HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 20 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement: * * * Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement today regarding the guilty verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin. "This trial may have given us accountability, but that is not the same thing as justice. There is no justice for George Floyd, who was murdered. "There is no justice for his family, who lost George and the lives they used to know. "There is no justice more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 20 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong today called on OfferUp, an online mobile marketplace, to act immediately to prevent fraudulent or blank COVID-19 vaccine cards from being sold on its platform. A bipartisan coalition of 42 attorneys general, led by North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein, Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III, and Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul rai more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 21 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is proposing to dedicate up to $11 million in federal funding Connecticut has received for COVID-19 recovery efforts toward the expansion of programs that connect students to high-quality summer enrichment and recreational opportunities, with an emphasis on communities and children who were most impacted by the pandemic. "After a challenging school y more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 20 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Governor Ned Lamont, State Representative Sean Scanlon (D-Branford, Guilford), State Representative Holly Cheeseman (R-East Lyme, Salem), legislative leaders, the Connecticut AFL-CIO, and the Connecticut Business & Industry Association (CBIA) today announced details of a bipartisan proposal to restore the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund and reduce taxes on the majority of Connecticut business more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 20 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the State of Connecticut, through the State Department of Education, is partnering with TeachRock to launch an innovative, standards-aligned arts' curriculum in schools statewide that empowers teachers to engage with students using the history of popular music and culture. Presented by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame legend Steven Van Zandt's Rock and Roll Fo more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 24 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on April 22, 2021: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is proposing to invest $103 million in funding that Connecticut is receiving from the American Rescue Plan Act to ensure that workers whose employment has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic have access to industry-aligned training programs that address the immediate hiring demands of employers and provide job seekers with employm more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 24 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Governor Ned Lamont is applauding the announcement today that President Joe Biden is nominating Dr. Miriam Delphin-Rittmon, commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, to serve as assistant secretary for mental health and substance use with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In this position, she will be responsible for leading the Substanc more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 24 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is ordering special elections to be held on Tuesday, November 2, 2021 - the same date as the next general election - to fill two anticipated vacancies for probate judge, including for the Berlin Probate Court District and the Milford-Orange Probate Court District. The Berlin Probate Court District consists of the Town of Berlin and City of New Britai more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 21 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Governor Ned Lamont and the governors of 11 other states today issued a letter asking President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. to put the United States on a path to ensure all vehicles sold in the country are zero-emission. The letter asks the federal government to set standards to ensure that all new passenger cars and light duty trucks are zero-emission by 2035, and that medium-duty and heavy-duty veh more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 22 -- The Connecticut State Auditors of Public Accounts issued the following audit report on April 21, 2021, entitled "Judicial Branch Fiscal Years Ended June 30, 2017 and 2018": * * * Here are excerpts: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In accordance with the provisions of Section 2-90 of the Connecticut General Statutes, we have audited certain operations of the Judicial Branch for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2017 and 2018. Our audit identified internal control deficienci more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 24 (TNSGra) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has awarded grants to two Yale School of Medicine faculty to test the safety, efficacy, and feasibility of using novel interventional psychiatry approaches to quickly reduce suicidal thoughts and behaviors in youth and adults. Jennifer Dwyer, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Yale Child Study Center and Department of Radiology; and Samuel Wilkinson, M more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 21 (TNSPer) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Lisa R. Leffert, MD, has been appointed chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at Yale School of Medicine and chief of Anesthesiology at Yale New Haven Hospital and Bridgeport Hospital, effective August 16, 2021. Leffert is now associate professor of anesthesia at Harvard Medical School and chief of the Division of Obstetric Anesthesia at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). After obtaining her  more PR