HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 27 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong is joining a coalition of 47 attorneys general in urging congressional leaders to support the Fraud and Scam Reduction Act. The act, comprised of the Stop Senior Scam Act and Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of 2021, will assist stakeholders in training employees to recognize the warning signs of elder fraud and to prevent irreversible damage to elderly victims more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 27 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on May 26, 2021: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that Weekend Wheels - the fare-free CTtransit bus service his administration is launching that will be available to everyone in Connecticut each weekend this summer - is extending to include all local transit district bus routes statewide. In March, the governor announced plans to launch Weekend Wheels as part of his efforts to help the state a more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 27 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Governor Ned Lamont is applauding a bipartisan vote in the Connecticut State Senate last night giving final legislative approval to a bill that will legalize online gaming and sports wagering in Connecticut. The legislation, which was approved last week by the House of Representatives and will next be transmitted to the governor for his signature, comes as a result of an agreement the Lamont admi more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 27 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Governor Ned Lamont, Connecticut Acting Commissioner of Education Charlene Russell-Tucker, and Connecticut State Librarian Deborah Schander today announced the launch of the 2021 Governor's Summer Reading Challenge - an annual, statewide program encouraging students to read books during the summer months. This year's theme is "Tails & Tales." "Research indicates that children who do not read dur more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 27 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on May 26, 2021: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed into law legislation that prohibits deceptive advertising by so-called limited pregnancy services centers that is intended to mislead the public on reproductive healthcare services. The legislation gives the Connecticut Attorney General the authority to seek a court order to stop the deceptive practices. Prior to bringing cou more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 27 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on May 26, 2021: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed into law legislation enacting the Connecticut Parentage Act, which ensures that all children have equal access to the security of a legal parent-child relationship, regardless of their parents' sexual orientation or gender. In addition, the act recognizes that all children are deserving of the same protection that legal pare more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 27 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on May 26, 2021: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed legislation that abolishes a state law requiring inmates to be counted as residents of the municipalities in which they are incarcerated when government officials are determining the size and boundaries of state legislative districts and municipal voting districts, a practice often referred to as prison gerrymandering. Instea more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 28 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on May 27, 2021: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed into law legislation that will legalize online gaming and sports wagering in Connecticut. The legislation, which received strong bipartisan support in both chambers of the Connecticut General Assembly, comes as a result of an agreement the Lamont administration reached earlier this year with the Mohegan Tribe and Mashantucket  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 27 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following joint statement on May 26, 2021 with Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz in response to reports of another hateful symbol found at an Amazon construction site in Windsor: "The events of the past several weeks at the Amazon construction site in Windsor have been disgusting and hateful. The individuals responsible for these actions must be held accountable, and we urge law enforcement to be aggressive in their investigatio more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 27 -- The Connecticut Department of Education issued the following news release on May 26, 2021: The Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) today announced the recipients of the Department's summer grant programs-Enrichment and Innovation Grants-which will deploy a portion of CSDE's $11,000,000 ARP ESSER state set-aside to organizations delivering high-quality and accessible enrichment opportunities to children across Connecticut this summer. After launching more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 26 -- The Connecticut State Auditors of Public Accounts issued the following audit report on May 25, 2021, entitled "Core-CT System Information Technology General Controls as of March 2021": * * * 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 Core-CT System. Our audit identified internal control deficiencies and the need for changes in management  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 28 -- The Connecticut State Auditors of Public Accounts issued the following audit report on May 27, 2021, entitled "Office of State Comptroller Departmental Operations 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 Office of the State Comptroller for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2018 and 2019. O more PR

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: Surrounded by Donald Trump loyalists and GOP mega-donors at the swanky and exclusive Republican Governors Association conference in Tennessee, according to reports, former Connecticut state House Minority Leader Themis Klarides announced she is taking the first step in running for governor. Klarides was an enthusiastic Trump delegate to the Republican National Convention and said that the disgraced former pre more PR

MALIBU, California, May 28 (TNSOps) -- Pepperdine University issued the following news release: Alicia Jessop, associate professor of sport administration at Seaver College, has worked this year with Connecticut senator Chris Murphy on drafting the College Athlete Economic Freedom Act, a bill aimed to restore the publicity rights of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) student-athletes. The right of publicity is a right under state law recognized by a large majority of American state more PR

WATERBURY, Connecticut, May 29 (TNSPar) -- Post University issued the following news release: Post University has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Pittsfield, Massachusetts-based Berkshire Community College that will allow its students to continue their education at Post University. A total of up to 60 associate degree credits from the college will be applied to the following bachelor's programs in the Malcom Baldrige School of Business at Post University. The articulation agree more PR

WATERBURY, Connecticut, May 29 (TNSPar) -- Post University issued the following news release: Post University has announced a transfer agreement partnership with Massachusetts' North Shore Community College. The signed memorandum of understanding agreement will ease the transition for graduates to pursue bachelor's degrees in Post's equine, child studies, legal and psychology programs. "At Post, we aim to develop meaningful partnerships with community colleges and are privileged to have this n more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 28 (TNSJou) -- Yale University issued the following news release: The ancient burrowers of the seafloor have been getting a bum rap for years. These prehistoric dirt churners -- a wide assortment of worms, trilobites, and other animals that lived in Earth's oceans hundreds of millions of years ago -- are thought to have played a key role in creating the conditions needed for marine life to flourish. Their activities altered the chemical makeup of the sea itself and  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 28 (TNSJou) -- Yale University issued the following news release: A massive genome-wide association study (GWAS) of genetic and health records of 1.2 million people from four separate data banks has identified 178 gene variants linked to major depression, a disorder that will affect one of every five people during their lifetimes. The results of the study, led by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (V.A.) researchers at Yale University School of Medicine and Uni more PR