BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 8 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Liz Murrill Inducted into Louisiana Justice Hall of Fame * Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill was inducted into the Louisiana Justice Hall of Fame during the 21st Annual Louisiana Justice Hall of Fame Ceremony hosted by the Louisiana State Penitentiary Museum Foundation. Established in 2004, the Hall of Fame honors men and women who have served their communities and   more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 8 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Liz Murrill's Louisiana Bureau of Investigation Agents Arrest Second Suspect in Attack at Madisonville Restaurant * Attorney General Liz Murrill's Louisiana Bureau of Investigation (LBI) agents arrested Gregory Jules Saurage in connection with the attack that occurred at a Madisonville restaurant on Friday, May 29, 2026. During the course of the investigation, Louisian  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 8 -- Tulane University issued the following news release: * * * New bipartisan report finds that Americans share the same struggles despite deep political divides * As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, a major new bipartisan report aims to get consensus on a fundamental question: How are we really doing as a country? The new "State of the States" report, released by the State of the Nation Project at Tulane University, analyzed more than three  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Bonamici, Sykes, Chu, DelBene Demand Oversight of Moms.gov * WASHINGTON, DC [6/8/2026] - Today Congresswomen Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Emilia Sykes (OH-13), Judy Chu (CA-28), and Suzan DelBene (WA-01) led 83 of their colleagues in conducting oversight of the recently-launched Moms.gov. Moms.gov launched in May with the purported goal of offering guidance to expectant mothers, but the website inst  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news: * * * Chairman Cassidy, Hassan, Colleagues Introduce Historic Bill to Improve Child Literacy U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Jim Banks (R-IN), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Tim Scott (R-SC), and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) introduced the Read  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Committee Cliff Notes: Weekly Preview - Week of June 8, 2026 * Here's what to watch for from House Republican committees during the week: Agriculture On Wednesday, June 10, the Committee on Agriculture will hold a full committee hearing called "Agricultural Perspectives on the Future of the USMCA." Appropriations On Tuesday, June 9, the Committee on Appropriations will   more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Troy Carter, D-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Carter Secures JIRR Project Extensions * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (LA-02) secured deadline extensions from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the Joint Infrastructure Recovery Request (JIRR) program in New Orleans to June 2, 2028. FEMA also agreed to review other active Katrina recovery projects across south Louisiana for potential extensi  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release on June 8, 2026: * * * Department of the Interior announces $461 million for parks and outdoor recreation across America Investments will leverage more than $900 million for parks, trails and outdoor recreation projects nationwide. - The Department of the Interior today announced the distribution of more than $327 million in formula grants and $134 million in competitive grants   more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 9 -- The American Counseling Association issued the following news release: * * * History Is Made: Indiana Allows Counselors to Practice Across State Lines As part of the historic interstate Counseling Compact agreement, Indiana is the latest state that can now start granting privileges to licensed professional counselors to practice across state lines. Currently, other states that can grant these privileges include Arizona, Minnesota, Ohio, Louisiana and Georgia, w  more

SANTA BARBARA, California, June 8 [Category: Health Care] -- Direct Relief posted the following news: * * * How the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe Built a Resilient Rural Health Clinic from the Ground Up * Today, a clinic founded by the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana 's Health Department serves 1,700 tribal members and more than 250 non-tribal patients. Wraparound services connect patients to nutrition assistance, case management, behavioral health services, and medical referrals, among other support  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE detainee passes away in Louisiana * NEW ORLEANS -Mamuka Artmeladze, a 43-year-old illegal alien from the country of Georgia, passed away in ICE custody June 4. Artmeladze was found unresponsive at 10:37 p.m. Staff at Winn Correctional Center called a medical emergency and began lifesaving measures. Emergency medical services transported Artmeladze by  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Inside Mike Johnson and House Republicans' Secret Plan to Decimate Social Security and Medicare * Today, Mike Johnson admitted MAGA extremists in Congress would take a blowtorch to Social Security and Medicare if given another term in power. On a local Louisiana radio show, Johnson said : "The reason we're in trouble is because over 74% of federal spending is on autopilot, manda  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service issued the following news: * * * More than half the U.S. States signed up to participate in the federal scholarship tax credit program enacted under the One, Big, Beautiful Bill The Internal Revenue Service announced that 27 states have elected to participate in the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit (FSTC) program, which enables eligible taxpayers to claim a federal tax credit for qualified contributions to Schola  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly, Cassidy, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Improve Child Literacy * Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Jim Banks (R-IN), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), and Tim Scott (R-SC) introduced the bipartisan Reading Excellence and Achievement for Development (READ) Act to improve all children's ability to read. The legislation is a part of Kelly's efforts to p  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 9 -- The Louisiana Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * LOUISIANA K-3 READING PROFICIENCY CLIMBS 16.5 POINTS DURING 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR Two-thirds of K-3 students finish the year reading on or above grade level * Louisiana students in kindergarten through third grade posted strong reading gains during the 2025-2026 school year. Literacy screener results released today by the Louisiana Department of Education show a 16.5 percentage-p  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 9 -- The Louisiana Department of Health issued the following news: * * * LDH awards second round of H.E.R.O. Fund grants Program expected to add 541 health care professionals to Louisiana workforce * The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) announced a second round of grant awards through the Health Care Employment Reinvestment Opportunity (H.E.R.O.) Fund, continuing the state's investment in growing Louisiana's health care workforce. "Louisiana needs a strong   more

JACKSON, Mississippi, June 9 -- The Mississippi Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * Mississippi ranks 16th in education again in latest Kids Count national report Mississippi has maintained its 16th national education ranking, according to the 2026 KIDS COUNT Data Book released today, and was recognized as being one of two states to post improvements from 2019-2024 in education. The Annie E. Casey Foundation releases the KIDS COUNT(R) Data Book annually. KIDS COU  more

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, June 9 -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release: * * * Nicholls State Remains the Only UL System Member with Master Tutor Certification Nicholls State University's Tutorial and Academic Enhancement Center has once again been awarded Level III Certification as a tutor training program by the College Reading and Learning Association. Nicholls is one of three institutions within the University of Louisiana System to be CRLA-certified and is the only   more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Rep. Troy Carter, D-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Carter, Adams Lead Letter Urging Sickle Cell Funding * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representatives Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) and Alma Adams (D-NC) recently sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Health Resources & Services Administration Administrator Thomas J. Engels urging the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA)  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * The Leader's Floor Lookout: Week of June 8, 2026 * Here's what to watch for on the House Floor this week: Fully Funding ICE and CBP Officers After four years of chaos at the border under President Biden, President Trump and Republicans delivered the most secure border in modern history, with illegal crossings plummeting to record lows. Yet for more than 100 days, congressiona  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 8 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Entergy posted the following news release: * * * Two billion reasons why Mississippi and Entergy are proving data centers can provide power customers real savings * By: Haley Fisackerly, President and CEO, Entergy Mississippi Concerns about rising electricity bills and overtaxed grids have dominated the national data center conversation, but Mississippi is showing that they can actually strengthen grid reliability and help keep electr  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Arturo Magidin, an associate professor of mathematics at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, submitted a public comment letter to the Office of Management and Budget urging the agency to withdraw or substantially revise proposed federal grant-making regulations, arguing that the changes would transfer research-funding decisions from scientific experts to political appointees while increasing administrative burdens and undermining the rigor and stability of federally f  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, June 9 -- West Virginia Attorney General John B. McCuskey issued the following news release on June 8, 2026: * * * Attorney General McCuskey leads 20-state coalition defending religious students' right to state scholarship funds West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey is leading a 20-state coalition in support of students pursuing degrees that Virginia has deemed too religious to qualify for the state's scholarship programs. The coalition's amicus brief in Johnso  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 8 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Entergy posted the following news release: * * * We're investing now to power Mississippi's energy future * Our superpower is giving customers more power, better power, at the lowest possible cost This is a time of historic economic growth in Mississippi - and higher demand for electricity. In response, Entergy Mississippi is adding more power capacity and investing to harden the power grid. And we're making these infrastructure impro  more