HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 4 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Connecticut Attorney General William Tong and National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) President and District of Columbia Attorney General Karl A. Racine co-hosted a landmark national convening with the Attorney General Alliance (AGA) on countering anti-AAPI (Asian American and Pacific Islander) hate. Taking place during AAPI Heritage Month, the convening assembled a broad array more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 7 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement on May 6, 2021: * * * Attorney General William Tong issued a statement today in support of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority's proposal to levy a $30 million total civil penalty against Eversource for its failure to meet its obligations to ratepayers in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Isaias. "Eversource failed its customers and put Connecticut families at risk after Tropical Storm more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 7 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on May 6, 2021: Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general led by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul urging Congress to pass the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021. The legislation is aimed at combatting the high Black maternal mortality rate and increasing access to maternal and perinatal care. As Mother's Day approaches, the coalition is h more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 7 -- The Connecticut Department of Education issued the following news release: The Connecticut State Department of Education's (CSDE) Regional School Choice Office (RSCO) today notified families who applied to a school choice program in the Greater Hartford Region of their students' placements for the 2021-22 school year. More than 4,700 Connecticut students received a placement offer at one of the Interdistrict Magnet Schools or Open Choice Schools in the Greater Ha more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 7 -- The Connecticut State Auditors of Public Accounts issued the following 25-page audit report on May 6, 2021, entitled "Connecticut Green Bank (Formerly Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority) Fiscal Years Ended June 30, 2018 and 2019": * * * 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 Connecticut Green Bank (Green Bank), formerly know more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 5 -- The Connecticut State Auditors of Public Accounts issued the following audit report entitled "Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange For Fiscal Years Ended June 30, 2016 and 2017": * * * 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 Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange. The objectives of this review were to evaluate the department's internal  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: Governor Ned Lamont continues to make positive waves for his strong response to COVID-19, announcing yesterday that Connecticut was the first state in the nation to fully vaccinate more than half of its adult population. The CT Mirror reported: "Connecticut became the first state Monday to fully vaccinate at least half its adult population against the novel coronavirus, pushing down the rates of COVID-19 infec more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 7 (TNSPro) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: The Leadership & Staff Development Team at the Yale Medicine Learning Academy has launched its Open Registration Curriculum, available to Yale School of Medicine and Yale Medicine leadership and staff. The Yale Medicine Administration learning journey began with the launch of theYale Medicine - We Care orientation program. It was followed by the Core Curriculum in 2018 and most recently with the COVID- more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, May 4 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 3, 2021: New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, and Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont today announced a significant easing of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on the region's businesses, venues and gatherings given significant progress in vaccinations and sustained reduction in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. "With our COVID-19 numbers, particularly hospitalizati more PR

ALBANY, New York, May 4 -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D-New York, issued the following news release on May 3, 2021: Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont today announced a significant easing of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on the region's businesses, venues and gatherings given significant progress in vaccinations and sustained reduction in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. "The tide is turning against COVID-19 in New York, and thanks to ou more PR

ALBANY, New York, May 4 -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D-New York, issued the following transcript on May 3, 2021: * * * Earlier today, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont announced a significant easing of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on the region's businesses, venues and gatherings given significant progress in vaccinations and sustained reduction in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. The Governor also announced that the New York City Su more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 7 (TNSAwa) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Robin Bonomi, MD, PhD, First-Year Resident, and Michael McClurkin, MD, MPP, Second-Year Resident, have been named recipients of the 2020-21 Thomas P. Detre Fellowship Awards in Translational Neuroscience Research in Psychiatry. The awards support translational research endeavors of residents enrolled (or interested in enrolling) in the Neuroscience Research Training Program in Psychiatry. Recipients ar more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 5 (TNSAwa) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Nancy H. Ruddle, PhD, John Rodman Paul Professor Emerita at the Yale School of Public Health and the Yale School of Medicine has been selected as the 2021 recipient of the Connecticut Medal of Science. Ruddle is a pioneering immunologist who discovered lymphotoxin, an immune signaling molecule or cytokine and demonstrated its roles and mechanisms in cytotoxicity, autoimmune diseases such as multiple sc more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 7 (TNSAwa) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Joan A. Steitz, PhD, Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, is one of two recipients of the 2021 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize, which recognizes people whose scientific achievements have led to the prevention, cure or treatment of human diseases or disorders, and/or whose research constitutes a seminal scientific finding that hol more PR