HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 27 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Oct. 26, 2022: Attorney General William Tong was joined today by New London Mayor Michael Passero, New London Fire Department Battalion Chief Jeff Rheaume and members of New London's Overdose Action Team in announcing the arrival of $13.5 million to Connecticut and its cities and towns from the landmark $26 billion settlement with opioid distributors Cardinal, McKesson, AmerisourceBe more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 29 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong this week joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general in filing a friend of the court brief in Moore v. Harper, a case in which the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether to adopt the radical "independent state legislature theory" (ISLT) and give state legislators the sole, unchecked authority to make election rules at the expense of voters and other state  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 29 -- The Connecticut Democratic Party issued the following news release: Less than two weeks before Connecticut voters head to polls, Bob Stefanowski has revealed his true stance on limiting access to abortion, despite claims he is "pro-choice." During a pre-recorded forum, Bob Stefanowski lied about Governor Lamont's position on abortion and then followed up by telling Connecticut voters what he really thinks: "I think abortion should be limited to the first trime more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 26 -- Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection issued the following news release: The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is pleased to announce the first round of grant awards for the Sustainable Materials Management (SMM) Grant program.The SMM grant program supports the development of food scrap collection and unit-based pricing pilot programs, the type of waste diversion efforts recommended by the Connecticut C more PR

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, Oct. 26 (TNSres) -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news: Eastern Connecticut State University Associate Professor of Psychology Jenna Scisco has completed compelling research that will impact the way people work from home in a post-COVID world. The research, titled "'It's Been a Game Changer': A Qualitative Study of Treadmill Desk Use When Working from Home," explores the motivators and barriers for treadmill desk use in a work-from-home sett more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 25 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Oct. 24, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that his administration is making a five-year, $46.6 million investment to expand small business assistance programs across Connecticut that will be provided through grants to local nonprofit economic development organizations that provide a wide array of assistance to support the formation, growth, and innovation of small businesses. One of  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 28 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that checks totaling $23.9 million are being distributed this week to those who applied for the Connecticut Renters' Rebate Program. Approximately 45,000 residents in the state will be receiving an average rebate of $540. The Office of Policy and Management (OPM), which administers the program, is required to start processing the payments in O more PR

PUTNAM, Connecticut, Oct. 29 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the Connecticut National Guard held a groundbreaking ceremony in Putnam to commemorate the start of construction on its new Putnam Readiness Center. The readiness center (the modern-day term for what was previously referred to as an armory) will provide the Connecticut National Guard with a state-of-the-art base of operations to train for  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 25 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Oct. 24, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that Connecticut businesses will see another rate decrease in workers' compensation insurance beginning on January 1, 2023. The Connecticut Insurance Department has approved an annual filing with decreases of 3% to workers' compensation pure premium loss costs. There will be no change in rates for assigned risk. This marks the ninth consecuti more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 26 (TNStalk) -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on Oct. 25, 2022: * * * Governor Ned Lamont today released the following statement regarding the announcement that Larry McHugh, president of the Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce, plans to retire in December following 39 years of leadership with the organization. "Larry McHugh is incredibly passionate about creating an environment that helps businesses succeed and enables the working more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 27 -- Greenwich Associates, a provider of global market intelligence and advisory services, issued the following news release on Oct. 26, 2022: As fixed-income markets become digital, faster and more complex, institutional investors are adopting quantimental investment approaches in which fundamental methodologies are supported by quantitative tools powered by cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI) and even distributed ledger technology (DLT). More than thre more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 28 (TNSper) -- Greenwich Associates, a provider of global market intelligence and advisory services, issued the following news release: Coalition Greenwich, the leading global provider of data, analytics and insights to the financial services industry, is pleased to announce the hiring of Gregory Schneider as Director on the SME Analytics team. In his new role, Gregory will oversee the Commercial Loan Analytics offering, which helps banks benchmark their performanc more PR

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Oct. 29 (TNSbook) -- The Indiana University McKinney School of Law issued the following news: IU McKinney Professor Lea Bishop presented her research on the human right to read and her latest book during the Human Rights Institute, which convened at the University of Connecticut on October 17. The workshop showcased Professor Bishop's work along with that of Farida Shaheed, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education. Professor Shaver is the author of more PR

HAMDEN, Connecticut, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- Quinnipiac University Poll has issued the following news release: Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont maintains a double-digit lead over his Republican challenger Bob Stefanowski 56 - 41 percent in the race for governor, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) University poll of likely voters in Connecticut released today. This is essentially unchanged from a September 21st Quinnipiac University poll when Lamont led Stefanowski 57 - 40 percent. There i more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 29 -- The Massachusetts Department of Transportation issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2022: The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) and Amtrak announced today the pilot Valley Flyer Passenger Service will become permanent; a seven day a week service with connections in New Haven Union Station, allowing convenient travel between Western Massachusetts, central Connecticut, and New York City. The announcement was made in Northampton as the  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 25 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: DeVos sellout Tudor Dixon appeared as the "featured guest" for a Connecticut fundraiser in spite of the fact that host and Newsmax anchor Carl Higbie has a history of making "racist, anti-Islam, and anti-LGBTQ remarks." According to recent reporting from Detroit Free Press, Higbie ultimately resigned from Trump's White House due to his offensive comments that not only targeted minorities, but also cla more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee issued the following news on Oct. 25, 2022: The NRCC today released a new ad slamming out-of-touch Jahana Hayes. As the economy barreled into a recession due to Democrat policies, Hayes claimed "this bleak outlook is overemphasized." But the reality is families are spending thousands more per year on food, gas, and home heating - all thanks to Hayes' reckless spending. NRCC Comment: "Out-of-touch Jahana Hayes is incapable more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 28 (TNSjou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: New research from Yale Cancer Center reveals for the first time ever a differential clinical response to pembrolizumab in Lynch-like (mutated) vs methylated microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) uterine cancer patients, increasing our understanding about the proportion of patients that derive benefit from immune checkpoint blockade. The findings were published today in the journal Cancer Discovery. more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 27 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news: The most recent report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released earlier this year issued a dire warning about the growing threats posed to people and ecosystems if urgent -- if not immediate -- action is not taken on climate change. But the report also outlined where mitigation -- particularly in urban areas -- could provide hope for meaningful climate action. Two vice chairs more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 26 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Yale and Boehringer Ingelheim have partnered to create a Biomedical Data Science Fellowship program for postdoctoral fellows. The program awards post-doctoral researchers a three-year fellowship that includes access to Yale's robust computational resources, biomedical data repositories, and faculty expertise as well as Boehringer Ingelheim's corporate labs, scientists, and executives. "The collaborat more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 28 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Vivian Asare, MD, assistant professor of medicine (pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine); associate medical director, Yale Centers for Sleep Medicine; and vice chief, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine), has been awarded the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) Foundation Community Sleep Health grant to provide funding for the Yale Compassionate CPA more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 28 (TNSjou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news on Oct. 27, 2022: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a deadly condition. The only available therapies can slow disease progression, but they are not a cure and often cause intolerable side effects. Patients diagnosed with the disease will die within three to five years of diagnosis. "It is more lethal than most cancers," says Naftali Kaminski, MD, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Endowed  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 28 (TNSjou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: A new study led by Yale scientists has identified genetic risk factors associated with habitual heavy drinking. The study, published in JAMA Network Open, used data from the U.S. Million Veteran Program and multiple other large-scale studies of alcohol outcomes. It examined the genetic influences on maximum habitual alcohol intake (MaxAlc) to learn how this heavy drinking behavior compares to lower l more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 28 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: A Yale-designed nasal vaccine can help bolster immune responses to COVID-19 in previously vaccinated animals and reduce viral transmission, Yale researchers report Oct. 27 in the journal Science. The new vaccine approach developed by Yale researchers -- which is known as "Prime and Spike" -- is designed to jumpstart immune response in the respiratory system, which is the first part of the body to be infected more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 25 (TNSper) -- Yale University issued the following news: Dr. Deepak Cyril D'Souza, a leading expert on the pharmacologic treatment of schizophrenia, and the pharmacology of cannabinoids, was recently appointed the Albert E. Kent Professor of Psychiatry. He is also director of the Schizophrenia Neuropharmacology Research Group at Yale (SNRGY) and director of the Neuropsychiatry Firm at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System. D'Souza received his medical degree (M.B.B more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 26 (TNSres) -- Yale University issued the following news: The future of data science at Yale will reside on one of the top floors of a re-imagined Kline Tower on Science Hill, starting in 2023 -- but the university, its researchers, and the new Institute for Foundations of Data Science (FDS) aren't waiting for next year. Doctors, economists, seismologists, psychologists, engineers, computer scientists -- faculty from dozens of disciplines -- are already using power more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 27 (TNStalk) -- Yale University issued the following Q&A on Oct. 26, 2022, with Konstantin Gerbig, a graduate student in the Department of Astronomy, and Gregory Laughlin, a professor of astronomy in Yale's Faculty of Arts and Sciences: * * * Those massive, swirling radar images shown on TV during hurricane season may have an unexpected analog in the deepest reaches of the cosmos -- extrasolar storms of dust and gas from which nascent planets begin to form. Both s more PR