WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Akin Gump, a law firm, issued the following news release: Akin Gump is proud to share its work with the organization Sandy Hook Promise in support of the passage of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which was signed into law by President Joe Biden on June 25. Sandy Hook Promise is a national nonprofit organization founded and led by several family members whose loved ones were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012. Based in Newtown, Connecticut, more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 30 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Forty-eight years ago, a high school senior from Boston submitted a college essay that got the attention of the Yale Admissions Office. He wrote that he had hemophilia and considered himself lucky because it had broadened his experiences, and that he thought of his diagnosis "as nothing but a positive." It spurred instead of deterred him. That determined, irrepressible young man, Eric Winer, was admi more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 29 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release and letter on June 28, 2022: Attorney General William Tong joined a multistate coalition of 22 attorneys general in calling on the heads of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Department of Agriculture (USDA) to take swift action to eliminate toxic metals from baby food. In a letter to FDA Commissioner Robert M. Califf, Deputy Commissioner Frank Yiannis, and USDA Secretary T more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 29 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 15 attorneys general filing an amicus brief defending states' authority to protect workers from retaliation. A lawsuit filed in 2021 by New York Attorney General Letitia James alleged that Amazon failed to take adequate health and safety precautions for workers at its New York facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic and that the comp more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 2 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement on July 1, 2022: * * * Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement regarding a notice of intent filed today with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority by Aquarion Water seeking to raise rates by 27 percent over three years. Eversource acquired Aquarion in 2017. While this is the first rate case filed by Aquarion since that acquisition, the company has imposed a series  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 1 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement on June 30, 2022: * * * Attorney General William Tong issued a statement today regarding the U.S. Supreme Court decision in West Virginia v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency undermining the EPA's authority to establish meaningful emission limits on carbon pollution from power plants and other industrial sources. Connecticut joined 21 states, the District of Columbia, and six local gov more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 1 (TNSper) -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement on June 30, 2022: * * * Attorney General William Tong today praised the appointment of Mark Kohler to serve as Secretary of the State. "Mark Kohler is the absolute best choice to fill this role in this critical moment. He was one of the biggest brains in our office and knows our state's election laws inside and out. "He is an unflappable manager who oversaw the deluge of litiga more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 1 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement on June 30, 2022: * * * Attorney General William Tong today praised the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Biden v. Texas affirming President Biden's authority to end President Trump's harmful "Remain in Mexico" program. Attorney General Tong had joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general filing an amicus brief urging the Court to reverse a lower court decision that had required the federal g more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 28 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release and letter on June 27, 2022: Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of attorneys general in support of the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) proposal to require U.S. companies to provide accurate information about the financial risk they face from climate change. "Climate change is not only a public health and environmental crisis --it is also a looming financial and more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 28 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release and letter: Attorney General William Tong joined a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general urging Congress to protect children from cannabis copycat products. These unregulated, illegal products are designed to look like popular snack items and are contributing to increased accidental THC consumption in children. On June 16, the FDA warned that between January 1, 2021 and May 31, 202 more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 28 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following joint statement on June 27, 2022: * * * Attorney General William Tong and a national coalition of 22 attorneys general today issued a joint statement reaffirming their commitment to supporting and expanding access to abortion care. Despite the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, access to safe and legal abortion remains robustly protected in numerous states  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 2 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on July 1, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont - joined by Access Health CT, the Connecticut Department of Social Services, and the Connecticut Office of Health Strategy - today announced that additional Connecticut residents are now eligible for the Covered Connecticut program and that new benefits have been added. Initially launched in July 2021, the program has been providing health insurance at no cost  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 1 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on June 29, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the popular state program Connecticut Summer at the Museum is returning for the 2022 summer season, enabling Connecticut children to receive free admission at more than 130 museums across the state during the summer months. The governor established the program in 2021 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic as a way of providing children wit more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 1 (TNSper) -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on June 30, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced he is appointing JoAnn Ryan to serve as chair of the Connecticut Board of Regents for Higher Education (BOR), and Juanita T. James and James McCarthy to serve as board members. The BOR is the governing body for the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) system, which consists of four state universities, 12 community college more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 1 (TNSper) -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on June 30, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he will name Mark F. Kohler of North Haven to fill the vacancy of the Office of the Secretary of the State created by the anticipated resignation of Secretary Denise Merrill, who announced her intention earlier this week to step down from her elected office effective at noon on June 30, 2022. Connecticut law provides that if the  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 24 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is directing Office of Policy and Management Secretary Jeffrey Beckham to waive service fees that Connecticut state agencies are required to begin collecting on credit, debit, and charge card transactions under a state law that takes effect July 1, 2022. Waiving these service fees will save Connecticut residents and businesses approximately $6 million more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 29 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on June 28, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed a declaration that will enable crucial federal support Connecticut has been receiving throughout the COVID-19 pandemic - including supplemental food benefits for households in need and non-congregate housing for individuals experiencing homelessness - to continue through December 28, 2022, or until the federal public health  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 29 (TNSper) -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on June 28, 2022: * * * Governor Ned Lamont released the following statement regarding the announcement made today by Secretary of the State Denise Merrill that she intends to resign from her elected office effective at noon on Thursday, June 30, 2022: "Denise Merrill is a dear friend to me, and her exit from public service is a tremendous loss for the people of Connecticut. Denise has ha more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 1 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on June 30, 2022: * * * Governor Ned Lamont today released the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court decision in West Virginia v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: "This is another example of the Supreme Court advancing an ideological agenda that serves special interests, but not the national interest. We are running out of time as a nation to take action and prevent the worst impacts o more PR

WEST HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 29 (TNSpro) -- The University of Hartford issued the following news: The University of Hartford is launching a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program to meet the growing need for nurse leaders in health-care organizations and in nursing education. The fully online program will begin in fall 2022, and enrollment is open now. The curriculum will prepare nurses at the highest level of nursing education to assume leadership roles in hospitals and health systems.  more PR

HAMDEN, Connecticut, June 30 (TNSpol) -- Quinnipiac University Poll has issued the following news release on June 29, 2022: In the race for the U.S. Senate in Georgia, Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock leads 54 - 44 percent over Republican challenger Herschel Walker, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) University poll of Georgia registered voters released today. In Quinnipiac's January 2022 poll, the race was very tight with 49 percent of voters supporting Walker and 48 percent supp more PR

HOLLAND, Michigan, July 1 (TNSper) -- Hope College issued the following news: The Hope College Board of Trustees has appointed a new chairperson and secretary, and three new members. The new Trustees are Lisa Meengs Joldersma of Washington, D.C.; Dr. Jeanne Petit of Holland; and Dr. Jon Soderstrom of Madison, Connecticut. Dr. Stephen Boerigter of Los Alamos, New Mexico, who previously served as secretary, has been elected chair, succeeding Karl Droppers of Holland, whose term is ending, and S more PR

HOLLAND, Michigan, June 30 (TNSper) -- Hope College issued the following news: The Hope College Board of Trustees has appointed a new chairperson and secretary, and three new members. The new Trustees are Lisa Meengs Joldersma of Washington, D.C.; Dr. Jeanne Petit of Holland; and Dr. Jon Soderstrom of Madison, Connecticut. Dr. Stephen Boerigter of Los Alamos, New Mexico, who previously served as secretary, has been elected chair, succeeding Karl Droppers of Holland, whose term is ending, and  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 29 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news: After nearly a decade facilitating partnerships in gorilla conservation in Rwanda, Anna Behm Masozera spent the last year at YSE as the Dorothy S. McCluskey Visiting Fellow in Conservation, a role that welcomes practitioners -- particularly women from or working in developing countries -- to the School. Studying horticulture and urban forestry in college, Anna Behm Masozera always knew her career  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 30 (TNSres) -- Trinity College issued the following news: By Andrew J. Concatelli Trinity College Professor of Biology Kent D. Dunlap has received a Fulbright award through the Fulbright Specialist Program to teach in Uruguay. Although he has deferred travel to Uruguay until 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dunlap taught virtually as part of a graduate-level course at the Universidad de la Republica in Montevideo during his sabbatical in the 2021-22 academic year. more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 1 (TNSres) -- Trinity College issued the following news: The U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board have announced that Trinity College alumna Georgia Beckmann '21 has received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award to Portugal for the 2022-2023 academic year. Beckmann will support the teaching of English through the Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship program. "My appointment begins October 1, 2022, with an orientation in Lisbon a more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 30 (TNSjou) -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news: Few would argue that romantic partners have the potential to shift each other's beliefs and behaviors, but what about their views on climate change specifically? Up until now there's been little analysis of the dynamics of climate change conversations in romantic relationships and how the beliefs of one partner can influence the other. A team of researchers led by the Yale Program on Climate Chang more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 29 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Yale School of Medicine and Yale Law School are hosting a series of panel discussions to delve into the implications of the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the case that overruled Roe v. Wade and held that the United States Constitution does not confer a right to abortion. "It's critical to create opportunities for our community to learn about the wide-ranging  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 1 (TNSjou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: By Jenny Blair Diarrhea is a leading killer of young children around the world, and cases often rise after heavy rains and flooding. But diarrhea risks can also increase in dry conditions, an ominous sign as the world continues to get warmer due to climate change. In a new study, Yale researchers found higher rates of diarrhea among children who were living through extended drought. Matters were wors more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 28 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: A new Yale study found that the liver plays a major role in regulating feeding behavior in mice, a discovery that could have implications for people with eating disorders and metabolic diseases. The study, which was done in collaboration with colleagues in Germany, also adds to a growing body of evidence that shows the most advanced part of the brain, the cerebral cortex, is affected by the rest of the body,  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 28 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: Emergency departments (EDs) are an important point of care for people with opioid use disorder. But EDs in the United States have been slow to meet patient needs for opioid use treatments like buprenorphine, past research shows. A new tool developed by Yale researchers aims to close this gap by helping physicians feel more prepared to offer these medications. In a recent trial, the researchers found that the more PR