HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 18 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Aug. 17, 2022: Attorney General William Tong this week joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general filing two amicus briefs in USA v. Idaho and Texas v. Becerra defending access to emergency abortion care. The cases involve the federal government's interpretation and enforcement of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), which requires hospitals to provide stabilizing more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 19 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2022: Attorney General William Tong joined a group of 17 attorneys general opposing Florida's discriminatory law that would make it more difficult for millions of Floridians--especially the elderly, people with disabilities, and people living in communities of color--to vote. In an amicus brief filed in League of Women Voters of Florida, Inc., et al. v. Florida Secretary of more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 17 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2022: Attorney General William Tong today praised a decision by the U.S. Department of Education discharging all remaining federal student loans for borrowers attending ITT Technical Institute from January 1, 2005 through its closure in September 2016. The decision will result in 208,000 borrowers receiving $3.9 billion in full loan discharges. In Connecticut, 300 former stu more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 18 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Aug. 17, 2022: Attorney General William Tong today joined a multistate coalition in a comment letter supporting the U.S. Postal Service's notice of intent to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and purported commitment to purchasing a greater percentage of electric vehicles. The notice follows a lawsuit filed by Connecticut and others alleging that the Postal  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 18 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong has reached an agreement in principle with opioid maker Endo International plc and its lenders that would provide up to $450 million to participating states and local governments, ban promotion of Endo's opioids, and require Endo to turn over millions of documents related to its role in the opioid crisis for publication in a public online archive. The agr more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 18 -- The Connecticut Department of Education issued the following news release on Aug. 17, 2022: At today's annual back-to-school event, the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) met with superintendents from across Connecticut to kick off and celebrate the upcoming school year and launch this year's back-to-school theme, "The Sky is NOT the Limit." Commissioner of Education Charlene M. Russell-Tucker and Governor Ned Lamont highlighted several of the ma more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 17 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced the commencement of 19 job training programs funded by CareerConneCT, a $70 million program designed to support getting individuals in Connecticut whose employment has been impacted by COVID-19 back to work. These statewide and regional programs will provide short-term job training through industry-recognized credentials that create pathways t more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 18 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Aug. 17, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the Connecticut Department of Transportation has been awarded a $20,394,000 grant from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to fund major capital improvements at the Southeast Area Transit District (SEAT). The funds will be used to modernize the transit district's 42-year-old maintenance facility in Preston and prepare it for the nex more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 19 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that global wealth management and investment banking company Stifel will be expanding its presence in Connecticut through the addition of a new office in Stamford, where it will create 50 new jobs. In addition to the new location, Stifel maintains existing offices in Hamden, Hartford, Madison, Mystic, and Southbury. The company's Stamford off more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 17 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on Aug. 16, 2022 regarding the signing of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 by President Biden: "Once again, President Biden and Congressional Democrats have delivered results for America. Over the last year, Connecticut has taken bold and immediate actions to help families feeling the squeeze of inflation. Starting today, thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, even more relief is on the way to Co more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 19 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut's Congressional delegation today announced that Connecticut has been awarded two grants totaling more than $85.2 million from the Federal Railroad Administration for major infrastructure improvement projects on the Northeast Corridor. The funds will be used for two significant capital projects that improve safety and reliability along the Con more PR

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Aug. 19 -- Discovery Education, a division of Discovery Communications, issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2022: Connecticut's Jumoke Academy Charter School today announced a new partnership with Discovery Education, the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place. This collaboration provides the educators at the Academy's three campuses access to a suite of award-winning, digital resources that cr more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 18 -- Morgan Lewis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Morgan Lewis is advising MDAdvantage Holdings Inc. in an agreement with MagMutual Insurance Company for MagMutual to acquire MDAdvantage Insurance Company of New Jersey. MDAdvantage is a medical professional liability insurance company that supports physician initiatives with the goal of increasing patient safety, educating the healthcare community, and investing in the future of the healthcare syste more PR

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 16 (TNSsre) -- The New York State Public Service Commission issued the text of the following letter: * * * To: Matthew Brotmann, Esq., Equinor Wind US, LLC, 600 Washington Blvd., Suite 800, Stamford, Connecticut 06901, mbrot@equinor.com Dan Chorost, Esq., Sive, Paget & Riesel P.C., 560 Lexington Ave, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10022, dchorost@sprlaw.com Ekin Senlet, Esq., Barclay Damon, LLP, 80 State Street, Albany, NY 12207, esenlet@barclaydamon.com Re: Case 22-T-0346  more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 19 -- NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast, issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2022: NBCUniversal and the Big Ten Conference today announced a landmark 7-year agreement for NBC and Peacock to become the exclusive home of Big Ten Saturday Night football, beginning in 2023. Peacock will also serve as the exclusive home for eight additional Big Ten Football games each season. Big Ten Saturday Night will mark the first time ever that Big Ten Football will ha more PR

WEST HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 16 (TNSper) -- The University of New Haven issued the following news: By Patrick McGrady In advance of the start of the 2022-23 academic year, Patrick McGrady, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology, offers an update on the ongoing work of a University-wide committee focusing on attracting employees as well as enabling them to find a true sense of belonging as part of our community. He also introduces a new co-chair to support these efforts. The IDEA Council's S more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 16 (TNSper) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: As Yale Child Study Center (YCSC) faculty, staff, and trainees continue to work together to meet the on-going behavioral health crisis in the U.S. and around the world, the Center is proud to officially welcome the following community members to the faculty this summer, in addition to those announced in April. "As we continue to experience a dramatic increase in referrals for behavioral health needs,  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: By Ashley Liebre The Yale Global Health Leadership Initiative has been awarded a highly competitive research grant exceeding $1 million to reduce inequities in sepsis care and outcomes among African American/Black and Latinx communities. The R01 grant was awarded by the National Institute of General Medical Studies, a division of the National Institutes of Health. Advancing health equity and social  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: By Abby Davis Rachel Perry, PhD, has been invited to speak about her work in the growing field of cancer metabolism at an upcoming conference, Immunometabolism: Fundamentals to Prospective New Therapies, in November. As an assistant professor of internal medicine (endocrinology) and of cellular and molecular physiology, Perry leads a research lab at Yale School of Medicine that uses novel isotopic t more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 17 (TNSjou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: A study by Yale scientists provides insights that could lead to new therapies for individuals with Gaucher disease (GD), while offering new understanding into the study of other diseases, including Parkinson's. This breakthrough research in the study of forms of Gaucher disease that cause neurodegeneration (nGD) has implications for individuals with rare diseases such as Gaucher, and those with more c more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 19 (TNSjou) -- Yale University West campus issued the following news on Aug. 17, 2022: Scientists have long been concerned with trying to understand how cells move, for example in pursuit of new ways to control the spread of cancer. The field of biology continues to illuminate the infinitely complex processes by which collections of cells communicate, adapt, and organize along biochemical pathways. Turning to the laws of physics, researchers at the Yale Systems Bio more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 18 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: Pennsylvania children living near unconventional oil and gas (UOG) developments at birth were two to three times more likely to be diagnosed with leukemia between the ages of 2 and 7 than those who did not live near this oil and gas activity, after accounting for other factors that could influence cancer risk, a novel study from the Yale School of Public Health finds. The registry-based study, published Aug. more PR