SACRAMENTO, California, Dec. 3 -- California Attorney General Xavier Becerra issued the following news release: California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced joining a multistate coalition of 22 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court supporting a constitutional challenge to a Louisiana law that makes it nearly impossible for women to access safe, legal abortion services. In June Medical Services v. Gee, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider wh  more

RUSTON, Louisiana, Dec. 4 -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Dr. Donald P. Kaczvinsky, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and the George E. Pankey Eminent Scholar in English, recently published a chapter titled "Re-Joycing Tomorrow: Graham Swift, Artificial Insemination, and the Question of Literary Paternity" in Reading Graham Swift (Lexington Books) (https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498569514/Reading-Graham-Swift). In the chapter, Kaczvinsky suggests Graham Swift's Tomorrow   more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 4 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong today announced he has joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general fighting to ensure women across the nation are able to maintain access to safe, legal abortions. The amicus brief filed with the United States Supreme Court supports the petitioners in June Medical Services v. Gee. The coalition is seeking to overturn a decision from the United States Court o  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 3 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Jefferson County economic development officials and the Little Rock Port Authority were recognized by Entergy Arkansas' Office of Business and Economic Development for receiving a Select Site certification for conducting a comprehensive review and documentation process for their 44-acre industrial site and 37-acre site respectively, making the sites ready for prospective manufacturing or distribution projects. Entergy  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 2 -- Entergy issued the following news release: A subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources (NYSE: NEE) and Entergy Arkansas (NYSE: ETR) today announced the start of construction of Arkansas' largest universal, utility-scale solar energy project - the Chicot Solar Energy Center. The Chicot Solar Energy Center, when complete, will be bigger than the Stuttgart Solar Energy Center, which came online in 2018 as the state's largest universal solar energy project at that tim  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 4 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Nearly five dozen Gulf Coast industry representatives from the automotive, power, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, chemical, refining and transportation sectors came together this week to share and scale decarbonization strategies at the inaugural meeting of the Gulf Coast Carbon Collaborative. The Collaborative is the first-of-its-kind industry initiative focused on cross-sector solutions to reducing greenhouse gas emis  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 5 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Entergy New Orleans (ENO) is committed to building partnerships with the community we serve. Recently, plans were finalized with the University of New Orleans (UNO) for a solar installation, atop two buildings at the University, that will add 600-Kilowatts of clean energy to the New Orleans' grid. This partnership with UNO is an exciting and important step for ENO's commercial rooftop solar program, and the community.   more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 5 -- The Louisiana Democratic Party issued the following news release: Wednesday, the Louisiana Democratic Party announced key details in its delegate selection plan for the 2020 Democratic National Convention. The Democratic National Committee awarded Louisiana Democrats four bonus delegates based on moving the Presidential Preference Primary to April 4th, 2020. Three of these bonus delegates are allocated as district level delegates and one is allocated as an at-  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 4 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards and President Frederick Lafleur of Savoie's Sausage and Food Products Inc. announced a $12.7 million expansion of the company's food production facility in St. Landry Parish near Opelousas. With the expansion, the company will broaden its distribution area, bringing Cajun-style sausage and other food products to a wider region. The project includes construction of a 41,0  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Dec. 3 -- Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey issued the following news release: Attorney General Aaron M. Frey today announced he has joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general fighting to ensure women across the nation are able to maintain access to safe, legal abortions. In an amicus brief filed with the United States Supreme Court - in support of the petitioners in the case June Medical Services v. Gee the coalition of attorneys general seek to overturn a decision from the Uni  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 4 -- McGlinchey Stafford, a law firm, issued the following news release: McGlinchey Stafford PLLC is pleased to announce that Aaron Kouhoupt has joined the firm's Consumer Financial Services Regulatory Compliance team in Cleveland as Of Counsel. Aaron brings more than 15 years of experience as both in-house and outside counsel for a variety of banks and financial institutions. He counsels clients on a host of regulatory compliance matters, as well as "traditional b  more

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, Dec. 5 -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release: State Senator and Nicholls State University alumnus Norbert "Norby" Chabert will deliver the keynote speech during the 105th commencement ceremony. Graduation will be split into three ceremonies. Graduation ceremonies for the College of Business Administration and the College of Nursing will be at 9 a.m., the College of Liberal Arts and the Chef John Folse Culinary Institute at noon and the College of   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 3 [TNSgrants-NIH] -- Tulane University issued the following news release: The National Institutes of Health awarded a $2.9 million grant to Tulane University neuroscientist Dr. Stacy Drury to lead a research network that will set methodological standards for studying a part of the chromosome that scientists increasingly recognize as an important biological marker of aging and age-related diseases. Drury will launch the Telomere Research Network to establish best pr  more

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Dec. 3 [TNSbiologyresearch-Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal] -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: Over the past 100 years, Antarctic penguins have experienced dramatic human impacts including the whaling industry's rise and fall and recent climate change. New research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that depending on their diet, some species are able to thrive in this rapidly changing e  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 3 [TNSmedicalresearch-PLOS ONE Journal] -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Researchers have shown that a common cold virus can infect cells derived from human placentas, suggesting that it may be possible for the infection to pass from expectant mothers to their unborn children. The study, published in the journal PLOS ONE, was led by Dr. Giovanni Piedimonte, professor of pediatrics and vice president of research at Tulane University. "This is  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 3 [TNSenvironmentresearch-Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences] -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: New research reveals how penguins have dealt with more than a century of human impacts in Antarctica and why some species are winners or losers in this rapidly changing ecosystem. Michael Polito, assistant professor in LSU's Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences and his co-authors published their findings in the Proceed  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 3 -- McGlinchey Stafford, a law firm, issued the following news release: McGlinchey Stafford PLLC is pleased to announce the inclusion of three attorneys in the firm's Cleveland office in the 2020 edition of Ohio Super Lawyers. These attorneys were recognized across nine practice areas spanning various business, corporate, and litigation arenas. * Melany Kotlarek Fontanazza, Of Counsel - Business Litigation * Richik Sarkar, Member - Appellate, Banking, Business Li  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 2 -- The University of California San Francisco campus issued the following news release: Researchers at UC San Francisco and the University of Texas at Austin have filed an amicus brief on June Medical Services v. Gee, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a Louisiana law that requires abortion providers to have admitting privileges at hospitals and arguing that these requirements are medically unnecessary and will harm women's health. In the brief, which has  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Dec. 3 -- Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring issued the following news release: Attorney General Mark R. Herring has filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court defending the right of women across the country to access reproductive healthcare and safe, legal abortions. Attorney General Herring has joined 22 fellow attorneys general in an amicus brief in June Medical Services v. Gee urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject an onerous, medically unnecessary Louisiana law tha  more

DEERFIELD, Illinois, Dec. 4 -- Walgreens, a subsidiary of Walgreens Boots Alliance, issued the following news release: * * * - Nevada and Mississippi Markets Move Up Into Walgreens Flu Index Top Five Markets in November 2019 * * * It's National Influenza Vaccination Week and Walgreens is releasing the November report for the Walgreens Flu Index(R) reminding you that now is as good of a time as any to get your annual flu shot if you haven't already. The November report shows markets across Lo  more