HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 6 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement regarding a ruling in a truck toll case in Rhode Island: "Yesterday's federal circuit court decision in Rhode Island was merely a procedural ruling regarding whether this case should be heard in a federal or state court - nothing more. It did not decide on, or even address, the merits of the case. The ruling says nothing about the strength of the underlying legal challenge to trucks-only tolls, which more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 4 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: America's Democratic governors voted today to elect New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy to serve as the new Chair of the Democratic Governors Association for 2020. New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham will serve as Vice Chair and Chair-Elect for 2020 and Chair in 2021. The vote occurred at the DGA's Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA. Gov. Murphy has served as DGA Vice Chair since 2018, alon more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec. 3 -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * - With more than 25 years of experience in higher education, White will lead financial planning and operations for Brown to advance essential growth and ensure long-term financial security. * * * Michael White, a financial operations leader with deep expertise in higher education, has been appointed vice president and chief financial officer (VP/CFO) at Brown University, effective Jan. 27, 2020. Wh more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Dec. 3 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: * * * - Corporate partnership will advance URI engineering research programs * * * The University of Rhode Island and Hexagon's Manufacturing Intelligence division jointly announced a $4 million gift for the URI College of Engineering. The gift comes in the form of state-of-the-art manufacturing technologies that will advance research undergraduate and graduate programs. Hexagon will provide metrolog more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec. 5 [TNSmedicalresearch-PLOS One journal] -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * - A study at Brown University finds that mindfulness could reduce blood pressure by enhancing attention control, emotion regulation and self-awareness of both healthy and unhealthy habits. * * * As the leading cause of death in both the United States and the world, heart disease claims nearly 18 million lives every year, according to the World Health Organizatio more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec. 2 -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * - Asked whether the economy is doing well, Americans do not see eye to eye, according to a new poll from Brown's Taubman Center -- they do agree that the government cannot be trusted and that school safety is under threat. * * * Are things looking up for America's economy? Your answer probably depends on your age and political affiliation, a new poll shows. The poll results, released on Monday, Dec more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec. 4 [TNSscientificresearch-Physical Review B journal] -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * - Quantum mechanical calculations show that the melting point of metals decreases at extreme pressure, meaning even high-density metals can have a liquid phase that's actually denser than its normal solid phase. * * * A study by Brown University researchers suggests that something unexpected happens to the melting point of metals under extremely high more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Dec. 3 [TNSbiologyresearch-Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal] -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: Over the past 100 years, Antarctic penguins have experienced dramatic human impacts including the whaling industry's rise and fall and recent climate change. New research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that depending on their diet, some species are able to thrive in this rapidly changing e more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec. 2 -- Gov. Gina Raimondo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Governor Gina Raimondo returned from her first economic development and policy mission to Israel on Friday, following a week of productive economic development meetings and public events where the Governor made the case for why Israeli businesses looking to expand in the United States should consider Rhode Island. As part of the mission, Governor Raimondo and Rhode Island Commerce Secretar more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec. 2 -- Gov. Gina Raimondo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * - $400M economic development project will transform Pawtucket's riverfront with extensive development, including a new United Soccer League (USL) Championship soccer team and stadium. - Public investment, generated through new Pawtucket Tax Increment Financing (TIF) tool authorized by the General Assembly, will be focused on public infrastructure and non-stadium development; projec more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec. 3 -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * - On the 400th anniversary of the start of slave trade in the British American colonies, students and faculty at Brown's Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice are engaging in research for a PBS miniseries directed by renowned documentarian Stanley Nelson, hosting a two-day symposium on the lasting effects of slavery and more. * * * From its title and cover image, "Historia del Jardin Botanico  more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Dec. 4 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: * * * - On a recent expedition, URI engineering researchers tested new equipment * * * Despite great technological advances in ocean exploration over the last 30 years, the world's most delicate deep-sea species largely remain a mystery. There has been little development in instruments that can be used to identify and safely collect fragile undersea species. That's about to change. Brennan Phillips, more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Dec. 2 [TNSgrants-NIH] -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: Matthew Ramsey studies bacteria in the human mouth, but he sounds like a wildlife biologist. He compares important bacteria to oak trees around which the forest is organized, and he discusses the places where oral bacteria live as if they were habitat in a rain forest. His analogies help his students at the University of Rhode Island understand what he calls the Microbiome Revolution and more PR