HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Jan. 31 -- NICE, an enterprise software solutions provider, issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2024: NICE (Nasdaq: NICE) today announced that the Shelby County (Alabama) Commission, on behalf of the Shelby County Sheriff's Office and the Shelby County District Attorney's Office, has selected NICE's Evidencentral platform to transform the County's management of digital evidence. Through their deployment of Evidencentral, the County's Public Safety and Justice agen more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 30 -- The New Jersey Assembly Democrats issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2024: The Assembly Housing Committee today advanced eight bills to support affordable housing in New Jersey, including A4, which would create a new and streamlined process for determining affordable housing obligations under the Mount Laurel doctrine. Under A4, the Department of Community Affairs would calculate municipal housing obligations under a newly established statutory formul more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Jan. 25 -- NICE, an enterprise software solutions provider, issued the following news release: NICE (Nasdaq: NICE) today announced that Carnival UK of the Carnival Corporation and PLC, the world's largest cruise operator group, has selected NICE CXone to revolutionize guest experiences by consolidating contact center operations on to a unified, AI-powered platform. Carnival UK will work with NICE Value Realization Services and Sycurio Professional Services to assist the spe more PR

WOONSOCKET, Rhode Island, Jan. 25 -- CVS Health issued the following news release: CVS Health(R) (NYSE: CVS) today announced two agreements that total 264,000-megawatt hours with Constellation to purchase zero-emission, renewable energy equivalent to the annual electricity use of nearly 1,000 CVS Health locations in California, Washington, D.C., Delaware, Maryland and New Jersey. "Investing in our planet and people's health are interconnected," said Sheryl Burke, chief sustainability officer a more PR

NEW JERSEY, Feb. 3 -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: Alan J. Brody, shareholder in Greenberg Traurig, LLP's New Jersey Restructuring & Bankruptcy Practice, has been elected as the Turnaround Management Association (TMA)'s New Jersey chapter president for January 2024-December 2025. Members of the executive committee, including Brody, were installed at the annual meeting of the New Jersey chapter Feb. 1 at the Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, New Jersey. TM more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Jan. 25 -- Kentucky American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, issued the following news release: Over 500 Fayette County public, private and home-school students in grades four through 12 will compete in the annual Kentucky American Water Science Fair coordinated by Fayette County Public Schools on Saturday, Feb. 3, at Frederick Douglass High School in Lexington. This year marks the 39th year for the event and Kentucky American Water is pleased to have served as the pr more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 31 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown's Securities Division announced that it has joined a multistate settlement with Robinhood Financial LLC, which will pay up to $10.2 million in penalties for operational and technical failures that harmed Main Street investors. The settlement stems from an investigation regarding Robinhood's failures concerning the retail market. The investigat more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 1 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs ("Division") today provided a look back at the 2023 enforcement initiatives undertaken by the Division to protect consumers from unfair and deceptive business practices in industries that historically generate a high volume of consumer complaints in New Jersey each year. Employing a strategy of more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 31 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Jan. 30, 2024: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) today announced that Holtec International, a Camden-based energy technology company involved in the decommissioning of nuclear power sites, agreed to pay $5 million in penalties and retain an independent reviewer approved by the State to monitor future applications for S more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 2 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: A new state law went into effect this month requiring New Jersey's approximately 40,500 police officers to hold valid, active licenses issued by the Police Training Commission (PTC) in order to serve as law enforcement officers. Signed by Governor Phil Murphy in July 2022, the Police Licensure Act (P.L. 2022, c. 65) became effective on January 1, 2024. The law is designed to ensure  more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 31 -- The New Jersey Department of Education issued the following news release: To advance another pillar of the New Jersey State Plan for Higher Education, the Department of Education (DOE), in partnership with the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education (OSHE), has awarded a total of $500,000 in grants for the creation and expansion of high-quality dual enrollment programs in four school districts across the State. The four grant awards will expand opportunities  more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 31 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Jan. 30, 2024: Governor Phil Murphy today announced that former Attorney General Christopher Porrino will Chair the New Jersey Criminal Sentencing and Disposition Commission. Porrino was appointed by Governor Murphy to the Criminal Sentencing and Disposition Commission and was jointly designated as the Chair by Senate President Scutari and Speaker Coughlin. He will succeed former Chief Justice D more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 1 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: Governor Phil Murphy today announced Dave Cole as Chief Innovation Officer. In this role, Cole will lead the State's Office of Innovation in its mission to drive innovation in the Garden State and improve the design and delivery of policies and services to the state's residents, businesses, and institutions. "I am proud to announce Dave Cole to serve as State Chief Innovation Offi more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 3 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2024: Governor Phil Murphy today signed Executive Order No. 353, ordering U.S. and New Jersey flags to fly at half-staff on Tuesday, February 6, 2024 in honor of United States Army Reserve Sergeant William Jerome Rivers. A Willingboro native, Rivers was among the three U.S. Army soldiers killed in a terrorist attack at a Jordan military base on Sunday, January 28. "Our servicemembers are more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 1 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: Governor Phil Murphy and Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced that New Jersey joined the amicus brief (https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20240131/e2/b8/3b/6e/bfd7ad93307081d62b845182/23-235.Amicus_Br_for_State_of_NY_et_al.pdf), led by the State of New York, in support of the FDA and Danco Laboratories in the U.S. Supreme Court case of Food and Drug Administration more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Jan. 26 -- New Jersey American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, issued the following news release: New Jersey American Water will replace over a mile of aging water main in Ocean City starting this month. The company will upgrade the aging 4- and 6-inch water lines that were installed as far back as the 1900s with new 8-inch ductile iron main along the following streets: * 31st Street from Central Avenue to Asbury Avenue * Central Avenue from 28th Street to 34th Stre more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Jan. 30 -- New Jersey American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, issued the following news release: As part of an annual maintenance program for its water distribution system, New Jersey American Water will temporarily change the water treatment process from a chloramine (combination) residual to free chlorine residual at the company's Swimming River Water Treatment Plant in Colts Neck and its Jumping Brook Water Treatment Plant in Neptune. The temporary treatment proc more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 26 -- The New Jersey Assembly Democrats issued the following statement on Jan. 25, 2024: * * * Speaker Craig J. Coughlin issued the following statement regarding yesterday's offshore wind awards. "These awards put New Jersey back on track to be the national leader on offshore wind power. "Developing clean, renewable, and affordable energy miles off the coast is the most responsible course of creating new well-paying union manufacturing and construction jobs while a more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Jan. 29 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Funding exceeding $4.2 million will establish a center in New Jersey weaving research and clinical practice to improve the delivery of health care * * * Rutgers Health and RWJBarnabas Health received a $4,237,500 grant over five years to train future scientists and health professionals to deliver higher quality, safer and more efficient patient care through a new innovative data-driven initiati more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Feb. 3 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news on Feb. 2, 2024: By Evie Duvert Nadirah Simmons spent many hours of her childhood immersed in '90s and 2000s hip-hop culture that years later would become the inspiration for her first book. Her father owned a store called 609 in South Jersey, where he sold street wear and played rap music over the speaker. She also spent time listening to conversations about culture and music at a barbershop her uncle  more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Feb. 1 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: Antipsychotic injections upon hospital discharge were associated with a 75 percent reduction in 30-day rehospitalizations when compared with oral antipsychotics, according to a Rutgers Health study. The findings, published in the Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, support the use of long-acting injections over daily pills for both medical and financial reasons. "Controlling symptoms to avoid hospi more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Feb. 1 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Theory becomes reality when Rutgers-New Brunswick scientists help develop process for twisting materials in ways never thought possible * * * An international team that includes Rutgers University-New Brunswick scientists has developed a new method to make and manipulate a widely studied class of high-temperature superconductors. This technique should pave the way for the creation of unusual fo more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Jan. 30 (TNSres) -- John Wiley and Sons issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2024: Wiley, one of the world's largest publishers and a global leader in research and learning, today announced a new 5-year open access agreement with the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries at Vanderbilt University, beginning on January 1, 2024. This transformative agreement will provide Vanderbilt University affiliates with access to Wiley's complete journal portfolio and enable partic more PR