BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 22 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey issued the following news release: A Connecticut-based long-term care management company operating nursing homes across southern New England has agreed to pay $1.75 million and adopt a series of critical compliance measures in a settlement reached by Attorney General Maura Healey's Office. The settlement resolves a series of allegations, including that the company failed to meet the needs of nursing home residents exp more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 20 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong is leading bipartisan coalition of attorneys general urging the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to take stronger measures to protect consumers from airline abuses, and to work with state attorneys general to meaningfully address the unacceptable level of airline consumer complaints. A recent draft rule from DOT proposes several important new prote more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 24 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong today announced Reeha LLC, owner of a Litchfield-based gas station, has paid $2,400 for failure to lower its prices by 25 cents per gallon on April 1 as required by the gas tax holiday suspension. An investigation by the Office of the Attorney General found that Reeha did not lower its price until April 10. The gas tax holiday began on April 1 and has bee more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 20 (TNSbook) -- Cambridge College issued the following news: After receiving her bachelor's degree from Brown University and her masters from the University of Connecticut, Julie Coles [CAGS '03] went on to have a fulfilling career as a special education teacher. Enrolling in an Educational Leadership program to obtain her Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies (C.A.G.S.) at Cambridge College in Massachusetts enabled her to achieve her goal of leading her own schoo more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 23 -- Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection issued the following news release on Dec. 22, 2022: The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) announced today a suite of new online services and tools that continue the progress of DEEP's "20BY20 Initiative," a list of 20 measurable process improvements aimed at increasing predictability, efficiency, and transparency of DEEP's regulatory processes. Though the initiative more PR

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, Dec. 20 -- General Electric, a manufacturer of appliances, lighting, power systems and other products, issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2022: GE Gas Power (NYSE: GE) and MYTILINEOS, today announced they have secured an order from the Electricity Supply Board of Ireland (ESB) for the construction of a new gas-fired power plant in Dublin, within ESB's existing North Wall Power Plant. The new temporary reserve power plant will be powered by 6 GE LM2500XPRESS g more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 20 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Housing Commissioner Seila Mosquera-Bruno today announced that the Connecticut Department of Housing is releasing $13.4 million in grants to seven municipalities for infrastructure upgrades that will modernize and rehabilitate housing for low and moderate-income individuals. Awarded through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 21 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the State of Connecticut is awarding approximately $36.5 million in grants to eight cities and towns under the second round of his administration's recently launched Connecticut Communities Challenge Grant program. Administered by the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD), the program was created in 2021 wi more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 23 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: A million-dollar gift to Yale School of Medicine (YSM) from Dr. Nathaniel Brown establishes the Global Biomedical Leaders Fund as a source of reliable supplemental funding for the long-established Yale Partnerships for Global Health (YPGH), which brings talented early-career MD and PhD trainees from developing countries to New Haven for 3-12 months' training in leading-edge clinical and basic research more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 20 (TNSbook) (TNStalk) -- Yale University issued the following Q&A on Dec. 19, 2022, with historian Beverly Gage: * * * For nearly a half-century, J. Edgar Hoover was director of the FBI or its precursor. A rabid anti-Communist now known for his own law-breaking -- specifically, for his secret surveillance of American citizens -- he is often caricatured as a bulldog. But in her new biography "G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century" (Viking),  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 21 (TNSres) -- Trinity College issued the following news: This week, Trinity College partnered with seven peer institutions on an initiative that offers a pathway for students affected by worldwide crises to apply to U.S.-based colleges and universities and access support when they arrive. The Global Student Haven Initiative was launched in response to the war in Ukraine and the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. In addition to Trinity initial members of the consor more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 22 (TNSres) -- Trinity College issued the following news on Dec. 21, 2022: A lesson plan designed by Trinity College urban studies major Victoria Asfalg '23 will help Connecticut educators teach high school students about the history and impacts of zoning policy. The plan was published in December by Teach It, a Connecticut Humanities program that provides the state's teachers with instructional resources focusing on local history. Asfalg, of Rocky Hill, Connecticu more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 21 (TNSjou) -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news: * * * The world's wildlife populations have declined by almost 70% in the last 50 years as their habitats have been polluted and cleared by humans. Yet, animals play a crucial role in reforestation, a new study has found. * * * As nations meet this week in Montreal on efforts to address an unprecedented loss of biodiversity -- more than a million species are threatened with extinction -- a new s more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 20 (TNSawa) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Joao P. De Aquino, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry and assistant chief of psychiatry at the Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit (CNRU) at Yale School of Medicine, has been awarded a New Investigator Award from the International Society of CNS Clinical Trials and Methodology (ISCTM). The award will be presented at the organization's conference, held in Washington D.C. from February 15 to 17, 202 more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 20 (TNSper) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Rajiv Radhakrishnan, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry, has been named co-medical director of the Yale Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Center. Radhakrishnan will assist with medical coverage at the center, and his presence will better enable the center to meet medical needs, said David Matuskey, MD, the center's interim co-director, in an email announcement. Radhakrishnan has been affiliated  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 23 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: The largest clinical trial in history related to liver cancer screening is launching in 2023, funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs. The project is scheduled to recruit 4,700 veterans with cirrhosis from 47 VA medical centers. Cirrhosis is a major risk factor for liver cancer and affects veterans disproportionally. One of the two scientists co-chairing the trial is Tamar Taddei, MD, chief of G more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 23 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news: In the U.S. there are about 600 million acres of public lands and more than 100 million acres of Indigenous lands. How to balance co-management, shared stewardship, and tribal sovereignty to protect and sustain these areas is a fundamental question in conservation -- and that has been the focus of Pat Gonzales-Roger's life's work. The issue of land conservation and management has been getting worl more PR