HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 16 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2022: Attorney General William Tong today announced a $4.2 million joint state and federal settlement with physician Jasdeep Sidana and his businesses DOCS Medical Group, Inc., DOCS Medical Inc., DOCS Urgent Care LLP, Lung Docs of CT, P.C., Epic Family Physicians, LLP and Continuum Medical Group, LLC. Dr. The settlement resolves allegations that Sidana and his businesses sub more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 13 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong today announced agreements with CVS and Walgreens to deliver $10.7 billion nationwide to save lives and fight the opioid epidemic. Today's announcement brings the total recovered from investigations and litigation against the pharmaceutical addiction industry to more than $50 billion. Connecticut will receive about $127 million from these latest settlement more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 14 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2022: Attorney General William Tong today supported the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) proposal to help cut down on unwanted text messages by requiring mobile wireless providers to block texts from invalid, unassigned, or unused numbers, and from numbers on a Do Not Originate (DNO) list. Connecticut has helped lead the fight to reduce the number of robocalls that more PR

SHELTON, Connecticut, Dec. 14 -- BPA Worldwide, an assurance provider, issued the following news release: The boards of directors of the Alliance for Audited Media and BPA Worldwide have unanimously approved a plan for the two companies to merge. The two not-for-profit media auditing organizations are joining forces to increase trust and assurance across media channels through innovative service development. The combined company plans to leverage its complementary expertise to provide a compre more PR

SHELTON, Connecticut, Dec. 14 (TNSrpt) -- BPA Worldwide, an assurance provider, issued the following news release: Responding to the event industry's need for a standardized data structure and communications protocol for digital, in-person, and hybrid events, global assurance provider BPA Worldwide this week announced Versions 2.0 of the VSef (Virtual Standard Export Format) Standards Guide and VSef API Standards Guide are now available for organizations to download, review and implement. VSef more PR

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, Dec. 16 (TNSjou) -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news: It's uncommon for undergraduate students to publish their research in a scientific journal. But junior biochemistry major Djenerly Massena has done just that, co-authoring a paper with her faculty mentor and lead author, Kedan He, professor of physical sciences. Their paper, "Examining unsupervised ensemble learning using spectroscopy data of organic compounds," appeared online in Novem more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 13 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that his administration is releasing approximately $24.6 million in state funding to local communities help with the costs associated with assessing and remediating 41 blighted parcels of land in 16 towns and cities across Connecticut for the purposes of putting them back in to productive use. The grant and loan funding are from the Connectic more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 13 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced the rollout of key components to CareerConneCT, the State of Connecticut's signature workforce program and a nationally recognized model. The $70 million program is supporting individuals through tuition-free job training, case management, supportive services, and employment assistance. Statewide and regional programs under the initiative wil more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 14 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the State of Connecticut is receiving approximately $5 million through two grant awards from the U.S. Department of Commerce to support the development of an extensive plan that will identify pathways to expand Connecticut residents' access to affordable, high-speed internet and the skills to engage in today's digital society. The grants more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 16 (TNSper) -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is planning to appoint Antonio "Tony" Guerrera as commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) when he begins his second term in office early next year. Guerrera will succeed Sibongile "Bongi" Magubane, who will retire from the position at the conclusion of the governor's first term. Guerrera is currentl more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 13 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: As the tenth anniversary of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown approaches later this week, Governor Ned Lamont is saying that not enough has been done to prevent tragedy like the one that occurred on December 14, 2012, and he is calling on federal and state lawmakers to take long-needed and overdue actions on gun violence prevention. "The overwhelming majority of Ameri more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 16 (TNSper) -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on Dec. 15, 2022: * * * Governor Ned Lamont released the following statement regarding the announcement made today that Governor Charlie Baker of Massachusetts has been chosen by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to serve as its next president. "Throughout the duration of his leadership as governor of Massachusetts, Charlie Baker has been an innovative and collaborative  more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 14 -- Greenwich Associates, a provider of global market intelligence and advisory services, posted the following news release on Dec. 13, 2022: In the midst of an historic downturn in financial markets, institutional investors, fund distributors and investment consultants are warning some asset managers that they are not doing enough to differentiate their firms and offerings from competitors. Over the past decade, the marketplace for asset managers has become incre more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 16 -- Greenwich Associates, a provider of global market intelligence and advisory services, issued the following news release: Amid the front-page turmoil at a few crypto firms including FTX, which has rocked confidence in digital asset exchanges, financial advisors are continuing their steady work adopting products and infrastructure that will eventually bring a broader and more diversified universe of digital assets to their clients. A recent Coalition Greenwich  more PR

HAMDEN, Connecticut, Dec. 15 (TNSres) -- Quinnipiac University Poll has issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2022: As former President Donald Trump seeks to return to the Oval Office, 31 percent of registered voters have a favorable opinion of him, while 59 percent have an unfavorable opinion of him, the lowest favorability rating he's received among registered voters since July 2015, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) University national poll released today. Among Republican more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 13 -- The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2022: While some parts of Massachusetts experienced minor improvements through the month of November, several regions within the state continue to be impacted by long-term drought conditions, and today Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secretary Beth Card announced the following drought declarations: the Northeast and Cape Cod Regions have b more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 15 (TNSbook) -- Trinity College issued the following news: This year's "Color Our Collections" coloring book is giving the Trinity community a way to explore the library's archival treasures through interactive art. Trinity's Library and Information Technology Services and the Bantams in Balance student wellness program hosted a launch event for the 2023 edition of the coloring book on December 9 in the library's Digital Scholarship Lab. #ColorOurCollections is a na more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 13 (TNSpar) -- Trinity College issued the following news: Innovative partnerships have fostered a culture of collaboration across Connecticut's diverse higher education landscape in recent years, and those leading the effort say it's an example that may benefit other states. Trinity President Joanne Berger-Sweeney joined four other college and university presidents from the Nutmeg State Friday, Dec. 9, in Boston to discuss the benefits of their partnerships. The pan more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 10 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news on Dec. 8, 2022: * * * A Yale-designed and developed instrument has given astronomers a better idea of how 55 Cnc e -- also known as the "hell planet" -- got where it is today. * * * A piece of Yale-developed technology has helped astronomers follow the fiery trail of the so-called "hell planet," an exoplanet located 40 light years from Earth and nicknamed for its extremely close orbit to its sun. The EXtr more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 14 (TNSjou) -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news: * * * Kristy Ferraro and Diego Ellis Soto have developed a "roadmap" to quantify how the movement of animals of all shapes and sizes contribute to and remove nutrients within and across ecosystems. This work earned them the 2022 Sidnie Manton Award from the British Ecological Society. * * * The November 2022 virtual issue of the Journal of Animal Ecology focused entirely on the topic of "animal- more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 14 (TNStalk) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: In January 1973, the Yale School of Medicine (YSM) Physician Associate (PA) Program graduated its first class of five students. Almost 50 years later, on December 5, 2022, 36 members of the PA Class of 2022 received their diplomas at a Commencement ceremony in Yale's Woolsey Hall. Family and friends joined, both in person and remotely, to celebrate the graduates of the 28-month program. "I am gratef more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 15 (TNSpar) -- Yale University School of Public Health issued the following news: The Connecticut Department of Public Health is partnering with the Yale School of Public Health to deliver two new workforce development initiatives intended to enhance training for current and future public health workers in the state. The Public Health Training Academy of Connecticut and the Public Health Fellowship Program will be managed by YSPH's Office of Public Health Pract more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 13 (TNSper) -- Yale University issued the following news: Rong Fan, who has made significant contributions to biotechnology innovation and precision medicine, particularly in the field of single-cell & spatial omics and cancer immunotherapy, has been appointed the Harold D. Hodgkinson Professor of Biomedical Engineering. He is a faculty member at the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. He also has an appointment  more PR