HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 8 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Sept. 7, 2021: Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general, led by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, in filing an amicus brief supporting federal laws restricting the commercial sale of handguns to persons under the age of 21. In the brief, filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, the coalition argues that such restrictions prote more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 9 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Sept. 8, 2021: Attorney General Tong today joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general led by Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring in filing an amicus brief in Planned Parenthood South Atlantic v. Wilson arguing that South Carolina's "fetal heartbeat" abortion regulations are blatantly unconstitutional and harm women's health care as a whole and that a lower court's ruling blocking  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 10 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general urging the Supreme Court to reject the exclusion of Americans living in territories from nationwide federal aid programs. In an amicus brief filed in United States v. Vaello-Madero, a case concerning whether it is constitutional to deny Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits to residents of Puerto Rico, the more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 11 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2021: Attorney General William Tong today reacted to news that the Connecticut Insurance Department has approved health insurance rate increases averaging 5.6 percent for the individual market and 6.7 percent for the small group market. In approving the increases, the Insurance Department did reduce rates requested by insurers by 35 percent for the individual market and by more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 11 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2021: Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement today ahead of the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. "It's hard to believe it's been 20 years since the attacks on our country on September 11, 2001. Today we remember so many who did not come home on 9/11, and offer our love and support to the families, friends, and colleagues t more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 11 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2021: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the Connecticut Office of Tourism is launching a new fall marketing campaign to promote safe travel and fuel the Connecticut tourism industry's continued economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Called "Full Color Connecticut," the campaign features the state's renowned fall foliage while paying tribute to all the other colors and  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 9 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Sept. 8, 2021: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that his administration has developed plans with leadership at the Connecticut Department of Correction to close the Radgowski Correctional Center in Montville by December 31, 2021. It is one of three correctional facilities that are included for closure under the FY 2022-2023 state budget that was approved with bipartisan support in the stat more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 9 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Sept. 8, 2021: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that his administration has received federal approval to combine Medicaid health coverage with a range of housing services for Connecticut residents struggling with homelessness and chronic health issues. The 'CHESS' initiative - short for Connecticut Housing Engagement and Support Services - will pool the efforts of state agencies and nonpro more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 11 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2021: Governor Ned Lamont today issued Executive Order No. 13G, which replaces and clarifies his previous Executive Order No. 13D. The order does not change the substance or timelines of the previous order and still requires that all Connecticut state employees and staff of all childcare facilities and preK-12 schools statewide receive at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by Sept more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 11 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: As the State of Connecticut continues taking actions in response to the global spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Governor Ned Lamont provided the following updates as of 3:00 p.m. on Friday, September 10, 2021: Data updates on testing in Connecticut The following is a summary of the day-to-day newly reported data on cases and tests in Connecticut. It is important to note that these ne more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 10 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following joint news release on Sept. 9, 2021: Governor Ned Lamont, Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation Chairman Rodney Butler, and Mohegan Tribal Council Chairman James Gessner Jr. today announced that they have received word from the Bureau of Indian Affairs at the U.S. Department of the Interior that the proposed revisions to the gaming compacts between the State of Connecticut and the tribes that were submitted to t more PR

MANCHESTER, Connecticut, Sept. 10 (TNSPro) -- Manchester Community College issued the following news release: Manchester Community College's non-credit catalog for Fall 2021 is now available. The non-credit courses run September through December. To view the catalog, select programs of interest and find information about how to register, visit www.manchestercc.edu/catalogs. New non-credit course offerings include "Microsoft Forms Introduction," "Adobe Photoshop Introduction for Mac," "The Bea more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 9 (TNSGra) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Two Yale Department of Psychiatry faculty have been awarded research grants through the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation's (BBRF) NARSAD Young Investigator Grant Program. Elizabeth V. Goldfarb, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, received a grant for her project "Neuroimaging Habit Learning in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder." Vaughn R. Steele, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, was honor more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 8 (TNSJou) -- Yale University issued the following news release: Yale researchers have identified a cellular spy that tricks certain immune cells into helping potentially deadly skin cancer to reproduce. The discovery, reported in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, may offer new treatment pathways for people who are most at risk for skin cancer, such as transplant patients and fair-skinned individuals. The new study is the culmination of more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 8 (TNSJou) -- Yale University issued the following news release: Socially isolated older adults who enter intensive care units (ICUs) are more likely to die and are at increased risk of disability after discharge compared with those who are more connected to family and friends, a new Yale University study shows. The study, published Sept. 7 in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, "illustrates the need for hospitals to identify older patients who lack social network more PR