HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 27 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut issued the following news release: After more than one year of Freedom of Information requests, the ACLU of Connecticut released a new statewide study of police union contracts titled: "Bargained Away: How Local and State Governments in Connecticut Have Bargained Away Police Accountability." The report comes as thousands of people throughout Connecticut have protested police violence and racism. At least five pe  more

MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut, June 24 -- The American Library Association issued the following news release: This week Choice launches a new five-episode podcast called Patron Driven. The series combines interviews and storytelling to spotlight the breakthrough programs, hard-won advocacy, and community connections--including the personalities behind them--that are achieved in academic libraries across academe. Shaped by Choice Editorial Director Bill Mickey and Senior Digital Media Producer Mark D  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The Armenian Assembly of America issued the following news: Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from California, Connecticut, Michigan, New York, and Rhode Island provided testimony in support of continued demining aid to Artsakh and assistance to Armenia before the House Appropriations Committee, reported the Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly). Representatives Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Jim Costa (D-CA), TJ Cox (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA),   more

HAMDEN, Connecticut, June 25 -- The Quinnipiac University Polling Institute issued the following news release: In a state that has picked the eventual presidential winner since 1964, former Vice President Joe Biden receives 46 percent of the vote, while President Donald Trump receives 45 percent in a general election matchup, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh- pea-ack) University poll of Ohio registered voters released. Among Republicans, Trump wins 92 - 5 percent, while Democrats go for Biden  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 26 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release: The Connecticut chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CT), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, demanded hate crime charges against those responsible for running three Black teens off the road in Manchester, Conn. The three African American teens were riding their bikes when they were followed by a truck that ran off the road almost   more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, June 26 -- Save the Children issued the following news release: Four out of every ten children in the congested Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh are scared of dying or losing a family member to COVID-19, with girls more scared than boys of losing their lives or a loved one, according to a new report (https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/operations/bangladesh/document/consultation-children-about-covid-19) completed in May but only now made public. Several aid age  more

BETHEL, Connecticut, June 26 -- The Journal of Vibration and Control, a peer-reviewed journal of analytical, computational and experimental studies of vibration phenomena and their control from the Society of Experimental Mechanics, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2020 edition: * A degradation phase division technique based on Gath-Geva fuzzy clustering Articles: * Natural frequency, damping and forced responses of sandwich plates with viscoelastic core and   more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, June 23 -- Save the Children issued the following news release on June 22: Violence against children during the armed conflict in Myanmar's central Rakhine state has been on a sharp rise, despite urgent calls (https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/03/1059972) from the UN Secretary-General for a global ceasefire to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of children killed or maimed in the violence rose six-fold in the first three months of this year compared to the prev  more

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, June 23 -- The National Association of State Boating Law Administrators issued the following information: Richard Werner, of Safe Boating America, has been named the 2020 Northern Region Educator of the Year. Richard Werner is a U.S. Coast Guard licensed Master and the owner of Safe Boating America, a safety education company based out of Bethpage, New York. Safe Boating America consists of 17 instructors who teach more than 7,500 students annually throughout New York Stat  more

TORRINGTON, Connecticut, June 27 -- The Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation issued the following news: Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation has launched Northwest Corner Gives (www.northwestcornergives.org), a crowdfunding giving platform, created by the Community Foundation to help Northwest Connecticut nonprofits build awareness and raise matching funds for Covid-19 related expenses. Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation has committed resources to fund up to 75% of all nonp  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, June 25 -- Save the Children issued the following news release on June 24: Almost a decade of being uprooted by conflict is taking an immense toll on the mental health of Syrian children, a new paper (https://resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/library/psychosocial-safety-pathways-psychosocial-safety-syrias-displaced-children-and-adolescents) by Save the Children revealed./i They feel scared, suffer discrimination, and are afraid to go home, interviews with almost 170 Syr  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, June 24 -- Save the Children issued the following news release: Venezuelan children and women are suffering from a spike in physical, sexual or emotional violence at home, according to new data from Save the Children, as Latin America has become the new epicentre (https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latam/who-says-the-americas-are-new-covid-19-epicenter-as-deaths-surge-in-latin-america-idUKKBN2322G6) of the coronavirus pandemic. Insights/i from Save the  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The State Educational Technology Directors Association issued the following news release: The State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA), has announced its Board of Directors and Officers (https://www.setda.org/about/board-of-directors/) for 2020-2021. SETDA is the principal association representing U.S. state and territorial educational technology leaders. They include: * Eric Hileman, Oklahoma City Public Schools (Chair, Emeritus Member) * Doug Casey,  more