CAMDEN, New Jersey, July 27 -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release on July 27, 2022: American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK) announced today that its board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend payment of $0.6550, per share of common stock. The dividend amount is unchanged from the second quarter dividend. The dividend will be payable on September 1, 2022, to all shareholders of record as of August 9, 2022. This year's increase ext more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, July 27 -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release on July 27, 2022: American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK) today reported results for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 of $1.20 per share, compared to $1.14 per share in 2021. "The company delivered solid results in the first half of the year, keeping us on track to achieve our 2022 earnings expectations," said Susan Hardwick, president and CEO of American Water. "In the first more PR

HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, July 28 (TNSper) -- Centenary University issued the following news release: Centenary University has named six new members to its Board of Trustees, the governing body of the University. The trustees represent leaders in the fields of finance, higher education, and marketing, among others. They will each serve four-year terms. In announcing the appointments, Board Chair Rochelle Makela-Goodman, a 1997 graduate of Centenary, lauded the new trustees for their willingnes more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 26 -- Cooley, a law firm, issued the following news release: Cooley, alongside the States United Democracy Center and attorney Jonathan L. Williams, represented a group of former governors as they filed a friend of the court brief in Merrill v. Milligan and Merrill v. Caster (consolidated). Kathleen Hartnett, Julie Veroff, Kimberley Bishop, Emily Born, Adam Gershenson, Kristen Johnson and Kelly Murata led the Cooley effort. The brief, signed by former California more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 27 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on July 26, 2022: The Murphy Administration today asked residents and businesses to conserve water as the state continues to experience a persistent period of hot and dry weather. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is responsible for monitoring and protecting the state's water supply to ensure ample clean, safe water for drinking and other needs. DEP's Division of Water Supply a more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 29 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on July 28, 2022: The Murphy Administration today announced that the Department of Human Services (DHS) has launched a Naloxone Distribution Program [t.e2ma.net] in partnership with the Department of Health and the Office of the Attorney General. The program allows eligible agencies the opportunity to request direct shipments of naloxone online anytime they need it. "With nearly 3,000 New Jerseyan more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 28 -- New Jersey Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on July 27, 2022: Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that New Jersey has entered into a historic settlement with former home mortgage lender Trident Mortgage Company LP, providing for more than $20 million in loan subsidies and other relief to resolve allegations that Trident and real estate brokerage Fox & Roach LP engaged in racially discriminatory "r more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 27 -- New Jersey Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on July 26, 2022: Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced that New Jersey has joined with 49 other states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the federal government to settle allegations of fraud against Mallinckrodt ARD, LLC (formerly known as Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), a U.S. subsidiary of the Irish pharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt plc (collective more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 27 -- New Jersey Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on July 26, 2022: Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that New Jersey is co-leading an overall $8 million multistate settlement with Wawa Inc. that resolves the states' investigation into a data breach that compromised approximately 34 million payment cards used by consumers to buy food and gas and other items at Wawa stores and fueling locations. The d more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 26 -- New Jersey Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on July 25, 2022: Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced the creation of a Statewide Affirmative Firearms Enforcement (SAFE) Office - a first-in-the-nation office with the specific mandate of bringing civil enforcement actions against firearm companies to hold them accountable for violations of the law that harm the health and safety of New Jersey residents more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 27 -- The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release on July 26, 2022: The Murphy Administration today asked residents and businesses to conserve water as the state continues to experience a persistent period of hot and dry weather. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is responsible for monitoring and protecting the state's water supply to ensure ample clean, safe water for drinking and other needs. DEP's Divi more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 28 (TNSper) -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on July 27, 2022: Governor Phil Murphy today announced James Sarkos as the Acting Chief of the Atlantic City Police Department. Sarkos, currently a deputy chief, serves as Interim Officer in Charge and will assume the position as Acting Chief following the appointment on July 27th, by the Director of the Division of Local Government Services, Jacquelyn Suarez, as permitted under the Munici more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 28 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on July 26, 2022: Governor Phil Murphy today visited the City of Camden to highlight the direct investments to the city included in the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY2023) budget. Governor Murphy has prioritized investing in New Jersey's communities and key infrastructure projects across the state and reaffirmed that commitment through historic levels of funding in his FY2023 budget. "It is a real pleasure  more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 26 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on July 25, 2022: Governor Phil Murphy today announced the launch of Year Three of the State's popular Charge Up New Jersey electric vehicle (EV) incentive program and also unveiled the State's new residential EV charger program. Both the Charge-Up New Jersey Program and the Residential Charger Program are key parts of the landmark electric vehicle legislation signed into law by the Governor two ye more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 30 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on July 29, 2022: Governor Phil Murphy today signed legislation (A-1695) to help protect students from unreasonably high tuition rates that would be difficult to repay based on the wages they are likely to earn after completing a career-oriented educational or training program. The bill will require the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education (OSHE) and Department of Labor (DOL) to establish pe more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 30 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on July 29, 2022: Governor Phil Murphy today signed A4224/S2830 and A4225/S2831 into law, awarding school districts and county colleges a second round of grant funding through the Securing Our Children's Future Bond Act (SOCFBA). The grants will fund improvements to and enhancements of career and technical education (CTE) programs in county vocational-technical school districts (CVSD) and county co more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 30 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Governor Phil Murphy signed the following bills into law: S-144/A-2159 (Diegnan, Beach/Egan, Danielsen, Park) - Establishes "COVID-19 Frontline Healthcare Worker Memorial Commission." S-1177/A-4032 (Lagana, Gopal/Coughlin) - Revises out-of-network arbitration process S-2677/A-4068 (Pou/Wimberly, Sumter, Reynolds-Jackson) - Amends requirements for certain mixed use parking projects undertaken by more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 29 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on July 28, 2022: Governor Phil Murphy and New Jersey Department of Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli today announced two additional vaccination sites for monkeypox in Camden and Bergen counties. These sites have been added for residents without a confirmed exposure who believe they may have been exposed or are at high risk for having been exposed to the virus, the New Jersey Department of Hea more PR

WAYNE, New Jersey, July 26 (TNSjou) -- William Paterson University issued the following news release: A team of William Paterson University researchers is garnering international press attention for their study on megatooth sharks, which made the cover of Science Advances last month. The study, led by Princeton University's Emma Kast, features the work of WP environmental science professors Michael Griffiths, Martin Becker, and Harry Maisch, along with their former students, WP alumni Chelesia more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 27 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro issued the following news release on July 26, 2022: Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced an $8 million agreement with Wawa to resolve a December 2019 data breach that compromised approximately 34 million payment cards used across all Wawa stores. AG Shapiro, along with acting New Jersey AG Matthew J. Platkin, led a coalition of seven attorneys general in investigating the breach. This is the third largest a more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 28 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news: Just in time for National New Jersey Day, new reporting from the Daily Beast reveals that New Jersey fraud Mehmet Oz owns a secret New Jersey condo he did not release in his financial disclosure: Bergen County records show that since 2006 Oz and his wife have owned the condominium in the borough of Fairview, a seven-minute drive from their mansion overlooking the Hudson River, where the county sen more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 30 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news: After another week of scandals for the fraud Mehmet Oz, Republican operatives across the country are beginning to panic about their Pennsylvania senate candidate from New Jersey. Just today, both New York Magazine and Politico published new reporting highlighting how pessimistic the GOP has become on Oz's chances. New York Magazine, What the Hell Is Going on With Dr. Oz's Senate Campaign? Puck i more PR

LAKE WORTH, Florida, July 21 (TNSper) -- Palm Beach State College issued the following news: Palm Beach State College has appointed Angela Harrington to serve as chief communications and public affairs officer. Harrington is a respected higher education leader whose experience spans internal and external communications and community outreach at multicampus institutions in New Jersey and New York. "Angela is a communications leader who raises awareness of the importance of higher education and more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, July 28 (TNSjou) -- Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news: Native Americans experienced disproportionately high rates of deaths from COVID-19 due to poverty, crowded housing, high rates of chronic disease, employment in frontline jobs, and limited access to quality health care. Less is known about the pandemic's effects on life expectancy for this population, which makes up 2% of the U.S. population. Noreen Goldman o more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, July 26 (TNSres) -- Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news: Intimate partner violence -- or abuse and aggression in a romantic relationship -- is a pervasive global issue. In Uganda, a primarily Christian country in East Africa, 56% of women who've been married report being sexually violated by a current partner, according to Uganda Bureau of Statistics. Strong patriarchal beliefs often influence this behavior, but tho more PR

MAHWAH, New Jersey, July 29 (TNSbook) -- Ramapo College issued the following news release: Ramapo College Assistant Professor of Music Christopher Reali has captured the essence of an impactful era in music history in his new book, Music and Mystique in Muscle Shoals, recently published by the University of Illinois Press. The book is an in-depth look at the fabled musical hotbed and examines the events and factors that gave the Muscle Shoals sound such a potent cultural power. Many artists tr more PR

MAHWAH, New Jersey, July 29 (TNSres) -- Ramapo College issued the following news release: Ramapo College students and dozens of middle-schoolers from Ridgefield Park, N.J., got hands-on experience in researching climate change this summer. The project, which saw the launch of "artificial floating islands" in the waters at the Meadowlands at the NJ Sports and Exposition Authority (NJSEA) in DeKorte Park, was conducted in partnership with the Ridgefield Park Board of Education summer youth progra more PR

MAHWAH, New Jersey, July 28 (TNSfund) -- Ramapo College issued the following news release: The Berrie Center for Performing and Visual Arts at Ramapo College of New Jersey received two grants to continue its work with local students as well as bringing arts programming to the northern New Jersey community. The New Jersey State Council on the Arts awarded the Berrie Center a grant of $56,900, part of the state-wide grants appropriation to support more than 700 arts organizations, projects and a more PR

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, July 29 (TNSres) -- Rowan University issued the following news: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. These Central Asian states may not capture headlines frequently, but Dr. Lawrence Markowitz, chair and professor of Political Science in the College of Humanities & Social Sciences, believes they offer a window into many of the world's most pressing political issues. "They provide a lot of insight into the world on topics I research, like vio more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, July 28 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: A Rutgers researcher is teaming up with a professor from Yale to develop a digital database dedicated to the study of Black-authored and Black-published books, magazines, and newspapers. The Black Bibliography Project (BBP), funded through a $1.7 million grant from the Mellon Foundation, seeks to remedy what scholars say is a dearth of accurate, organized data about Black print. The project's mission  more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, July 28 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Rutgers scientists track the decline in bee populations at New Jersey and Pennsylvania farms asking what's behind this dramatic trend * * * A dramatic decline in the bee population at fruit farms in New Jersey and Pennsylvania has Rutgers scientists wondering whether it is a natural phenomenon or a warning about a future threat to the world's food supply. In a study published in the science jo more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, July 26 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Restoration efforts need to be conducted at much greater spatial and temporal scales to have long-term benefits * * * A popular coral restoration technique is unlikely to protect coral reefs from climate change and is based on the assumption that local threats to reefs are managed effectively, according to a study co-authored by Rutgers researchers. The research, published in the journal Ecolo more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, July 29 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Early exposure to antibiotics kills healthy bacteria in the digestive tract and can cause asthma and allergies, a new study demonstrates. The study, published in Mucosal Immunology, has provided the strongest evidence so far that the long-observed connection between antibiotic exposure in early childhood and later development of asthma and allergies is causal. "The practical implication is simple: Avo more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, July 28 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Socially disadvantaged children and those from minority backgrounds are less likely to receive services before 36 months of age, Rutgers study finds * * * Despite a federal mandate requiring access to early intervention programs (EIP) for children with disabilities, fewer than half of autistic children in four New Jersey counties received services before 36 months of age, according to a Rutgers more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, July 27 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Yoga of Immortals app could provide a more accessible, easy-to-use, novel and effective treatment for urinary incontinence, Rutgers study finds * * * People with loss of urinary control who used the Yoga of Immortals mobile app - a globally used app that combines specific yogic postures in the Sanatan tradition with breathing exercises, sound therapy and meditation - found significant improveme more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, July 27 (TNSfund) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: Seton Hall University's College of Nursing has been awarded a $3.6 million grant by the Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) through its Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention-Mobile Health Training Program. "The Seton Hall University College of Nursing and the City of Newark's Nurse-led Mobile Health Training Project" allows graduate more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 23 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement: * * * "Tammy and I are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Assemblyman Ron Dancer. True to his roots in one of New Jersey's storied equestrian racing families, in public service he was a work horse not a show horse. "A proud veteran with a quiet demeanor and humble nature, Ron built friendships across the aisle. "His focus on New Jersey's agricultural, horse-racing, and tourist industries more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, July 27 (TNSres) -- Stevens Institute of Technology issued the following news release: * * * New green energy survey reveals Americans generally fall into four categories: Evangelists, Promoters, Passives or Detractors; more than half say the long-term benefits of green energy outweigh the cost, but only one-third are willing to pay more * * * Whether they identify as Evangelists, Promoters, Passives or Detractors of green energy, few Americans are willing to pay more to more PR

GALLOWAY, New Jersey, July 26 (TNSfund) -- Stockton University issued the following news: The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation's Board of Trustees recently approved a $30,000 general operating support grant to the Noyes Museum of Art of Stockton University. The Noyes Museum of Art was created to provide southern New Jersey with "opportunities to learn about, explore, and experience the arts." With different sites in Atlantic City, Galloway and Hammonton, Michael Cagno, the executive director of t more PR

BASKING RIDGE, New Jersey, July 29 -- Verizon, a communications and technology solutions company, issued the following news release: In light of the damage left in the wake of severe flooding in the St. Louis area, the Verizon Foundation is making a $10,000 donation to the American Red Cross. Verizon's donation will help St. Louis area residents recover from damage caused by disasters like the recent flooding. "We have a connection to the communities where we work and live. Helping our custome more PR