HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 6 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following joint news release on Jan. 5, 2022: Attorney General William Tong and Governor Ned Lamont announced today that Connecticut filed a petition for certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court to continue their lawsuit against the federal government for its unlawful and unprecedented cap on the deduction for state and local taxes, known as SALT. Today's petition asks the Supreme Court to review an October 2021  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 7 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Jan. 6, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that his administration is awarding approximately $17.9 million in state grants to help with the costs of remediating 40 blighted parcels in 13 towns and cities across Connecticut for the purposes of putting them back into productive use. The grants are from the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development's Brownfield Remediati more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 6 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Jan. 4, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont announced that the State of Connecticut today distributed an allocation of 670,000 COVID-19 rapid self-tests to public and private K-12 schools and early childcare providers statewide. The governor explained that this allocation is the first phase of his administration's distribution of self-tests for schools and early childcare providers, and he anticipates ad more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 6 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Jan. 5, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that his administration is launching CareerConneCT, a program designed to help workers whose employment was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Individuals will now have access to short-term training programs, where they can earn an industry-recognized credential and enter employment in high-quality and in-demand careers. Administered by the Con more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 8 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Jan. 7, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has scheduled Tuesday, February 22, 2022, as the date to hold a special election to fill a vacancy for state representative in the 71st Assembly District of the Connecticut House of Representatives. The seat, which consists of the entirety of Middlebury and a portion of Waterbury, became vacant at midnight on December 31, 2021, followin more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 7 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Jan. 6, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed two executive orders (Executive Order No. 14B and Executive Order No. 14C) requiring employees of all long-term care facilities and state hospitals in Connecticut to receive COVID-19 booster shots by February 11, 2022. The orders are similar to ones he issued last summer (Executive Order No. 13F (https://portal.ct.gov/-/media more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: Under the leadership of President Biden and Democrats, communities across the country are experiencing a record economic recovery. Jobless claims have plunged to a near 50-year low, supply chain bottlenecks are easing, consumers are spending in record amounts, and folks from Nevada, to Tennessee, to New Jersey, are seeing that progress in their local economies. Here's a look at what voters in states acro more PR

MANCHESTER, Connecticut, Jan. 6 (TNSPro) -- Manchester Community College issued the following news release: Manchester Community College offers a social media specialist certificate that can boost a resume, enhance an existing degree or provide a foundation for pursuing a degree in digital marketing, public relations, communications, entrepreneurship or business. The certification program is designed to provide relevant training in key areas such as website design, social media, consumer behav more PR

ALBANY, New York, Jan. 4 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on Jan. 3, 2022: New York Attorney General Letitia James and New York Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that New York, Connecticut, Maryland, and New Jersey filed a petition for certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court to continue their lawsuit against the federal government for its unlawful and unprecedented cap on the deduction for state and local taxes, known as SALT. Today's petition asks t more PR

ALBANY, New York, Jan. 4 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on Jan. 3, 2022: New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced that New York, Connecticut, Maryland, and New Jersey filed a petition for certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court to continue their lawsuit against the federal government for its unlawful and unprecedented cap on the deduction for state and local taxes, known as SALT. Today's petition asks the Suprem more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Jan. 3 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news: According to reporting from Bloomberg, Connecticut hedge fund executive David McCormick is stepping down from his role as CEO of Bridgewater Associates. As the article notes, "Bridgewater's work for Chinese clients may open McCormick to criticism among Republicans, who as a whole are mistrusting of China's motives. The firm manages about $1.6 billion in China." Pennsylvania Democratic Party spokes more PR

WATERBURY, Connecticut, Jan. 6 (TNSPar) -- Post University issued the following news release on Jan. 5, 2022: Post University has announced a new partnership with Connecticut / Rhode Island Alliance of YMCAs to provide access education courses to YMCA employees, as well as customized executive leadership programs for management. While YMCAs have changed over the years, its dedication to 'helping people develop their fullest potential in spirit, mind and body' has not wavered. From teaching Eng more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 4 (TNSJou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: One of the best potential resources for supporting and developing minoritized scientists across their career pipeline is a diversity supplement award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). But a recent article from Yale School of Medicine researchers in JAMA finds that these awards are severely underutilized, despite being readily available and having a higher than average award rate. "Almost a more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 8 (TNSJou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Can removing out-of-pocket costs for screening save lives? Screening for cancer and other diseases can identify the disease in its earlier stages of development and has been found to be highly effective in preventing the onset of illness. For example, screening by colonoscopy for colorectal cancer, the second leading cause of cancer death in the US, leads to a 90% reduction in cancer cases and a 67% re more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 4 (TNSJou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Overview: Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) are genetic connective tissue disorders affecting multiple organ systems that frequently result in connective tissue hyperlaxity and early osteoarthritis. Short- and long-term outcomes after total hip arthroplasty in this cohort remain poorly characterized. Data were abstracted from the 2010 to 2018 PearlDiver Mariner administrative database. Patients with EDS u more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 7 (TNSJou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine's (YJBM's) December 2021 issue on rare disease has been published on PubMed Central. This focus issue features articles on just a few of the estimated 7,000 rare diseases people in the world experience. As we get closer to Rare Disease Day on February 28, 2022, (https://www.rarediseaseday.org/) YJBM hopes to spotlight the critical need for an emphasis on rare d more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 8 (TNSRes) -- Yale University issued the following news on Jan. 6, 2022: Yale anthropologist Lisa Messeri paid close attention last fall when Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg shared his plans to invest billions into creating the "metaverse," an immersive, digital world that he claims is humanity's "next frontier." Messeri studies the places where technology and science are produced and how scientists and engineers build new worlds through their research and innovat more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 6 (TNSJou) -- Yale University issued the following news on Jan. 5, 2022: Their legs may get more attention, but a new study says a crab's eyes have much to offer, too -- at least scientifically. Writing in the journal iScience, paleontologists from Yale and Harvard have discovered new, unusually large optical features from a 95-million-year-old crab fossil, Callichimaera perplexa -- a species first described in 2019 in a study led by former Yale paleontologist Javi more PR