HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 1 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong joined a nationwide coalition of 12 attorneys general, led by New York Attorney General Letitia James, in filing an amicus brief to defend a New York City ordinance that protects fast food employees' jobs. The 2021 law requires fast-food chain restaurant employers in New York City to provide a valid reason--such as unsatisfactory performance, misconduct, o more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 28 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong joined a multistate coalition of 21 attorneys general submitting an amicus brief in Fund Texas Choice v. Paxton to protect the right of individuals to travel out of Texas to obtain an abortion. The multistate amicus brief was submitted in support of a motion for preliminary injunction filed by reproductive rights advocates seeking to halt enforcement of s more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 1 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement on Sept. 30, 2022: * * * Attorney General William Tong released the following statement in response to a federal lawsuit filed by the Connecticut Citizens Defense League seeking to repeal Connecticut's assault weapons ban. "Connecticut's gun laws save lives, and we are not going back. This latest threat is disturbing, but not surprising. The moment the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decisi more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 1 -- The Connecticut Democratic Party issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2022: Connecticut Citizens Defense League (CCDL), who endorsed Bob Stefanowski in 2018, filed a lawsuit today challenging Connecticut's assault weapons ban. The lawsuit was written by Republican State Representatives and Stefanowski supporters Doug Dubitsky and Craig Fishbein. In its 2018 endorsement, CCDL said of Stefanowski: "Connecticut gun owners are fortunate to have ended up w more PR

MERIDEN, Connecticut, Sept. 28 (TNSawa) -- The Connecticut Department of Education issued the following news release: On Tuesday morning, Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz, Education Commissioner Charlene Russell-Tucker, and state and local officials made a surprise visit to Meriden to announce that paraeducator Don Askew has been named the 2023 Anne Marie Murphy Paraeducator of the Year. Mr. Askew is being recognized for his many years working with students across Connecticut, including in  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 27 -- The Connecticut Department of Education issued the following news release: The Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) released guidance that clarifies the parameters of remote learning as well as dual instruction, which is the simultaneous instruction by a teacher to in-person, in-the-classroom students and to students who are interacting remotely. This guidance follows the enactment of Public Act 22-80, Section 25 -codified as Connecticut General St more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: As Tim Michels tries to deceive working-class Wisconsinites into thinking he has anything in common with them, the DGA is launching a new video exposing him as an out-of-touch, out-of-state multi-millionaire. Watch the new video here (https://youtu.be/zsO5KEfzHq0). The video highlights Michels' $17 million mega-mansion in Connecticut, $8.7 million Manhattan penthouse, and his former $2.8 million beachfront more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: Earlier this week, President Biden announced that for the first time in more than a decade, premiums for Medicare Part B will decrease next year - by over $60 per beneficiary per year. In addition, through the work of the Inflation Reduction Act, President Biden and Democrats are continuing to strengthen and protect Medicare and lower health care and prescription drug costs for hard working families acr more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: In the states this week, local news highlighted President Biden's announcement that premiums for many Medicare recipients will decrease next year - by over $60 per beneficiary. In addition, through the work of the Inflation Reduction Act, President Biden and Democrats are continuing to strengthen and protect Medicare and lower health care and prescription drug costs for working Americans across the states more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 28 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced a new energy investment plan to secure low-cost clean energy to meet Connecticut's climate goals through the release of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) 2022 Procurement Plan. The plan builds on the state's existing investments in a clean energy future by capitalizing on new state and federal actions to build out  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 1 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the Connecticut Forensic Science Laboratory, a division within the Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, has been awarded a $700,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to aid in the development of the Connecticut Crime Gun Intelligence Center. Connecticut is the first state in the nation to receive a f more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 30 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the Center for Digital Government has given Connecticut national recognition for its ongoing digital government efforts, awarding the state with a grade of A- and ranking it third in the nation for information technology leadership. The recognition was included as part of the organization's 2022 Digital States Survey. Governor Lamont h more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 29 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Department of Housing Commissioner Seila Mosquera-Bruno today announced that the Stewart B. McKinney Men's Emergency Shelter in Hartford will be moving to a new location in a state-funded project designed to improve the quality of care the shelter is able to provide to individuals in need. Located in a former hotel building at 207 Brainard  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 27 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release and letter on Sept. 26, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont and the governors of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont today sent the following letter to Congressional leaders thanking them for their longstanding support of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and expressing their support for President Joe Biden's request for an emergency supplemental aid package more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 1 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on Sept. 30, 2022: * * * Governor Ned Lamont today released the following statement in response to a federal lawsuit filed by the Connecticut Citizens Defense League seeking to repeal Connecticut's assault weapons ban. "Connecticut's law banning assault weapons was adopted in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook tragedy as part of a bipartisan effort to prevent needless tragedy and it is overwhelmingly  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 27 (TNSres) -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont issued the following statement in response to today's release of Connecticut's annual crime statistics report, which compiles data on crimes reported to law enforcement agencies in the state for the 2021 calendar year: "This report shows violent and property crimes are down in Connecticut from the previous year, preserving our state's status as on more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 28 (TNSres) -- Greenwich Associates, a provider of global market intelligence and advisory services, issued the following news release: Asset managers plan to invest in human research talent on a 3-to-1 basis over data acquisition or technology over the next three years. Asset management organizations have spent billions of dollars expanding their internal technology infrastructure and acquiring new data feeds and will continue to do so. However, new research from  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee issued the following news: This week, 401(k) balances are being crushed by Democrats' harmful economic policies. CNN found that 71% of workers say the cost of living is outpacing their salary and wages. And President Biden's student loan giveaway is costing taxpayers $400 billion. NRCC Comment: "Connecticut families can't afford Joe Courtney and Jahana Hayes' addiction to recklessly spending taxpayer money on their socia more PR

WATERBURY, Connecticut, Sept. 30 (TNSper) -- Post University issued the following news release: Post University has announced the promotion of three programmatic leadership team members: Elizabeth Kranz, Ed.D., dean for the School of Arts & Sciences; Camille Dumont, director for the Center for Career and Professional Development; and Kellie Lambert, program chair for Communication & Media Studies in the School of Arts & Sciences. Upon her promotion, Elizabeth "Betsy" Kranz now serves as the un more PR

ORONO, Maine, Sept. 30 (TNSpar) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: A new partnership between the University of Maine and the Rural Schools Collaborative will seek to strengthen the K-12 education workforce across six New England states and provide other opportunities to raise the profile of rural schools and teachers in the region. The RSC's New England hub, which includes Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut, will now be based a more PR

WEST HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 28 (TNSres) -- The University of New Haven issued the following news: * * * Mehdi Mekni, Ph.D., is among a select group of academics and professionals in the U.S. to receive the competitive Fulbright Specialist Award. He will now complete a project at Mzuzu University in Malawi in Africa that endeavors to establish partnerships, exchange knowledge, and enhance computer science and information technology education. * * * By Renee Chmiel, Office of Marketing and  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 28 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news: * * * At a recent conversation hosted by the Yale Environmental Dialogue and Yale Law School, former French Prime Minister Laurent Fabius explained the "unprecedented" legal challenges surrounding the climate crisis and called on nations to "urgently" fulfill their obligations set by the Paris Agreement. * * * "Everybody always talks about the weather but nobody ever does anything about it." S more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 28 (TNSjou) -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news: * * * A YSE-led study details the severe degradation and deforestation caused by gold mining in tropical forests, as well as the biophysical challenges associated with effectively restoring these landscapes. * * * Every other year, Mark Ashton, Morris K. Jesup Professor of Silviculture and Forest Ecology, teaches a popular course at the Yale School of the Environment on tropical forest restorat more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 27 (TNSjou) -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news: * * * A YSE-led study assessing 91 African carnivores to identify gaps in capacity necessary for their conservation found that many species that are currently classified as "least concern" on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species had high percentages of their range at risk of contraction. * * * A new Yale School of the Environment-led analysis ide more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 28 (TNSres) -- Yale University issued the following news on Sept. 27, 2022: Yale University today announced changes to its patent royalty sharing practices to further encourage the translation of faculty research into products and services that benefit society. Effective Oct. 1, the university will distribute 100% of net income generated from new technologies to the Yale researchers and academic units responsible for the inventions, Provost Scott Strobel and Vice  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 27 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Like many labs in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, Yale School of Medicine's Clinical Neurosciences Imaging Center temporarily stopped bringing in patients for research. Like many researchers without new subjects to scan, Dr. Carolyn Fredericks and her team took advantage of the pause by taking a closer look at publicly available data. As a clinician-scientist with a long-standing interest more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 27 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: About 1.4% of American adolescents report identifying as transgender. That figure comes from a report released in June by the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law's Williams Institute, after analyzing data from the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. This estimate almost doubles the organization's previous figure for that age group from 2017 and contributes to an estimated more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 27 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Of the 1.5 million people living with lupus in the United States, 90% are women. This disease turns the body's immune system against itself, potentially causing extreme pain, fatigue, difficulty thinking clearly, and cardiovascular disease. Officially known as systemic lupus erythematosus, lupus is distinct among autoimmune diseases in the way circulating antibodies -- proteins that when functioning more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 28 (TNSawa) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: In a first of its kind pilot study, Oliver Karam, MD, PhD, chief of pediatric critical care at Yale School of Medicine, and Marianne Nellis, MD, MS, associate professor in pediatric critical care at Weill Cornell Medicine, have been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study different platelet transfusion thresholds for children supported by ECMO machines (extracorporeal membrane oxyg more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 1 (TNSjou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: For most aspiring physicians, medical school is just the first step toward establishing a career. Applying to residencies, in which they will train in their medical specialties, is an expensive, time-consuming, high-stakes process. But as with many aspects of life, there are disparities in how residents are selected, according to a new Yale-led study published in JAMA Network Open. Researchers sought  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 1 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: The common femoral artery, located in the groin, plays an important role in delivering blood to the leg. It is also the most commonly used puncture site for a variety of endovascular interventions including for blockages of the arteries associated with stroke and heart attacks, as well as poor circulation to the legs that can lead to major amputation. However, femoral access can be a source of complica more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 29 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: Researchers discovered what may be a new approach for creating neuropsychiatric drugs, using a virtual library of compounds derived from chemistry developed by a Yale laboratory. The new drug candidates they've identified through this process could lead to treatments for disorders such as depression or anxiety without the unwanted side effects brought on by psychedelic therapies. Scientists from Yale, the  more PR