WASHINGTON, March 26 (TNSFR) -- America's DataHub Consortium, Summerville, South Carolina, has filed written notifications with the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division to disclose updates to its membership. The filing, also submitted to the Federal Trade Commission, was made under the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993 to maintain the venture's legal protections. The consortium added thirteen entities to its membership. The companies joining the venture include:  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 [Category: Sociological] -- The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws posted the following news release: * * * Analysis: Cannabis Legalization Laws Associated With Lower Crime Rates * Fairfield, CT: The enactment of laws legalizing cannabis for either medical or adult-use purposes is associated with declining crime rates over time, according to findings published in the scientific journal Economic Modeling. Researchers affiliated with the Jack Welch Co more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, March 26 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Backs D.C.'s Large Capacity Magazine Ban * OAKLAND -California Attorney General Bonta today, as part of a coalition of 18 attorneys general, filed a brief in support of the District of Columbia in Benson v. United States which is pending before the D.C. Court of Appeals. The District of Columbia's law bans the possession, sale, or transfer of large-capacit more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 25 -- North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Jeff Jackson Calls for Tariff Refunds * RALEIGH - After the Supreme Court ruled the federal government's tariffs unlawful last month, Attorney General Jeff Jackson is calling on Congress to refund businesses and consumers for increased costs. Those tariffs imposed $3.5 billion in costs on North Carolina businesses and consumers. "North Carolina's busin more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 26 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Calls on Congress to Close Loophole Enabling Federal Mass Surveillance * (Hartford, CT) - Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of seventeen state attorneys general urging Congress to take immediate action to halt federal agencies' use of commercially purchased data and artificial intelligence tools that enable mass surveillance of Americans w more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 26 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Tong Issues Statement of Policy and Guidance Regarding Immigration Matters * (Hartford, CT) - Attorney General William Tong today released a statement of policy and guidance regarding immigration law and related legal matters, proceedings and enforcement actions to provide clarity and guidance as to the state's legal position on these matters. "I write this more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 (TNSFR) -- The Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Preparedness Consortium, Summerville, South Carolina, has filed written notifications with the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division to update its membership status. These filings, also submitted to the Federal Trade Commission, were made in accordance with the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, which provides legal protections for joint ventures. This latest update adds a diverse group of domesti more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal & Alsobrooks Introduce Bill to Extend WIC Eligibility for New Moms * [Hartford, CT] -Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) introduced the Extending WIC for New Moms Act, a bicameral bill to expand eligibility and support mothers and infants into the postpartum and breastfeeding periods through the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal Statement on CRA Vote to Overturn Trump VA's Abortion Ban * [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today released the following statement on a failed vote to strike down the Trump Administration's abortion ban at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), which prohibits abortion counseling and care for more than 462,000 w more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news on March 25, 2026: * * * Blumenthal Statement on CRA Vote to Overturn Trump VA's Abortion Ban Senate Republicans voted to ban abortion care for veterans in cases of rape, incest, or health endangerment * Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today released the following statement on a failed vote to strike d more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal Statement on Verdict in Landmark Social Media Addition Trial Finding Meta, YouTube Liable * [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) released the following statement today after a jury in Los Angeles determined that Meta and YouTube had designed their products to be addictive and had caused immense harm to the plaintiff as a child and teen: "This verdict is more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 26 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Brown University admits 2,564 students to the undergraduate Class of 2030 * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -On Thursday, March 26, Brown University offered admission to 1,674 prospective members of its undergraduate Class of 2030. Admitted through Brown's regular decision process, the students join 890 early decision applicants offered admission in December 2025 for a total admitted class of 2,564. R more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * CAIR-CT Applauds Stratford Superintendent, BOE for Inclusion of Eid-ul-Fitr as School Holiday The Connecticut chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CT), a chapter of the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today applauded the Stratford Board of Education for recognizing Eid-ul-Fitr as a school holiday starting 2027, marki more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following report (No. P30-13) by Sara Robinson and Ming-Ray Liao entitled "Small Area Health Insurance Estimates: 2022." Here are excerpts: * * * INTRODUCTION This report provides a summary of the 2022 release of the U.S. Census Bureau's Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE)./1 SAHIE are the only source of data for single-year estimates of health insurance coverage status for all counties in the United States by sel more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Scanlon, Senator Murphy Introduce Legislation to Ban Private Equity Ownership of Hospitals and Nursing Homes * Washington, D.C. -Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) and Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) this week introduced the Take Back Our Hospitals Act, legislation that would prohibit private equity firms from owning hospitals and skilled nursing facilities. The bill responds more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Courtney Discusses Increased Submarine Construction & Growing Eastern CT's Manufacturing Workforce * WASHINGTON, DC - In case you missed it this week on News 8, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, discussed Electric Boat's newly announced goal to hire 8,000 new workers in 2026 and again in 2027. "It's all good for the reg more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * DeLauro on House Floor: "TSA administrator confirmed yesterday that DHS made the decision not to pay TSA workers." House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) delivered the following remarks during debate on the House Floor: Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition to this twice-doomed legislation. Wh more PR

LA JOLLA, California, March 26 -- The University of California San Diego campus posted the following news: * * * Eight UC San Diego Researchers Elected 2025 AAAS Fellows * Eight researchers at the University of California San Diego have been elected 2025 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of the world's largest general scientific societies and publisher of the Science family of journals. Andrew D. Chisholm, Farinaz Koushanfar, Albert P. Pisano, R more PR

BRISTOL, Connecticut, March 26 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release: * * * ESPN and World Series of Poker reach multi-year agreement to bring Main Event back to ESPN beginning this summer * ESPN and the World Series of Poker (WSOP(r)) have reached a multi-year agreement to bring poker's most prestigious event back to ESPN platforms, highlighted by a three-night live linear finale for the Main Event Final Table, Aug. 3-5 from 9 p.m. ET to Mid more PR

BRISTOL, Connecticut, March 26 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release: * * * ESPN Digital & Social 2026: No. 1 in February * Throughout a busy month across the sports media landscape in February, ESPN Digital & Social was once again No. 1 in the U.S. Sports Category with 210.2 million unique users, up 5% YoY and reaching 75% of the U.S. adult population across digital, YouTube and social media platforms, according to recently released Comscore more PR

BRISTOL, Connecticut, March 26 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release: * * * ESPN NBA schedule update: Atlanta Hawks vs. Cleveland Cavaliers added on April 8 * ESPN today announced an update to its 2025-26 NBA regular-season schedule with an Eastern Conference matchup presented by State Farm as part of its Advil Playoff Push coverage. On Wednesday, April 8, the Cleveland Cavaliers and Donovan Mitchell host the Atlanta Hawks and Jalen Johnson more PR

BRISTOL, Connecticut, March 26 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release: * * * ESPN to air Celebrating Pat Summitt: Live Reunion Special, presented by Eli Lilly and Company, on March 29 * Watch Trailer ESPN today announced that Celebrating Pat Summitt: Live Reunion Special, presented by Eli Lilly and Company, will premiere Sunday, March 29, at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2 and available to stream on the ESPN App. The one-hour television special, produc more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, March 25 -- The Federal Reserve issued the following speech on March 24, 2026, by Governor Michael S. Barr at the National Community Investment Conference: * * * Developing Communities through Public-private Partnerships Thank you for inviting me here today. Let me also thank those at all 12 of the Reserve Banks, the Board of Governors, and the staff at FedCommunities for their efforts to bring this year's National Community Investment Conference (NCIC) to life, and a specia more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, March 26 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news: * * * Four Faculty Members Elected to AAAS * Four University of Connecticut faculty members have been elected by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) to its newest class of fellows. The AAAS is the world's largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals. The four are: * Emmanouil Anagnostou, the Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor i more PR

WINDSOR, Connecticut, March 26 [Category: Financial Services] -- LIMRA posted the following news release: * * * Growth, Technology, and Scale Driving Intermediary Strategy * LIMRA and NAILBA Study Finds 85% of BGAs and IMOs Focused on Growing Sales of Existing Products WINDSOR, Conn., WASHINGTON, D.C., March 26, 2026 -Independent distribution intermediaries are doubling down on growth, technology, and strategic partnerships as they navigate a rapidly evolving marketplace, according to the  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI Video: Trump Judicial Nominees Refuse to Answer Blumenthal's Question: Who Won the 2020 Election? * [WASHINGTON, DC] - In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), yesterday pressed Sheria Clark, President Donald Trump's nominee to serve as U.S. District Judge for the District of South Carolina; Kathleen Lane, President Trump's nominee to serve as U.S. District Jud more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Larson Votes Against $10 Billion Blank Check for ICE * Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted against Republicans' funding bill that would give $10 billion in new funding for ICE, with no new restraints to rein in ICE's lawlessness. Last weekend, President Trump rejected a bipartisan proposal, led by Rosa DeLauro, to fund all agencies at the Department of Homeland Securit more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 (TNSFR) -- MLCommons Association, Dover, Delaware, filed written notifications to the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division disclosing changes in its membership. These filings, submitted under the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, allow the venture to limit the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specific circumstances. The following parties have been added to the venture: * Inventec Corp., Taoyuan City, Taiwan * Greenb more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 26 -- Yale University issued the following Q&A on March 25, 2026, by Avi Patel with Benjamin Gallagher, assistant professor of general internal medicine at Yale School of Medicine: * * * Preparing the Next Generation of Physicians: Benjamin Gallagher on Leading Yale's Primary Care Clerkship For many medical students, the primary care clerkship offers their first sustained experience practicing medicine outside the hospital. In these outpatient settings, physicia more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 26 -- Yale Law School posted the following news: * * * Professor Akhil Reed Amar's "Born Equal" Receives Annual Lincoln Institute Book Prize * Back to News Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science Akhil Reed Amar 4 '84 was awarded the 2026 Abraham Lincoln Institute Book Award for "Born Equal: Remaking America's Constitution, 1840-1920" at the 29th Annual Abraham Lincoln Institute Symposium. The symposium 5 was hosted at Ford's Theatre in Washington,  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 26 -- Yale Law School posted the following news: * * * Professor Justin Driver Argues Judicial Opinions Are Vastly Overrated * Professor Justin Driver's recent article "The Insignificance of Judicial Opinions 4," published in the California Law Review, challenges academia's received wisdom regarding the centrality of judicial opinions and argues that bottom-line judicial decisions loom much larger than is commonly understood.  The reasoning behind an opinion " more PR

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, has drafted and circulated a Dear Colleague letter supporting funding for head start in fiscal 2027. * * * To: The Honorable Robert Aderholt, Chair, Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, 2358-B Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member, Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related A more PR

BRISTOL, Connecticut, March 26 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release: * * * SEC Storied: "Summer of '83: Texas vs. Tide" sets SEC Network premiere date, April 15 * For many, the names Clemens, Larkin, Bonds, Magadan and more are synonymous with Major League Baseball. But in 1983, they were college players with a dream. SEC fans can delve into the remarkable story of the 1983 College World Series in the latest SEC Storied. The film - "Summer o more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The U.S. Department of Justice, through the Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention, has unveiled a grant opportunity aimed at bolstering juvenile justice initiatives in states that elected not to submit a state plan under the Title II Formula Grants program of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA). This funding, amounting to an estimated total of $4.4 million, will be made available to local public and private non-profit agencies, includin more ST

RICHMOND, Virginia, March 27 -- Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL JAY JONES CHALLENGES UNLAWFUL RESCISSION OF LANDMARK 2009 GREENHOUSE GAS ENDANGERMENT FINDING Coalition of States, Counties, and Cities Across the Country Mount Legal Challenge in Opposition to EPA's Unlawful Rollback, Threatening Health and Safety of Virginians * Attorney General Jay Jones today joined a coalition of 24 states, the District of Colu more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 26 -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Facing Surgery? Ask About a Nerve Block By Kathy Katella This pain-control technique is being used in more procedures to specifically target surgical pain, reduce the need for opioids, and accelerate recovery. Surgery can leave more than a scar on the skin--it often brings lingering pain in the incision and inside the body that's difficult to ignore. For many years, opioid medications were the standard tre more PR