HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 13 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement on July 12, 2023: * * * Attorney General William Tong released the following statement praising U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton's dismissal of plaintiff's Second Amendment challenge to Connecticut's commonsense prohibition on unauthorized carrying of firearms in State parks and forests. "Judge Arterton was right to dismiss this speculative complaint for lack of standing. Connecti more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 14 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on July 13, 2023: Attorney General William Tong today sued Stone Academy, Paier College of Art and their owner Joseph Bierbaum alleging numerous violations of the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act following the abrupt closure of the for-profit nursing school. Attorney General Tong is simultaneously asking the court to attach multiple millions of dollars of Stone's and Bierbaum's a more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 12 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on July 11, 202: Attorney General William Tong today released guidance affirming strong state and federal anti-discrimination laws protecting LGBTQ+ rights after the painful and wrongly decided U.S. Supreme Court decision in 303 Creative v. Elenis. "Strong state and federal anti-discrimination laws continue to protect LGBTQ+ people in Connecticut. Attorney General William Tong and the  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 13 -- The Connecticut Department of Education issued the following news release on July 12, 2023: The Connecticut State Department of Education is pleased to announce a special PK-12 school staff appreciation opportunity in collaboration with local businesses and partner state agencies. This promotion will begin today and continue through August 31, 2023. This promotion includes a Digital Backpack with discounts to local Connecticut businesses that have opted-in to p more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 15 -- The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection issued the following news release: The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is seeking public input on the implementation of recent and upcoming changes to Connecticut's Bottle Bill, and will be holding a public meeting on this process on Monday, July 24 at 1 p.m. In order to maximize transparency and engagement with all stakeholders interested in Bottle Bill imple more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 12 -- The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection issued the following news release: The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is encouraging municipalities, land trusts, and water companies to apply for funding to aid in the purchase and protection of open space through the Open Space and Watershed Land Acquisition (OSWA) Grant Program. This round of grants represents the 26th funding round of grants awarded under more PR

MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut, July 12 (TNSres) -- Connecticut Wesleyan University issued the following news on July 11, 2023: * * * By Steve Scarpa A chance encounter with a scarlet tanager, a migratory songbird that travels from North to South America on a yearly basis, prompted Associate Professor of Spanish Maria Ospina to consider the larger topics of what animals think and feel and, ultimately, how human beings define their own concept of home. Ospina has recently released a novel written in more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, July 12 (TNSres) -- Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company, issued the following news release: * * * "High-Effort" Transitions Between Self-Service and Assisted Channels Lead to Worse CX Outcomes * * * Sixty-two percent of customer service channel transitions are "high-effort" for customers, according to Gartner, Inc. Less than half of customers who experience a high-effort transition will use self-service again for their next interaction. A  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 7 (TNSres) -- The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management issued the following news release: * * * State Reminds Public to Protect Themselves Against the Asian Tiger Mosquito The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announced that the third set of mosquito samples of the 2023 season tested by the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) State Health Laboratories has confirmed no positive isolations (findings) of West Nile  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 12 (TNSjou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Breast milk is not simply sustenance. It also is rich in micronutrients that are critical for healthy brain development in infants. Now, researchers have identified a component of breast milk that promotes how neurons form connections in infants' brains. Myo-inositol is a small cyclic sugar molecule in breast milk that also is found in a typical adult diet, including in fruits and grains. The study e more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 15 -- Yale University issued the following news: In the new episode of the YDS "Quadcast," Professor John Pittard '13 Ph.D. explores the risks to spirituality and religion posed by artificial intelligence. Pittard, Associate Professor of Philosophy of Religion, provides theological reflection on AI and the book of Genesis, whether it's sacrilegious to incorporate AI into religion practice, and the important role religious thinkers and communities can play in shaping more PR