HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 30 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut issued the following news release: After two days of public testimony, the Criminal Justice Commission announced that it would reappoint State's Attorney Maureen Platt as State's Attorney for the Waterbury Judicial District and that State's Attorney Gail Hardy had withdrawn her bid for reappointment as State's Attorney for the Hartford Judicial District. The ACLU of Connecticut opposed the reappointments of both  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 3 -- The American Civil Liberties Union, a 501(c)3 non-profit that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., issued the following news release: The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Connecticut filed a federal lawsuit seeking to make absentee mail-in voting available to every eligible voter during the COVID-19 pandemic. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the Connecticut State Confer  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 3 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut issued the following news release: The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Connecticut filed a federal lawsuit seeking to make absentee mail-in voting available to every eligible voter during the COVID-19 pandemic. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the Connecticut State Conference of NAACP Branches and the League of Women Voters of Connecticut, as well as an individual Connecticut resident who requires a  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 30 -- The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven issued the following news: With the temporary closure of schools, daycares and other early literacy programming, the work of Reach Out and Read is more vital than ever. The organization gives away free books to newborns, prescribes books to children at their well-child visits and offers literacy guidance to parents. Using a recently awarded grant from the Greater New Haven COVID-19 Community Fund, Reach out and R  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The Free Press issued the following statement by Matt Wood, Vice President of Policy and General Counsel: On Monday, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) introduced the Emergency Broadband Connections Act of 2020, along with 25 co-sponsors including Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-New York), Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut), Cory Booker (D-New Jersey), Dick Durbin (D-Illinois), Kamala Harris (D-California), Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts), Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mas  more

STAMFORD, Connecticut, July 1 -- Keep America Beautiful issued the following news release: Keep America Beautiful(R), the nation's premier community improvement nonprofit organization, announced it has joined SoulBuffalo's Ocean Plastics Leadership Network (OPLN), a global community of retailers, brands, NGOs and alliances committed to developing new approaches, innovations and solutions-based projects to address the impacts of plastic waste. The organizations unite along the common goal of en  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 3 -- The League of Women Voters issued the following news release: The League of Women Voters of Connecticut, the Connecticut State Conference of the NAACP, and an individual Connecticut resident filed a federal lawsuit seeking to make mail-in voting available to every eligible Connecticut voter during the COVID-19 pandemic. "COVID-19 remains a threat, and it is critical that our fall elections are carried out in a way that assures voters and election workers can p  more

WESTPORT, Connecticut, June 30 -- Save the Children issued the following news release: NET-A-PORTER partners with Gabriela Hearst for an exclusive two week handbag initiative, to benefit Save the Children's global relief efforts in the fight against COVID-19. The initiative will coincide with the global launch of the "BAEZ", the latest in the line of the Gabriela Hearst handbag collections. The new style bag will be available alongside the iconic NINA, DEMI, and DIANA bags and the hand knitted  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Afterschool Alliance issued the following news release: The New York Life Foundation in partnership with the Afterschool Alliance announced $1.35 million in new grants to support middle school youth during the out-of-school time (OST) hours to 26 youth development organizations in Alabama, Arizona, California (6), Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Florida (3), Georgia (2), Idaho, Maryland, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York (2), Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Rhode Island, and  more

WESTPORT, Connecticut, June 30 -- Save the Children issued the following statement by Syria Country Director Sonia Khush: During the fourth Brussels Syria Conference, donors pledged $7.7 billion, falling short of the $10 billion requested by the UN to support Syrian families. The total amount pledged is $1.7 billion less than last year's total. * * * "Today's pledges are a signal of the international community's ongoing commitment to Syria, but it is disappointing that the amount pledged is c  more