NEW YORK, April 14 [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: * * * 100 Grassroots Groups Urge Congress to Reject Bill to Censor Books in Public Schools * (NEW YORK)-PEN America today joined more than 100 grassroots literary and library organizations, along with publications, booksellers and publishers in calling on Congress to reject a bill that would   more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Rep. Julia Letlow, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * House Passes Letlow Bill Supporting Louisiana Farmers, Forest Landowners * WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House of Representatives has passed Congresswoman Julia Letlow's bill to protect Louisiana's signature timber industry by cutting red tape for forest landowners, while also strengthening support for impacted livestock producers. The Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act would better suppor  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 (TNSbrep) -- Human Rights First issued the following news: * * * New ICE Flight Monitor Report Shows Immigration Enforcement Flights Reach Record High in March 2026 Amid Ongoing Third Country Transfers In March 2026, overall U.S. immigration enforcement flights reached a record high of 1,794, a 122% increase over March 2025, according to Human Rights First's latest ICE Flight Monitor report. The findings reveal a continued escalation in the Trump administration's mass det  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 14 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * ICYMI: School Choice Advances in Louisiana as HB1 Passes House Appropriations Committee with Funding for LA GATOR * Baton Rouge, LA - Americans for Prosperity-Louisiana (AFP-LA) is celebrating a major step forward for educational opportunity after House Bill 1 (HB1) passed out of the House Appropriations Committee, including $87 million in funding for the Louisiana Givi  more

LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana, April 15 -- McNeese State University shared the following news: * * * McNeese Senior Presents Research on Essential Oils McNeese State University senior, Kinsey Vidrine, presented at the recent undergraduate research symposium on the effectiveness of essential oils in respect to activity against certain bacteria. Her interest was initially sparked by taking microbiology as a course and further developed due to a personal interest in natural remedies. "I found this r  more

GOLDEN, Colorado, April 14 -- Colorado School of Mines posted the following news: * * * Mines to compete in EcoCAR Innovation Challenge sponsored by GM and Stellantis * Colorado School of Mines is one of 20 universities in the U.S. and Canada selected to compete in the EcoCAR Innovation Challenge by the U.S. Department of Energy and Argonne National Laboratory. The EcoCAR Innovation Challenge is the 15th installment of DOE's Advanced Vehicle Technology Competitions (AVTC) series, which cha  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 13 [Category: Environment] (TNSrpt) -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * New UCS Report: More Data Centers Will Cost Louisianans Billions Without Policymaker Intervention * BATON ROUGE, La. (April 14, 2026)-Data centers are flocking to Louisiana and are widely anticipated to reshape the energy landscape due to their massive power demands. At the same time, household electricity bills are on the rise and grid reliability  more

JEFFERSON, Louisiana, April 14 [Category: BizHospital] -- Ochsner Health System issued the following news release: * * * Ochsner Health Center - Denham Springs South reopened * BATON ROUGE, La. - Ochsner Health Center - Denham Springs South at 30819 La. 16 is open once again for patient appointments, effective April 13. The building was temporarily closed last month for repairs after an accident involving a vehicle. There were no injuries in the accident, and appointments were moved to nearb  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Speaker Johnson Delivers Remarks at the Day of Remembrance Ceremony, Presents Congressional Gold Medal to Family of U.S. Soldier Who Prosecuted Nazis * WASHINGTON -Speaker Johnson today delivered remarks at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's National Commemoration of the Days of Remembrance in the U.S. Capitol. During the ceremony, Speaker Johnson presented the Congress  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Speaker Johnson Delivers Remarks at the Days of Remembrance Ceremony, Presents Congressional Gold Medal to Family of U.S. Soldier Who Prosecuted Nazis * WASHINGTON -Speaker Johnson today delivered remarks at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's National Commemoration of the Days of Remembrance in the U.S. Capitol. During the ceremony, Speaker Johnson presented the Congressional Gold Meda  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 14 -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release: * * * UAMS College of Pharmacy Ranked 31st Nationwide Among U.S. News' Top Pharmacy Schools for 2026 The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences' (UAMS) College of Pharmacy was ranked 31st among the nation's pharmacy programs in U.S. News & World Report's list of Best Pharmacy Programs for 2026. The rankings, released April 7, place the College of Pharmacy squarely in the  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The United Negro College Fund issued the following news release on April 14, 2026: * * * UNCF Announces Winners of the Sixth Annual HBCU Stock Pitch Competition Yesterday, UNCF today announced the winners of the 2026 HBCU Stock Pitch Competition, a national competition that challenges student teams from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to deliver equity security analysis and investment recommendations before a panel of senior industry and academic l  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency issued the following news release: * * * USDA Designates 107 Counties in Seven States as Natural Disaster Areas * Secretarial Disaster Declaration (S6160) This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can  more

WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia, April 14 -- William and Mary issued the following news: * * * W&M faculty research leads to landmark Indigenous Language Symposium * On Feb. 21 -International Mother Language Day -65 tribal members from across Virginia and the Eastern Seaboard gathered at the Muscarelle Museum of Art for William & Mary's first Indigenous Language Symposium, hosted by the American Indian Research Center and the Powhatan Algonquian Intertribal Roundtable (PAIR). The daylong convening   more

NEW YORK, April 14 [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: * * * Woman Wrongly Jailed for Months Based on Faulty Facial Recognition Technology Demands Apology from Maryland Police Departments * MARYLAND -Today, the American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Maryland sent letters to three Maryland pol  more