HAMDEN, Connecticut, June 23 (TNSres) -- Quinnipiac University Poll has issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: * * * Supreme Court Job Approval Hits All-Time Low * * * In the week since former President Donald Trump was arraigned on federal criminal charges involving his handling of classified documents after leaving the White House, 65 percent of Americans think the charges are either very serious (45 percent) or somewhat serious (20 percent), while 29 percent think they are ei more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 21 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on June 20, 2023: Attorney General William Tong announced today he has launched a consumer protection investigation into Hyundai and Kia regarding the companies' failure to equip their vehicles with industry standard anti-theft technology. The move is the latest in a series of steps Attorney General Tong has taken over the companies' continued failure to address the public safety concer more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 22 (TNSper) -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: Attorney General William Tong today announced the appointment of Assistant Attorneys General Alma Nunley and Emily Gait as Special Counsels for Reproductive Rights. In their new roles, Counsels Nunley and Gait will lead the Office of the Attorney General in protecting abortion access and fighting for reproductive rights in Connecticut and nationwide. These ar more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 22 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on June 21, 2023 and a letter: Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 24 states supporting stronger protections for patients' reproductive health information. The Biden Administration is considering adding amendments to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule, the federal law that governs the disclosure of protected health information (P more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 21 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release and a letter: Attorney General William Tong joined a group of 15 state attorneys general calling on Target to support the LGBTQIA+ community and reject hate, intimidation and discrimination following threats over Pride merchandise. The letter, sent to national retail chain Target during Pride Month, comes in response to Target's recent removal of certain Pride-related merchandise from  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 23 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on June 22, 2023: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the Connecticut Fire Academy has been awarded a grant of $334,789 by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) through its Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program. This funding will be used to enhance the academy's training programs, equipment, and overall operations, ultimately improving the safety and effectiveness of firefighters more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 22 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the State of Connecticut is releasing more than $7 million in state grants to several nonprofit organizations for the purposes of making facility and infrastructure upgrades at 34 cultural and historic sites statewide. The funds are being released under the state's Good to Great Grant Program, which is co-administered by the Connecticut  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 23 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on June 22, 2023: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has approved the release of approximately $23.8 million in state funding to remediate 480 acres of land across 22 properties in 15 towns and cities across Connecticut and put them back into productive use. The funds are being released through the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development's Brownfield Remediation and more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 23 -- The Connecticut Department of Education issued the following news release: The Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) accepts applications on an ongoing basis from public and private institutions to become sponsors of the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). The CACFP is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and provides nutritious meals and snacks in eligible nonresidential day care centers at no additional cost to enrolled partic more PR

BERLIN, Connecticut, June 23 -- Eversource Energy, a provider of electricity and natural gas, issued the following news: As part of its year-round commitment to providing reliable power to its customers, Eversource is investing more than $1 million in electric system upgrades in Thompson. The work includes installing nearly 80 stronger, thicker utility poles, stringing 1.7 miles of overhead "tree wire" - electric lines which can better withstand extreme weather, replacing more than a dozen tran more PR

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, June 24 (TNSper) -- Florida State University issued the following news: Florida State University announced Friday the selection of Michael Jednak, a seasoned professional with more than 20 years of facilities management experience, as the university's new associate vice president and chief facilities officer following a national search. Jednak will start Aug. 7. Since 2013, Jednak has served as associate vice president for Facilities Operations at the University of Connec more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, June 21 (TNSres) -- Greenwich Associates, a division of CRISIL, issued the following news release: The most effective thought leadership in asset management takes the form of short, punchy content, focusing on economic insights and investment ideas, delivered by email, on a weekly or monthly basis. New research, Maximizing the Return on Thought Leadership from Coalition Greenwich, identifies the thought leadership strategies and techniques that give asset managers the be more PR

GREENWICH, Connecticut, June 19 -- Interactive Brokers Group, an automated global electronic broker, posted the following news release from June 13, 2023: * * * IBKR Continues Its Commitment to Global Market Access * * * Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR), an automated global electronic broker, today announced that clients of Interactive Brokers worldwide can trade shares on Nasdaq Copenhagen (CPH) and the Prague Stock Exchange (PSE). In addition, fractional trading of eligible Nasdaq Copenh more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 24 -- Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on June 23, 2023: Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz, serving in her capacity as acting governor, today signed into law legislation that updates Connecticut's marriage statutes by prohibiting anyone under the age of 18 from receiving a marriage license. The legislation, Public Act 23-44, was sought by advocates in an effort to prevent children from being forced into marriages. It is part of a more PR

WEST HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 21 (TNSgov) -- The University of Hartford issued the following news on June 20, 2023: * * * President Joe Biden addressed gun safety legislation in a packed Lincoln Theater at the University of Hartford June 16, as a crowd of nearly 700 people--including legislators from across the country--convened for an all-day summit. * * * U.S. Senator Chris Murphy spearheaded the National Safer Communities Summit and selected UHart as the location for the event, which f more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 23 (TNSper) -- Trinity College issued the following news: Joanne Berger-Sweeney, Trinity College president and professor of neuroscience, has been appointed chair of the Hartford HealthCare (HHC) Board of Directors. Berger-Sweeney is the first African-American and first woman to be president of Trinity, where she has focused for nearly 10 years on improving strategic academic initiatives, fostering equity and diversity, and cultivating community and global engagemen more PR

FARMINGTON, Connecticut, June 24 -- Tunxis Community College issued the following news release: Connecticut State Community College (CT State) has received its initial accreditation from the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE) to establish a comprehensive and statewide community college with 17 campuses across Connecticut providing quality, accessible, and affordable higher education. The commission's decision officially allows for the consolidation of Connecticut's 12 legacy co more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 22 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Skin injuries promote healthy-cell expansion, impeding the growth of mutated cells, a new study finds. The discovery could inform treatments for skin cancer. * * * Healthy human skin is a mosaic-like collection of both normal and mutation-bearing cells. As people age, a growing number of these cells accumulate more and more mutations including those that can cause cancer. Eventually these mutant cell more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 23 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * New research can help scientists predict, treat, or even prevent side effects of immunotherapies that rely on disabling protective proteins in healthy tissues. * * * Cancer immunotherapy has revolutionized treatment of many forms of cancer by unleashing the immune system response against tumors. Immunotherapies that block checkpoint receptors like PD-1, proteins that limit the capacity of T cells to  more PR