BURLINGTON, Vermont, March 9 (TNSRep) -- Champlain College issued the following news on March 8, 2021: Amid mounting evidence about the toll the coronavirus pandemic is taking on the mental health and well-being of college students, Champlain today announced a comprehensive collaboration with the Massachusetts General Hospital Child Resiliency Program (MGH CRP) and Harvard Medical School to enhance both mental and physical well-being on its campus. MGH CRP will provide resiliency workshops for more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 11 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong -- as part of a coalition that included the attorneys general of New York, Connecticut, and Vermont, as well as the corporation counsel for New York City -- today helped to restore an injunction against the continued implementation of the Public Charge Rule that had been issued by the Trump Administration. The Public Charge Rule denied green cards and vis more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, March 12 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following statement on March 11, 2021: * * * Governor Phil Scott today marked the one-year anniversary since the opening of the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC). The SEOC was activated by Governor Scott on March 10, 2020 and opened on March 11, 2020 to support the work of the Vermont Department of Health and expand the capacity of state government to coordinate the COVID-19 response. The Health Department opened it more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, March 8 -- Lt. Gov. Molly Gray, D-Vermont, issued the following statement on March 6, 2021: * * * Lt. Governor Gray released the following statement on the U.S. Senate's passing of the American Rescue Plan: "After a full year of this pandemic, Vermonters are still suffering. Today's passage of the American Rescue Plan by the U.S. Senate puts our Vermont families, businesses and communities one step closer to receiving the urgent relief needed to weather the remainder of  more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, March 11 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has reappointed Alex Bunin and Gonzalo Rios, Jr. to the Governing Board of the Texas Indigent Defense Commission for terms set to expire on February 1, 2023. The commission provides financial and technical support to counties to develop and maintain quality, cost-effective indigent defense systems. Alex Bunin of Houston is the chief public defender of Harris County. He has assisted in  more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, March 13 -- Vermont Attorney General Thomas J. Donovan issued the following news release on March 12, 2021: Orleans Superior Court, Judge Mary Miles Teachout presiding, today ruled for the State on the final merits of its enforcement action against HNR Desautels LLC, currently doing business as Derby Port Press, and its owner, Andre "Michael" Desautels. Judge Teachout accordingly ordered the defendants to stop violating Governor Scott's Executive Order and Addenda. "Specifi more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, March 12 -- Vermont Attorney General Thomas J. Donovan issued the following news release on March 11, 2021: Attorney General T.J. Donovan today announced that Vermont, as part of a coalition of 41 attorneys general, has settled with Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau, doing business as American Medical Collection Agency ("AMCA") resolving a multistate investigation into the 2019 data breach that exposed the personal information of over 7 million individuals, including 2,889 more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, March 13 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on March 12, 2021: Governor Phil Scott today announced updates to COVID-19 guidance for small multi-household gatherings and table seating at restaurants. Effective today, the changes allow two unvaccinated households to gather at a time, and permitting restaurants to seat multiple households together, but no more than six people can be seated at the same table. Masking, distancing, capacity limits, a more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, March 11 -- Lt. Gov. Molly Gray, D-Vermont, issued the following news: On Wednesday, March 10, 2021 Franklin Northeast Supervisory Union third and fourth grade students visited the Vermont State House virtually as part of Lt. Governor Gray's "Lt. Governor for a Day" program. Launched in February, the bi-weekly virtual program aims to connect Vermont classrooms and students with State government, the legislative process, and the inner-working of the Lt. Governor's Office an more PR