helped me fight for the passage of Age Restrictions in Texas and helped me convince the Supreme Court to uphold that age  more

RUSTON, Louisiana, April 11 -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following Q&A on April 10, 2026, involving mechanical engineering graduate Jeb Stefan: * * * Q&A with NASA's Jeb Stefan, a Louisiana Tech engineering alumnus supporting Artemis II's Orion spacecraft Jeb Stefan, a two-time Mechanical Engineering graduate of Louisiana Tech University (B.S. '12, M.S. '15) and former Bulldog Baseball pitcher, is part of NASA's Artemis II mission, providing engineering support for the flight contr  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rebuilding America's Middle Class, representing more than 75 community colleges and about 1 million students, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Education regarding the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Accountability in Higher Education and Access through Demand-driven Workforce Pell (AHEAD) initiative. RAMC praised the Department's work on Workforce Pell implementation and outlined concerns and recommendations to enhance the rulemaking proce  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 7 -- TheDream.US, a college and career success program for immigrant youth, issued the following news release: * * * Gaby Pacheco Reacts to Release of Annie Ramos from Detention Gaby Pacheco: "Dreamers like Annie are valuable parts of American families and communities. They should be candidates for U.S. citizenship instead of targets for deportation." * As the New York Times first reported, Annie Ramos was released from immigration detention in Louisiana today. An  more