AUSTIN, Texas, July 3 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a major victory, blocking the Biden Administration's unlawful and indefinite ban on approving applications to export liquified natural gas ("LNG"). Texas, along with Louisiana and fourteen other states, filed a lawsuit to void the unconstitutional LNG export ban, which ignores the Natural Gas Act's presumption in favor of exports, and decades of Department  more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, July 3 -- The U.S. Air Force Barksdale Air Force Base issued the following news: By Senior Airman Hailey Farrell, 2d Bomb Wing Airmen from across the 2nd Bomb Wing successfully concluded exercise Red Devil Thunder 24-3 June 27, 2024 at Barksdale Air Force Base, La. RDT is one of many small-scale exercises that provide a training opportunity for aircrew members and maintainers on how to respond to an alert and perform a nuclear generation. "An alert is getting ready   more

CLARKSDALE, Mississippi, July 2 -- The Delta Regional Authority issued the following news release: * * * Five communities in Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennesee receive funding through DRA's Community Infrastructure Fund to improve basic public infrastructure. * * * The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) has awarded more than $4.1 million in investments to five projects in Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee through its Community Infrastructure Fund (CIF). Funding for this p  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following news release on July 2, 2024: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Chair Alex Hoehn-Saric announced today 22 awardees of a grant program aimed at preventing carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. The state and local governments were selected by CPSC, from a group of 31 applicants. CPSC will provide more than $3 million in federal Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Grant Program (COPPGP) funds that will be mat  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration issued the following news release on July 2, 2024: * * * Pathway Home funding provides people with skills valued by local employers * * * The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of more than $56 million in grants to help reduce recidivism and assist people in re-entering their communities after being incarcerated. The award of Pathway Home 5 grant funding will build on the findings of th  more

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, July 3 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: As a plastic surgeon's assistant, Lakesia Williams witnessed many life-changing transformations. Thanks to a Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) grant that supports first-time homebuyers, she experienced one herself. An $18,000 Homebuyer Equity Leverage Partnership (HELP) grant from FHLB Dallas provided through ANECA Federal C  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 3 -- Gov. Jeff Landry, R-Louisiana, issued the following news on July 2, 2024: Today, Governor Jeff Landry announced the appointment of Joseph F. Toomy as the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans and Roderick Clark as the President of the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners. "I am proud to announce the appointment of Joseph Toomy as the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans and Roderick Clark as the Pr  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 2 -- Gov. Jeff Landry, R-Louisiana, issued the following news on July 1, 2024: * * * Will use unspent money from pre-approved fund * * * Today, Governor Jeff Landry announced with the support of Senate President Cameron Henry, Speaker Phillip Devillier, Brig. Gen. Thomas Friloux, and GOHSEP Director Jacques Thibodeaux that Operation Lone Star is being extended. During the initial mission that ended earlier this month, the LANG spent approximately $2.2 million of  more

GULFPORT, Mississippi, July 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: A New Orleans man pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl. Yancy Johnson, 45, pled guilty in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. According to court documents, in 2023, an investigation was initiated into a possible drug trafficking organization operating in Louisiana and the Southern District of Mississippi. Agents received i  more