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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Connecticut Newsletter for 2026-01-14 ( 34 items )  
'Healthy Rounds' Podcast Debuts With Dr. Andy (10)
STORRS, Connecticut, Jan. 13 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news: * * * 'Healthy Rounds' Podcast Debuts With Dr. Andy * UConn Health's Dr. Anthony Alessi, a renowned neurologist whose Saturday morning radio show "Healthy Rounds" was a fixture on WTIC NewsTalk 1080 for 16 years, introduces his program as a UConn Health podcast. The premiere episode features an interview with Dr. Andrew Agwunobi, UConn Health CEO and executive VP for health affairs, as UConn Health pre more PR

ABC Hockey Saturday's New York Rangers-Boston Bruins matchup delivered double-digit increases (10)
BRISTOL, Connecticut, Jan. 13 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release: * * * ABC Hockey Saturday's New York Rangers-Boston Bruins matchup delivered double-digit increases * * Saturday's Rangers-Bruins matchup averaged 1.1M viewers, +35% vs. last season's ABC average * Through two games, NHL on ABC is averaging 1.3M viewers, +54% YoY * Through 14 games, NHL on ESPN is averaging 660K viewers, +30% YoY The 2025-26 NHL season on ESPN conti more PR

ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL ASKS COURT TO ENFORCE ORDER BLOCKING TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S DEMANDS FOR PERSONAL DATA OF SNAP RECIPIENTS (10)
CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 13 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL ASKS COURT TO ENFORCE ORDER BLOCKING TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S DEMANDS FOR PERSONAL DATA OF SNAP RECIPIENTS * Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul asked the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to enforce its preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration's demand that states turn over personal and sensitive information about mill more PR

Blumenthal Statement on Preliminary Injunction for Revolution Wind (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal Statement on Preliminary Injunction for Revolution Wind * [Hartford, CT] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal released the following statement today after a U.S. District Court judge issued a second preliminary injunction allowing work to continue on the Revolution Wind Project. "Once again, a court has struck down Trump's senseless stop work order on Revolution Wind because the  more PR

Blumenthal, Schiff, Dingell & Fitzpatrick Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Enhance Disaster Preparedness & Response for Seniors & People with Disabilities (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal, Schiff, Dingell & Fitzpatrick Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Enhance Disaster Preparedness & Response for Seniors & People with Disabilities * [WASHINGTON, DC] - U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Adam Schiff (D-CA) and U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) today introduced the Across the country, the frequency and severity of n more PR

Bridgeport Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl (10)
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut posted the following news release on Jan. 13, 2026: * * * Bridgeport Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JIMMY ARCE, also known as "Boe," "Slim," and "Jimbo," 42, of Bridgeport, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 60 months of i more PR

Congressional District Geography Workbook (119th Congress) - An Interactive Tool for Congressional Users Topic of White Paper From CRS (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Insight white paper (No. IN12489) on Jan. 12, 2026, by senior research librarian Ben Leubsdorf: * * * Congressional District Geography Workbook (119th Congress): An Interactive Tool for Congressional Users This Insight accompanies the Congressional District Geography Workbook, a Microsoft Excel file that congressional users can download from CRS.gov. The workbook provides information about U.S. House dist more PR

Conservation Law Foundation: Offshore Wind, Again, Prevails Against Trump Administration (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Offshore Wind, Again, Prevails Against Trump Administration A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has rejected a stop work order issued by the Trump administration that sought to halt a nearly complete offshore wind development off the coast of Rhode Island. Orsted, the developer of Revolution Wind, sued the Trump administration after the Department of the Interior announced it was pausin more PR

Consumer Price Index, Northeast region -- December 2025 (10)
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Jan. 13 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Consumer Price Index, Northeast region -- December 2025 * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Northeast region increased 0.2 percent in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that the all items less food a more PR

Courtney Statement After Federal Judge Rules Revolution Wind Project Can Resume Work, Again (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Courtney Statement After Federal Judge Rules Revolution Wind Project Can Resume Work, Again * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, released the following statement after a federal judge ruled against the Trump Administration's December 22nd attempt to halt all major offshore wind projects, including C more PR

Eastern Connecticut State University: Research Links Short Hospital Stays to Higher Readmission Rates (10)
WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, Jan. 14 (TNSjou) -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news: * * * Research links short hospital stays to higher readmission rates Eastern professors examine healthcare quandary By Noel Teter Faculty research at Eastern Connecticut State University suggests that keeping patients hospitalized longer - rather than discharging them quickly - may reduce costly and harmful readmissions, challenging prevailing insurance-driven incentives in U.S. h more PR

ESPN men's college basketball schedule features 17 Top 25 teams and four ranked matchups, Jan. 13-18 (10)
BRISTOL, Connecticut, Jan. 13 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release: * * * ESPN men's college basketball schedule features 17 Top 25 teams and four ranked matchups, Jan. 13-18 * * 235+ games across ESPN networks * Six of the nation's top-10 teams in action * Four ranked-vs.-ranked matchups across ACC, SEC and Big 12 ESPN's men's college basketball coverage continues at full throttle this week, featuring more than 235 games and 17 AP  more PR

ESPN NBA Full Court Press: ESPN to air two marquee doubleheaders this week on Wednesday and Friday (10)
BRISTOL, Connecticut, Jan. 13 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release: * * * ESPN NBA Full Court Press: ESPN to air two marquee doubleheaders this week on Wednesday and Friday * ESPN continues its coverage of the 2025-26 NBA regular season with a pair of star-studded doubleheaders presented by State Farm. On Wednesday, January 14, the Philadelphia 76ers and Tyrese Maxey host the Cleveland Cavaliers and Donovan Mitchell at 7 p.m. ET. Mark Jone more PR

ESPN presents all the Australian Open. All in one place. (10)
BRISTOL, Connecticut, Jan. 13 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release: * * * ESPN presents all the Australian Open. All in one place. * * Every match from all 15 courts streams on the ESPN App * Continuous live coverage from primetime ET through 7 a.m. leading up to Championship weekend across ESPN networks and platforms * More than 260 hours of live coverage across ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes * Select Day 1 coverage available via E more PR

ESPN to showcase Latin America Amateur Championship beginning Jan. 15 (10)
BRISTOL, Connecticut, Jan. 13 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release: * * * ESPN to showcase Latin America Amateur Championship beginning Jan. 15 * ESPN will provide comprehensive coverage of the 11th edition of the 2026 Latin America Amateur Championship from the Lima Golf Club in Peru across ESPN2, ESPNEWS and the ESPN App. The championship tees off Thursday, Jan. 15, with over 12 hours of coverage across four days of competition, plus a 30- more PR

Goodwin CLE Week 2026 (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 20 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Goodwin CLE Week 2026 * Goodwin will be hosting its tenth annual CLE Week program! This year's virtual sessions, spanning four days, will explore the latest business trends and provide expert insights into the evolving legal and regulatory landscapes across various industries. By participating in Goodwin's CLE Week, you can earn CLE credits in Arizona, Arkansas, Californ more PR

Governor Lamont Announces Launch of C4: A Regional Hub Connecting Businesses With Content Creators (10)
HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 13 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Lamont Announces Launch of C4: A Regional Hub Connecting Businesses With Content Creators * Governor Ned Lamont today announced the launch of C4 - the Connecticut Content Creator Collaborative, a new digital platform designed to connect businesses, organizations, and agencies with content creators and influencers who authentically represent Connecticut.  Now live at www.ctcol more PR

Judge Overrules Revolution Wind Stop Work Order, Again (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Judge Overrules Revolution Wind Stop Work Order, Again * Washington, D.C. \- For the second time in less than six months, a federal judge has overturned the construction halt issued by the Trump administration on the Revolution Wind project in Rhode Island. Trump's first stop work order attempt was overturned in September 2025. Revolution wind is already over 80 percent complete. Once fi more PR

Larson, Ways and Means Democrats Put Big Oil CEOs on Notice for Trump Venezuela "Takeover" (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Larson, Ways and Means Democrats Put Big Oil CEOs on Notice for Trump Venezuela "Takeover" * Washington, D.C. - Today, following President Trump's White House meeting with oil and gas executives (link is external), Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) announced that he and other Democrats on the Ways and Means Committee sent letters warning the CEOs of the four largest oil companies about their potenti more PR

Larson: Connecticut Supreme Court Decision is a Win for Democracy (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Larson: Connecticut Supreme Court Decision is a Win for Democracy * Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after the Connecticut Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Amadasun v. Armstrong that South Windsor Councilman-elect Harrison Amadasun's case can go to trial. Following his election to the South Windsor Town Council, officials blocked him fr more PR

Majority Of Voters Think Fatal Shooting Of Minneapolis Woman By ICE Agent Was Not Justified, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; 57% Of Voters Disapprove Of The Way ICE Is Enforcing Immigration Laws (10)
HAMDEN, Connecticut, Jan. 14 -- Quinnipiac University Poll has issued the following news: * * * Majority Of Voters Think Fatal Shooting Of Minneapolis Woman By ICE Agent Was Not Justified, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; 57% Of Voters Disapprove Of The Way ICE Is Enforcing Immigration Laws Days after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fatally shot a Minneapolis woman in an incident that was captured on video, voters 82 - 18 percent say they have seen a video of the  more PR

Meet the Researcher: Mary Anne Amalaradjou, CAHNR (10)
STORRS, Connecticut, Jan. 13 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news: * * * Meet the Researcher: Mary Anne Amalaradjou, CAHNR * Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem for both animal and human health. Over time, disease-causing bacteria like Salmonella have evolved to evade commonly prescribed antibiotics. To address the problem and help prevent the development of even more resistant strains, scientists have been investigating other ways to keep food produced from an more PR

Money in Your Pockets: Governor Hochul Proposes Measures to Bring Down Crushingly Expensive Auto Insurance Rates (10)
ALBANY, New York, Jan. 13 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Money in Your Pockets: Governor Hochul Proposes Measures to Bring Down Crushingly Expensive Auto Insurance Rates * Governor Kathy Hochul today announced a series of common sense reforms to bring down auto insurance rates and take action against bad actors whose fraudulent claims drive up costs for hardworking New Yorkers as part of her 2026 State of the State. The new proposals include a whol more PR

Murphy Statement on Injunction Halting Trump's Baseless Shutdown of Revolution Wind (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy Statement on Injunction Halting Trump's Baseless Shutdown of Revolution Wind * WASHINGTON- U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement in response to a federal judge temporarily allowing Revolution Wind to keep building after multiple attempts by the Trump administration to halt the project: "After shutting down wind farm construction because of a so-calle more PR

Nation's largest property manager, Greystar, agrees to no longer set rents through RealPage as part of settlements (10)
CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 13 [Category: Business] -- The Private Equity Stakeholder Project issued the following news: * * * Nation's largest property manager, Greystar, agrees to no longer set rents through RealPage as part of settlements * Several legal cases involving the property management software RealPage (which is owned by the private equity firm Thoma Bravo ) were settled toward the end of 2025. Some of those settlements involved the property manager Greystar, which settled in a major more PR

Neag School Researcher Finds That Human Creativity Still Matters in an Age of AI (10)
STORRS, Connecticut, Jan. 13 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news: * * * Neag School Researcher Finds That Human Creativity Still Matters in an Age of AI * As generative artificial intelligence tools rapidly enter classrooms, workplaces, and creative industries, questions about what these systems mean for human creativity have become increasingly urgent. Can AI truly be creative? Does it level the playing field by expanding access to ideas and inspiration? Or does it ri more PR

New Vice President of the Gerontological Society of America is from UConn (10)
STORRS, Connecticut, Jan. 13 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news: * * * New Vice President of the Gerontological Society of America is from UConn * Blanka Rogina, M.S., Ph.D., of the UConn School of Medicine has been newly elected vice president of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA). Rogina will serve a 1-year term in this national leadership position, beginning January 2026. Following the end of her vice president role, Rogina will assume the role of presid more PR

Rep. Courtney: Ambassador Kevin Rudd Raised the Stature of AUKUS Above a Polarized Time (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Courtney: Ambassador Kevin Rudd Raised the Stature of AUKUS Above a Polarized Time * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Co-Chair of the bipartisan Friends of Australia Caucus and Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, released the following statement on the legacy of Ambassador Kevin Rudd, who will depart as Australian Ambassador to more PR

Save the Sound Applauds DC Circuit Court's Offshore Wind Order (10)
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 13 -- Save the Sound issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2026: * * * Save the Sound Applauds DC Circuit Court's Offshore Wind Order This afternoon, Senior Judge Royce C. Lamberth of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted offshore wind developer Orsted and the Connecticut and Rhode Island Attorneys General a preliminary injunction against the second stop work order for Revolution Wind, which was issued by the Trump Administration in  more PR

Sean Grindall Elevated to LIMRA and LOMA Chief Member Relations and Solutions Officer (10)
WINDSOR, Connecticut, Jan. 13 [Category: Financial Services] -- LIMRA posted the following news release: * * * Sean Grindall Elevated to LIMRA and LOMA Chief Member Relations and Solutions Officer * Bill Nash joins as head of LIMRA and LOMA Member Relations WINDSOR, Conn., Jan. 13, 2026 -LIMRA and LOMA today announced it has promoted Sean Grindall to be its chief member relations and solutions officer, leading the organization's member relations, professional development, convening, indust more PR

UConn Dental Celebrates Outstanding Researchers (10)
STORRS, Connecticut, Jan. 13 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news: * * * UConn Dental Celebrates Outstanding Researchers * The UConn School of Dental Medicine research office recently announced the 2025 recipient of the Outstanding Researcher Award, a prestigious honor within the School that has been recognizing the research accomplishments and contributions of faculty for nearly a decade. Dr. Peter Maye, associate professor in the Center for Regenerative Medicine and more PR

VIDEO: DeLauro Statement Opposing Funding Increases for ICE (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * VIDEO: DeLauro Statement Opposing Funding Increases for ICE * Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro delivered remarks reaffirming her opposition (link is external) to funding increases for ICE. A transcript of Congresswoman DeLauro's remarks as delivered follows: "There's been some bad faith reporting on Twitter and I am going to set the record straight. I do not support an increase in ICE fu more PR

Whitehouse Cheers Resumption of Revolution Wind Construction After Court Win Over President Donald "Stop Work" Trump (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse Cheers Resumption of Revolution Wind Construction After Court Win Over President Donald "Stop Work" Trump * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, the top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, today cheered a ruling by a Washington, D.C. federal court that blocked the Trump Administration's second attempt at stopping construction of Orsted' more PR

Yale University: What Is a 'Normal' Resting Heart Rate? (10)
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 9 -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * What Is a 'Normal' Resting Heart Rate? A Yale Medicine cardiologist explains the meaning behind the number. By Carrie Macmillan You might check your heart rate on your smartwatch or take your pulse during a workout, but aside from measuring your aerobic fitness level, you may not know what those numbers reveal about your overall health. Your resting heart rate--that's the number of times your heart beats per more PR