CHESTERFIELD, Missouri, June 2 -- The National Corn Growers Association issued the following news: * * * Agricultural Groups Call for End to Countervailing Duties on Phosphate Fertilizers Author: Bryan Goodman Sixty-five state and national groups, including the National Corn Growers Association, sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick today calling on him to end countervailing duties placed on phosphate fertilizers imported from Morocco to ease the pain felt by farmers as fertiliz  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 1 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Liz Murrill Announces Landmark 24 Bill Package * Today, Attorney General Liz Murrill announced the successful passage of a landmark 24-bill legislative package. This achievement follows the 14 Attorney General-sponsored bills that were enacted into law last year. The 2026 legislative session ends today at 6:00 p.m. "Thank you to all the members of the House and Senate   more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions released the following written testimony by Jamie Beran, CEO of Bend the Arc: Jewish Action, from a May 20, 2026, hearing entitled "Bad Medicine: Politics, Unions, and Antisemitism in Health Care": * * * Chairman Allen, Ranking Member DeSaulnier, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for inviting me to deliver this testimony today on the fight to defeat antisemitism in our countr  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11434) on May 28, 2026, by legislative attorney Joanna R. Lampe: * * * Civil Procedure at the Supreme Court: Selected Cases from the October 2025 Term During the October 2025 Term to date, the Supreme Court has considered multiple cases focused on procedural issues. Among them, as discussed in order below, are cases about the relationship between federal and state procedur  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Committee Cliff Notes: Weekly Preview - Week of June 1, 2026 * Here's what to watch for from House Republican committees during the week: Agriculture On Thursday, June 4, the Committee on Agriculture will hold a full committee hearing "For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from the Honorable Brooke L. Rollins, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture." Appropriations   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 1 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Entergy posted the following news release: * * * Entergy Louisiana and Entergy New Orleans encourage customers to get ready for hurricane season * NEW ORLEANS - Hurricane season starts today, and scientists predict there could be 13 named storms, with six being hurricanes - two of which are predicted to be major hurricanes of Category 3 or higher. Severe weather continues to impact communities across Louisiana with greater intensity a  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB10919) on May 28, 2026, by legislative attorney Jennifer A. Staman: * * * FDA Regulation of Medication Abortion: Recent Legal Developments Regulation of medication abortion drugs is a salient issue for federal policymakers, particularly amid continued litigation over the conditions in which these drugs may be available to pregnant patients. Some of the more prominent pendi  more

GRAMBLING, Louisiana, June 2 -- Grambling State University issued the following news: * * * Grambling State University Announces Expanded Leadership Role for Adarian D. Williams Grambling State University has announced the appointment of Adarian D. Williams as Deputy Chief of Staff & Director of Strategic Communications and Marketing, effective June 1, 2026. The expanded role reflects the University's continued focus on strengthening executive coordination, institutional messaging, strategic  more

GRAMBLING, Louisiana, June 2 -- Grambling State University issued the following news: * * * GSU President Dr. Martin Lemelle, Jr. talks about continuing, strengthening momentum during Bloomberg Businessweek appearance Grambling State University President Dr. Martin Lemelle, Jr. recently joined Bloomberg Businessweek for a national conversation on higher education leadership, institutional strategy, and Grambling State's continued momentum during its 125th anniversary year. The interview high  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Kennedy, Cotton to fight collection of American investors' data with amicus brief * WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Banking and Judiciary Committees, joined Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and 10 other colleagues in filing an amicus brief in American Securities Association and Citadel Securities LLC v. SEC, a case in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the Secu  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * The Leader's Floor Lookout: Week of June 1, 2026 * Here's what to watch for on the House Floor this week: Holding Fraudulent Child Care Programs Accountable Low-income families rely on federal child care programs so parents can work, provide for their families, and achieve economic freedom. Congress directs taxpayer dollars to support these programs-not to enrich fraudsters.   more

LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana, June 2 -- McNeese State University shared the following news: * * * McNeese Senior Engages in Undergraduate Research Symposium Carson Plaisance, a chemical engineering senior at McNeese State University, has been focused on using ionic liquids and process simulation tools to better understand carbon capture and how these systems may perform at larger, industrial scales. Throughout this process, he has researched how these materials could be applied more effectively in  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, June 1 -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University posted the following news: * * * Regional Champion N.C. A&T Men's Club Basketball Finishes in National Tourney Top Four * EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (June 1, 2026) - North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University's men's club basketball team is celebrating a dynamic season, having claimed the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) regional championship and advancing to  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, June 1 -- Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Sanders Announces the June Face of Arkansas * LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders today announced the seventh installment of Faces of Arkansas, a monthly series highlighting Arkansans whose portraits and stories are displayed at the entrance to the Governor's office as a reminder of who the Governor and her team serve every day: the people of Arkansas. The series  more

RESTON, Virginia, May 31 [Category: Medical] -- The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging issued the following news release: * * * Sara L. Johnson, EdD, Named President-Elect of the SNMMI Technologist Section * LOS ANGELES - Sara L. Johnson, EdD, MAEd, BS, CNMT, NMTCB(RS), RT(N)(CT)(ARRT), FSNMMI-TS, has been named president-elect of the SNMMI Technologist Section (SNMMI-TS). Johnson is a PET/CT technologist at Florida Cancer Specialists in Brandon, Florida, and a didactic instru  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Coons, Scott Introduce Bipartisan IGNITE HBCU Excellence Act to modernize HBCU campuses U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) introduced the Institutional Grants for New Infrastructure, Technology, and Education for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Excellence Act, also known as the IGNITE HBCU Excellence Act, bipartisan legislation to rebuild and m  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 [Category: Transportation] -- The National Business Aviation Association posted the following news release: * * * Stabilized Approaches Among Top Focus Areas in NBAA's Q1 2026 Bizav Accident, Incident Analysis * Washington, DC, June 1, 2026 - The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) recently released its latest NBAA Business Aviation Accident and Incident Analysis, examining 40 business aircraft safety events in the first three months of 2026, including six fatal   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 2 (TNSjou) -- The University of New Orleans issued the following news release: * * * University of New Orleans Researchers Achieve #1 Ranking in International AI Challenge Researchers from the University of New Orleans earned the #1 ranking in the segmentation task of the NTIRE 2026 Rip Current Detection and Segmentation Challenge, an international competition held in conjunction with CVPR 2026, one of the world's leading conferences in computer vision and artific  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, June 2 -- West Virginia Attorney General John B. McCuskey issued the following news release on June 1, 2026: * * * Attorney General McCuskey leads coalition to stop activist groups from blocking permitting process before it begins A federal appeals court recently handed activist groups a powerful new tool: the ability to sue and halt any federal permitting project before the responsible state agency has even had a chance to review it. West Virginia Attorney General   more