SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 3 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2022: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced a settlement with the United States Postal Service (USPS) to prevent the delivery of illegal cigarettes to residents of California. The settlement resolves a lawsuit filed by California and New York City, and later joined by Illinois, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania, alleging that USPS knowingly accepted and transmitted pa more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 3 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2022: Attorney General William Tong today announced the formation of a nationwide Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force of 50 states to investigate and take legal action against the telecommunications companies responsible for bringing a majority of foreign robocalls into the United States. This bipartisan nationwide Task Force has one goal: to cut down on illegal robocalls. Co more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 2 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2022: Attorney General William Tong today announced a settlement with the United States Postal Service (USPS) that implements robust measures to end foreign shippers' unlawful practice of mailing cigarettes into the United States. The settlement resolves a lawsuit filed by Connecticut, California, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and the City of New York alleging the USPS has, for over more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 5 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release and a July 29, 2022, letter: Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 20 states in urging the Biden Administration to extend and expand temporary changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program to provide borrowers with more opportunities to get closer to loan forgiveness faster. Under the PSLF Program, remaining balances on federal Direct Loans are forgiven aft more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 5 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2022: Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 16 attorneys general filing an amicus brief opposing Florida's discriminatory "Don't Say Gay" law. The law bans classroom discussion of sexual orientation or gender identity, posing a serious threat to LGBTQ+ students who are particularly vulnerable to the harms caused by discrimination. "Florida's 'Don't Say Gay more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 3 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release and letter on Aug. 2, 2022: Attorney General William Tong today urged the Connecticut Insurance Department to halt all consideration and planning for the August 15 public hearing on requested insurance rate adjustments for on-exchange policies offered by ConnectiCare and Anthem as the U.S. Senate debates extension of the Federal Advance Premium Tax Credit. At CID's request, these insure more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 3 -- The Connecticut Department of Education issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2022: The Connecticut Department of Public Health, the State Department of Education, and the Office of Early Childhood have collaborated on the release of new school guidance entitled "Launching into Healthy Learning" for the 2022--2023 school year. "Since the start of the 2021 school year, we have administered thousands of COVID-19 vaccines to children throughout the state an more PR

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, Aug. 3 (TNSres) -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news: Honors Biology major Megan Piechowicz presented at the recent American Society of Plant Biology (ASPB) conference in Portland, OR, from July 9 -13. "My research explores the presence of flavonoid compounds, such as anthocyanins and proanthocyanidins, in the model legume plant Medicago truncatula," said Piechowicz. "These mutants were derived from the insertion of the tnt1 retrotransposo more PR

BRONX, New York, Aug. 6 (TNSreact) -- Fordham University School of Law issued the following news: President Joe Biden announced on July 29 the nominations of eight new federal judicial nominees and his intent to nominate a ninth federal judicial nominee, including Justice Maria Araujo Kahn '89 of the Connecticut Supreme Court for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Justice Kahn has served as an associate justice on the Connecticut Supreme Court--the state's highest court--since N more PR

HILLSDALE, Michigan, Aug. 3 -- Hillsdale College issued the following news release: In partnership with Kepler Education, the Classical Learning Consortium for New England held a conference at Hillsdale College's Blake Center for Faith and Freedom in Somers, Connecticut between July 15 and July 16. The conference launched the Classical Learning Consortium for New England and drew approximately 75 educators and administrations from the region. "The Blake Center has beautiful property and facili more PR

WEST HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 2 -- The University of New Haven issued the following news: By Renee Chmiel Throughout her distinguished career, her educational journey, and her intensive training and competition schedule as a triathlete, Crystal Holick '23 MBA has embraced the power that has come from learning to believe in herself. She hopes her success will inspire others to believe that they, too, can succeed. When Crystal Holick '23 MBA was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, she was tol more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee issued the following news: Every poll for months has shown voters are overwhelmingly concerned about inflation and the cost of living. But Democrats want to make it even harder for families struggling to make ends meet. The nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation found Democrats' new reckless spending spree would raise taxes by $16.7 billion on American taxpayers making less than $200,000 in 2023. Will Jahana Hayes and Joe more PR

WATERBURY, Connecticut, Aug. 5 (TNSpar) -- Post University issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2022: Post University has entered into memorandums of understanding with four nearby colleges and a training center in Connecticut - Middlesex Community College, Quinebaug Valley Community College, Capital Community College, and the Center for Financial Training - as well as the Technical College of the Lowcountry in South Carolina and Arizona College of Nursing. These six new agreements will more PR

WEST HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 1 -- The University of New Haven issued the following news: By Olena Lennon Dr. Olena Lennon recently visited the Republic of Korea to moderate a session at the World Emerging Security Forum, describing the experience as a remarkable opportunity to share her expertise as well as learn from prominent leaders from around the world. The experience also enabled her to engage with the country's rich culture, including visiting the Korean Demilitarized Zone. In mid-May more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 2 (TNSper) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Adebowale Adeniran, MD, Professor of Pathology, has been appointed as new Director of the Cytopathology Fellowship Program in the Department of Pathology at Yale School of Medicine effective August 1. Chen Liu, MD, PhD, Chair of Yale Pathology, recently announced the appointment. Dr. Adeniran also serves as Director of Cytopathology, Director of the Cytology Laboratory, and Director of the Anatomic Pa more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 3 (TNSjou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: By Isabella Backman Our nervous system is composed of billions of neurons that speak to each other through their axons and dendrites. When the human brain develops, these structures branch out in a beautifully intricate, yet poorly understood, way that allows nerve cells to form connections and send messages throughout the body. And now, Yale researchers have discovered the molecular mechanism behind  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 5 (TNSjou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news on Aug. 4, 2022: By Crystal Gwizdala Storytelling is at the core of humanity, and medicine is no exception. Carrying on the tradition, the Yale community gathered for the sixth annual special medical grand rounds, "Stories of Internal Medicine." "Historians have taught us that we're hardwired as human beings to tell stories and to listen to stories and to appreciate stories," said Vincent Quagliarello more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 3 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news on Aug. 2, 2022: By Isabella Backman Before coming down with COVID-19, Marjorie Roberts was known by friends and family as someone who always smiled. On the morning of March 26, 2020, she was walking to her mailbox when she suddenly lost her balance and stumbled. At the moment, she didn't think much of it, but later that day, she describes feeling as though "someone had [taken] a vacuum cleaner and su more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 4 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: Within minutes of the final heartbeat, a cascade of biochemical events triggered by a lack of blood flow, oxygen, and nutrients begins to destroy a body's cells and organs. But a team of Yale scientists has found that massive and permanent cellular failure doesn't have to happen so quickly. Using a new technology the team developed that delivers a specially designed cell-protective fluid to organs and tissues more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 6 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: A common weed harbors important clues about how to create drought resistant crops in a world beset by climate change. Yale scientists describe how Portulaca oleracea, commonly known as purslane, integrates two distinct metabolic pathways to create a novel type of photosynthesis that enables the weed to endure drought while remaining highly productive, they report August 5 in the journal Science Advances. "Thi more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 3 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: Yale astrophysicists have helped assemble an unprecedented census of the most powerful, growing supermassive black holes in the universe. Using data from NASA's Swift satellite and a collection of ground-based telescopes -- including the ESO Very Large Telescope in northern Chile, the Hale telescope at Palomar observatory in southern California, and the Keck telescope in Hawaii -- scientists from the BASS Pro more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 5 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: Researchers have learned a lot about the human brain through functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), a technique that can yield insight into brain function. But typical fMRI methods may be missing key information and providing only part of the picture, Yale researchers say. In a new study, they evaluated various approaches and found that zooming out and taking a wider field of view captures additional r more PR