HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 27 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: On Tuesday, May 4, 2021, Attorney General William Tong and National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) President and District of Columbia Attorney General Karl A. Racine will co-host a national convening with the Attorney General Alliance centered on countering anti-AAPI (Asian American and Pacific Islander) hate. The day-long event will bring together top legal and policy exper more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 30 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on April 29, 2021: Attorney General William Tong today announced a $300 Million multistate settlement with Indivior plc and Indivior Inc. to settle allegations that Indivior falsely and aggressively marketed and otherwise promoted the drug Suboxone, resulting in improper expenditures of state Medicaid funds. Indivior, a Delaware company, will pay a total of $300 million to resolve var more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 28 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong is urging Congress to pass the EAGLES Act, a national program to prevent targeted school violence. The legislation is named after the mascot of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where 17 people were killed February 14th, 2018. The Act would expand the U.S. Secret Service's National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) with a greater focus on school violence more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 1 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong and Banking Commissioner Jorge Perez urge Connecticut homeowners whose mortgage loans are serviced by Mr. Cooper, formerly known as Nationstar Mortgage, to check their bank accounts for unauthorized withdrawals. Errors by an electronic payment vendor, ACI Worldwide, triggered the unauthorized withdrawals, which occurred on Saturday, April 24 and may have app more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 29 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement on April 28, 2021: * * * Attorney General William Tong issued a statement today in support of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority decision finding Eversource failed to meet its obligations to ratepayers in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Isaias. The decision finds Eversource was imprudent in its response, opening the door to consumer credits, fines and penalties at a subsequent pro more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 27 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on April 26, 2021: Governor Ned Lamont today provided legislative leaders and committees of cognizance with his proposal for use of the federal COVID-19 recovery funding that Connecticut is receiving from the American Rescue Plan Act. The proposal was developed pursuant to Special Act 21-1, which requires the governor to provide the Connecticut General Assembly with a plan for investing the fun more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 29 -- The Connecticut Department of Education issued the following news release: The Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) is excited to announce the launch of TEACH Connecticut's new "The Future Depends on Teachers" PSA campaign in advance of Teacher Appreciation Week. The campaign celebrates the profession's integral role in the nation's recovery and its lasting legacy on shaping future generations, and aims to inspire talented, diverse candidates to be more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, April 27 (TNSAwa) -- Springfield College issued the following news: The Springfield College Department of Communications/Sports Journalism (COSJ) was recognized with multiple awards and honors at the recent Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Region 1 2020 Mark of Excellence (MOE) Awards virtual ceremony. SPJ's Region 1 comprises Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Central and Eastern Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont.  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 26 (TNSPer) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Miriam Delphin-Rittmon, PhD, Associate Professor Adjunct of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine and Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS), has been nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Delphin-Rittmon faces confirmation in the n more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 1 (TNSJou) -- Yale University issued the following news release: Sperm doesn't shift into high gear in mammals just to show off, new research shows. It originally needed that extra speed to break the egg barrier. Later on, evolution enabled sperm to use its souped-up swimming to navigate tricky reproductive pathways even before reaching the egg. That is the finding of a new study led by Jean-Ju Chung, an assistant professor of cellular and molecular physiology at t more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 29 (TNSJou) -- Yale University issued the following news release on April 27, 2021: Researchers at Yale and Princeton say the scientific community sorely needs a new way to compare the cascading effects of ecosystem loss due to human-induced environmental change to major crises of the past. For too long, scientists have relied upon metrics that compare current rates of species loss with those characterizing mass extinctions in the distant past, according to Pincel more PR