BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 20 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: * * * AG Murrill's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit arrests Shreveport woman for Medicaid Fraud after providing medical services to patients without a license since at least 2019 * Attorney General Liz Murrill's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit arrested a Shreveport woman recently for providing medical services to patients without a license since at least 2019. Initial contact in this case was made   more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 20 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: * * * AG Murrill's Office arrests New Orleans man on multiple charges for communicating with a 14-year-old girl and offering her money to produce child sexual abuse material content for him * Attorney General Liz Murrill's Louisiana Bureau of Investigation agents arrested a man from New Orleans on multiple charges related to him communicating with a 14-year-old female. Louisiana Bureau of   more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary on April 20, 2026, by John Kartch and Sean Rowen: * * * GOP Can Further Help Middle Class By Ending the Inflation Tax on Capital Gains Three-fourths of households with a capital gains filing make less than $200k * President Trump and House and Senate Republicans can further help middle class households by ending the inflation tax on capital gains. IRS data shows that 74% of households with a capital gains fili  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 20 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Liz Murrill Files Motion to Stay at U.S. Fifth Circuit to Reinstate Safeguards on Abortion Drug * Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has filed a motion in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit seeking to halt a Biden-era rule that removed a longstanding in-person dispensing requirement for the abortion drug mifepristone. The motion asks the court to iss  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence issued the following news release on April 20, 2026: * * * Brady Responds to Louisiana Mass Shooting That Killed Eight Children; Recent High-Profile Killings of Black Women Eight children, ranging from 3 to 11 years old, and two women were shot in a domestic violence attack in Shreveport, LA, part of a string of intimate partner violence affecting Black women. * Yesterday, local authorities in Louisiana confirmed that a fath  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Cassidy Tours LSU Health, Speaks on Dyslexia in New Orleans * METAIRIE - On Friday, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) visited New Orleans, where he first visited and toured LSU Health to discuss how they are working to make Louisiana families healthier and address chronic health concerns. "LSU Health is helping patients defeat obesity and lower their risk of cancer," said Dr. Cassidy. "I w  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Committee Cliff Notes: Weekly Preview - Week of April 20, 2026 * Here's what to watch for from House Republican committees during the week: Appropriations On Monday, April 20, the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies will hold a budget hearing called "Department of the Interior." On Tuesday, April 21, the Committee on Appropriations will hold a ful  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Kennedy encourages families to consider adoption: "We can't forget about the teens living in foster care" * Watch Kennedy's comments here. WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) issued a statement today to encourage families to learn more about the foster care system in America. He noted that most children available for adoption in America today are teenagers living in foster care, and he calle  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- The Louisiana Maritime Association submitted a public comment letter to U.S. Customs and Border Protection regarding the proposed rule on Electronic Export Manifest for Vessel Cargo. LAMA's members include vessel agents, ports, and waterfront maritime facilities along the Lower Mississippi River, a key corridor that supports more than 5,000 ship movements annually and handles a substantial volume of bulk commodity exports such as corn, soybeans, coal, and petroleum produc  more

RUSTON, Louisiana, April 21 -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: * * * Louisiana Tech, LED, Jonesboro State Bank, and SHOLOC partnering to offer local business visibility program Louisiana Tech University is partnering with Louisiana Economic Development (LED), Jonesboro State Bank, and SHOLOC, a north Louisiana-based organization focused on helping small businesses connect with customers, to offer a local business visibility program. This program addresses one of the most  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release: * * * Congratulations to Summer 2026 Isle Royale Artists-in-Residence, Emerging Artists, and Teen Artists HOUGHTON, Mich. - Isle Royale National Park is proud to announce the chosen summer 2026 artists for its artist-in-residence programs. The artists chosen for the Established Artist-in-Residence are: * Ellie Anderson (Fiber, Chicago, Illinois) * Amber Dietz (Photography, D  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 20 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * New Affordable Apartments in Austin, Texas, Helped by $2M Grant from FHLB Dallas and Bank OZK * AUSTIN, TEXAS, April 20, 2026-Austin, Texas, residents have new affordable housing options, thanks in part to a $2 million grant from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) through member, Bank OZK. The banks joined Austin Housi  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, April 21 -- The University of Arkansas' Walton College of Business issued the following news: * * * U of A Startups Altaris MedTech, Bubby Band Earn More Than $40,000 at Arkansas Governor's Cup U of A startups earned more than $40,000 at the 25th annual Arkansas Governor's Cup, a startup competition open to students in seven states across the mid-south with a $141,000 cash prize pool. Altaris MedTech, which is developing a spray-based strep test that eliminates the ne  more