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Attorney General Tong Statement as PURA Approves New Aquarion Water Authority (10)
HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 25 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Tong Statement as PURA Approves New Aquarion Water Authority
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(Hartford, CT) - Attorney General William Tong released the following statement after the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority ignored widespread opposition and approved the sale of Eversource-owned Aquarion Company to a new nonprofit that is projected to double household bills and will gut publi more PR
Band and Theater Teacher Named 2026 Rogers Educational Innovation Fund Winner (10)
STORRS, Connecticut, March 25 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news:
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Band and Theater Teacher Named 2026 Rogers Educational Innovation Fund Winner
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Ellie Campbell believes music and music technology are for everyone. All her students at the Capitol Region Education Council's Academy of International Studies in Bloomfield deserve the chance to access new technologies that make music creation and recording possible, especially if students in neighboring towns do, to more PR
Blumenthal Delivers Opening Statement at Forum on how DHS Policies Hurt Children (10)
WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release:
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Blumenthal Delivers Opening Statement at Forum on how DHS Policies Hurt Children
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U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI), delivered an opening statement at a bicameral public forum on how DHS policies hurt children. The forum, entitled "Our Values at Stake: How Trump's Immigration Agenda Endangers Children," featured t more PR
DeLauro on House Floor: "There is No Practical Need to Condition Funding for TSA on Funding for ICE" (10)
WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on March 25, 2026:
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DeLauro on House Floor: "There is no practical need to condition funding for TSA on funding for ICE"
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor:
I thank the Ranking Member for yielding.
Mr. Speaker, the bill at issue in this rule today is not a more PR
ESPN earns industry-leading 63 Sports Emmy nominations (10)
BRISTOL, Connecticut, March 25 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release:
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ESPN earns industry-leading 63 Sports Emmy nominations
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ESPN earned an industry-leading 63 nominations for the 47th Annual Sports Emmy Awards, as announced by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences today. The total marks ESPN's 13th consecutive year leading the industry in Sports Emmy nominations. The nominations span content and accomplishments present more PR
Gartner Predicts That by 2030, Performing Inference on an LLM With 1 Trillion Parameters Will Cost GenAI Providers Over 90% Less Than in 2025 (10)
STAMFORD, Connecticut, March 26 -- Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company, issued the following news release:
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Gartner Predicts That by 2030, Performing Inference on an LLM With 1 Trillion Parameters Will Cost GenAI Providers Over 90% Less Than in 2025
LLMs in 2030 Will Be up to 100 Times More Cost-Efficient Than the Earliest Models of Similar Size Developed in 2022
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By 2030, performing inference on a large language model (LLM) with one trillion parameters wi more PR
Governor Lamont, Coalition of Governors Urge HHS Secretary Kennedy to Immediately Release Title X Funds (10)
HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 25 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release:
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Governor Lamont, Coalition of Governors Urge HHS Secretary Kennedy to Immediately Release Title X Funds
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(HARTFORD, CT) - Governor Ned Lamont and the governors of 18 other states and territories today sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., urging the immediate renewal of Title X family planning grants, warning that a lapse more PR
Himes Statement on FISA 702 Reauthorization (10)
WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Jim Himes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release:
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Himes Statement on FISA 702 Reauthorization
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Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is our nation's most important and most rigorously overseen foreign intelligence collection tool. It is used every single day to thwart terrorist attacks, to stop fentanyl traffickers and to identify foreign spies. While I have always championed reform, including the many reforms put into place t more PR
Larson Blasts House Republican Vote Blocking Inquiries into 'DOGE' Data Theft at Social Security from Moving Forward (10)
WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release:
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Larson Blasts House Republican Vote Blocking Inquiries into 'DOGE' Data Theft at Social Security from Moving Forward
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Washington, D.C. - Today, House Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member (CT-01) released the following statement after House Republicans passed a resolution to block inquiries into 'DOGE' operations at Social Security from coming to the floor for a vote for the remainder more PR
Larson, Van Duyne Introduce Bipartisan Outpatient Surgery Access Act to Lower Care Costs for Seniors (10)
WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release:
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Larson, Van Duyne Introduce Bipartisan Outpatient Surgery Access Act to Lower Care Costs for Seniors
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Washington, D.C. - Today, Reps. John B. Larson (CT-01) and Beth Van Duyne (TX-24) introduced the bipartisan Outpatient Surgery Access Act of 2026, to lower surgery costs at outpatient ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) for seniors on Medicare. Last year, Larson also introduced the Medicare B more PR
Lead Defendant in Multi-State SNAP and PUA Fraud Conspiracy Pleads Guilty (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release:
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Lead Defendant in Multi-State SNAP and PUA Fraud Conspiracy Pleads Guilty
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BOSTON - A Fitchburg, Mass. man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Worcester to his role in a fraud scheme that used the stolen identities of more than 100 individuals to obtain $440,000 in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits from Massachusetts and R more PR
Md. A.G. Brown Calls on Congress to Close Loophole Enabling Federal Mass Surveillance of Americans (10)
BALTIMORE, Maryland, March 26 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on March 25, 2026:
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Attorney General Brown Calls on Congress to Close Loophole Enabling Federal Mass Surveillance of Americans
Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a coalition of 17 attorneys general urging Congress to take immediate action to halt federal agencies' use of commercially purchased data and artificial intelligence (AI) tools that enable mass surveillance of Amer more PR
More Voters Think War With Iran Will Make The World Less Safe, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds (10)
HAMDEN, Connecticut, March 26 -- Quinnipiac University Poll has issued the following news:
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More Voters Think War With Iran Will Make The World Less Safe, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Healthcare Costs Top List Of Financial Concerns For Voters
With the Iran war in its fourth week, a plurality of voters (42 percent) think the war with Iran will make the world less safe, while 35 percent think it will make the world safer and 20 percent think it will make no difference, accord more PR
Pearl Harbor Survivor Celebrates 106th Birthday With Navy Talent Acquisition Group New England (10)
WASHINGTON, March 25 -- The U.S. Department of War issued the following news:
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Pearl Harbor Survivor Celebrates 106th Birthday With Navy Talent Acquisition Group New England
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Pearl Harbor survivor and Navy veteran Freeman Johnson arrived in celebrity-like fashion at the Barnstable Adult Community Center in Hyannis, Massachusetts, March 18.
Johnson, one of the oldest survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, was there to celebrate his 106th birthday.
He emerged from a black l more PR
PGA TOUR LIVE on the ESPN App showcases Texas Children's Houston Open with comprehensive four-day coverage (10)
BRISTOL, Connecticut, March 25 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release:
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PGA TOUR LIVE on the ESPN App showcases Texas Children's Houston Open with comprehensive four-day coverage
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* Extensive coverage from one of the final qualifying opportunities for the Masters Tournament begins March 26 at 8:15 a.m. ET on the ESPN App
* Defending champion Min Woo Lee looks to go back-to-back in Houston, alongside a strong field featured across ESP more PR
Quadient and Kuwait Digital Technologies Announce Strategic Partnership to Advance Customer Communications and Document Automation Across the Middle East (10)
MILFORD, Connecticut, March 26 -- Quadient issued the following news release:
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Quadient and Kuwait Digital Technologies (KDT) Announce Strategic Partnership to Advance Customer Communications and Document Automation Across the Middle East
A Strategic Partnership Driving Enterprise Digital Transformation
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Established in 2013, Kuwait Digital Technologies (KDT) has evolved beyond traditional office and document technologies into a full-scale digital solutions powerhouse. Backed by over 2 more PR
Reps. Van Duyne and Larson Introduce the Outpatient Surgery Access Act of 2026 (10)
WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Beth Van Duyne, R-Texas, issued the following news release:
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Reps. Van Duyne and Larson Introduce the Outpatient Surgery Access Act of 2026
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Washington, D.C. - Today, Reps. Van Duyne (R-TX-24) and Larson (D-CT-01) introduced the Outpatient Surgery Access Act of 2026 to modernize Medicare payments for ambulatory surgical centers and promote site-neutral policies that support lower-cost outpatient care for seniors.
Ambulatory surgical centers often perform more PR
Senate Democrats Force War Powers Vote as Trump's War in Iran Spirals Out of Control (10)
WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release:
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Senate Democrats Force War Powers Vote as Trump's War in Iran Spirals Out of Control
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WASHINGTON-In the fourth week of Donald Trump's war with Iran, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) forced a vote on Senator Murphy's War Powers Resolution to withdraw U.S. Armed Forces more PR
UConn Musculoskeletal Institute Holds 20th Annual Research Day (10)
STORRS, Connecticut, March 25 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news:
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UConn Musculoskeletal Institute Holds 20th Annual Research Day
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Researchers from across UConn and beyond presented their latest work at the 20th annual Musculoskeletal Institute research day at UConn Health on March 20.
Dr. Marja Hurley was also announced as the next president of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR). Hurley is the UConn Board of Trustees Distinguished Prof more PR
UConn School of Medicine Receives ACCME Accreditation with Commendation (10)
STORRS, Connecticut, March 25 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news:
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UConn School of Medicine Receives ACCME Accreditation with Commendation
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UConn School of Medicine's Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education has been awarded Accreditation with Commendation by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).
This is the highest level of recognition offered by the ACCME and places UConn among a small group of top-tier CME providers more PR
Ways and Means Committee Advances Larson-backed Bill to Expand Tax Relief for Early Childhood Educators (10)
WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release:
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Ways and Means Committee Advances Larson-backed Bill to Expand Tax Relief for Early Childhood Educators
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Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) and every member of the House Ways and Means Committee voted to approve the SEED Act, bipartisan legislation to expand the $300 teacher expense tax deduction to include early childhood educators.
The SEED Act is the first provision o more PR
Winning Precedent and a New Fight: ACLJ Takes on Another School District Targeting a Teacher's Faith (10)
WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The American Center for Law and Justice posted the following news:
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A Winning Precedent and a New Fight: The ACLJ Takes on Another School District Targeting a Teacher's Faith
By Nathan Moelker
The ink is barely dry on our landmark victory in the Fifth Circuit - and the ACLJ is already putting it to work in a new case.
Just weeks ago, in Barber v. Rounds, we won a unanimous ruling protecting a Texas teacher's right to pray on school grounds before her workday beg more PR
Yale University: Hadas Dabas '25 PhD Named 2026 Schmidt Science Fellow (10)
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 25 -- Yale University issued the following news:
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Hadas Dabas '25 PhD named 2026 Schmidt Science Fellow
Hadas Dabas '25 PhD (Genetics) is one of 32 early career researchers named as a 2026 Schmidt Science Fellow to pursue innovative interdisciplinary science.
The program allows emerging research leaders to pursue an ambitious "interdisciplinary pivot" by embarking on postdoctoral research in a new field of study from their PhD.
As a Schmidt Science Fellow more PR
Yale University: How 'Refounding' Can Save a Company That Has Lost Its Way (10)
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 26 -- Yale University issued the following Q&A on March 24, 2026, by Ted O'Callahan with Jon Iwata, co-leader of the Yale School of Management Program on Stakeholder Innovation and Management:
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How 'Refounding' Can Save a Company That Has Lost Its Way
Companies often go astray not through recklessness but through a series of reasonable decisions that, over time, erode what made them distinctive. In interviews with 200 CEOs, Jon Iwata, former chief brand off more PR
Yale University: Shoulder Replacement Method Preserves Anatomy and Promotes Faster Recovery (10)
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 25 -- Yale University issued the following news:
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New Shoulder Replacement Method Preserves Anatomy and Promotes Faster Recovery
By John Ready, MS
Patients suffering from shoulder pain and loss of motion due to osteoarthritis have often relied on shoulder replacement surgery to provide pain relief and restore function when nonoperative treatment has failed.
A new surgical technique, known as the stemless, rotator cuff intact anatomic total shoulder replac more PR
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