HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 8 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on July 7, 2021: Attorney General William Tong today applauded the signing of legislation that will strengthen civil rights enforcement in Connecticut. "The signing of Public Act No. 21-128 into law is a historic moment for civil rights enforcement in Connecticut. Hate and discrimination are real threats to our state and to our nation, and the civil rights promised to us all should be e more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 7 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on July 6, 2021: Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of the constitutionality of New York's anti-discrimination law. The brief was filed with the United States District Court for the Western District of New York in the case of Emilee Carpenter, LLC v. James. The case was brought by a photography business ref more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 10 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on July 9, 2021: Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general, as well as the cities of Los Angeles, New York, Oakland, San Francisco and San Jose, in support of the EPA's proposal to restore California's waiver under the Clean Air Act for its greenhouse gas and zero emission vehicle (ZEV) programs. The coalition also supports the EPA's proposal to res more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 8 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on July 7, 2021: Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 37 attorneys general filing a lawsuit against Google alleging antitrust violations involving the tech giant's app store. The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court of Northern District of California, alleges exclusionary conduct relating to the Google Play Store for Android mobile devices and Google Billing. This  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 6 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on July 5, 2021: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that his administration has launched a new website that is intended to provide Connecticut residents with up-to-date information about adult-use cannabis, which became legal in the state as of July 1 under a new law that he signed last month. The website can be accessed by visiting ct.gov/cannabis. Although the portion of the law permitting ad more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 9 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on July 8, 2021: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is ordering a partial activation of the State of Connecticut Emergency Operations Center (EOC) beginning at 6:00 a.m. on Friday, July 9, 2021, to monitor conditions from Tropical Storm Elsa as it is anticipated to impact the state around mid-morning. During a partial activation, the EOC is staffed with personnel from several state agenc more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 10 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on June 9, 2021: Governor Ned Lamont today said that the State of Connecticut Emergency Operations Center remains partially activated in response to Tropical Storm Elsa, which began impacting the state this morning. Currently, the storm is anticipated to pass through Connecticut by early afternoon with rain continuing throughout the day and a chance of thunderstorms this evening. Eversource and  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 9 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on July 8, 2021: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed an order modifying rules that prohibit certain vehicles from driving on the Merritt Parkway and Wilbur Cross Parkway in order to allow for utility restoration trucks to use these limited access highways if they are needed in response to outages that may be caused by Tropical Storm Elsa. The storm is forecast to impact Connecti more PR

HOLLAND, Michigan, July 9 (TNSPer) -- Hope College issued the following news: The Hope College Board of Trustees has appointed two new members. Newly elected for three-year terms are Andrew Ohm of Seattle, Washington, and Laura Paredes of the New York metropolitan area. The appointments became effective on July 1. Re-elected to a four-year term is the Rev. Dr. Nathan Hart of Greenwich, Connecticut. Trustees who have concluded service on the board are the Rev. David Bast of Grand Rapids, Mich more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 7 (TNSPer) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Thiruvengadam Muniraj, MD, assistant professor of medicine (digestive diseases), director of the Yale Center for Pancreatitis, and director of bariatric endoscopy in the Department of Internal Medicine; and David Podell, MD, PhD, clinical professor of medicine and chair of medicine at Waterbury Hospital, have been inducted as Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP). Founded in 1518 by a Royal more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 10 (TNSRes) -- Yale University issued the following news release: The coordinated and rapid COVID-19 vaccination campaign launched in the United States late last year has saved some 279,000 lives and prevented 1.25 million hospitalizations, a new study led by the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) finds. These gains, however, could be swiftly reversed by the highly transmissible Delta variant, which has the potential to unleash a surge of new cases among the milli more PR