ORLANDO, Florida, July 29 -- The Amateur Athletic Union issued the following news: More than 60 alumni from the Amateur Athletic Union's baseball program have found a way take the field this summer in the Newport Collegiate Baseball League. The league, which was created to help advance the careers of collegiate baseball players who lost their spring season due to the coronavirus pandemic, has already begun with an impressive number of AAU Baseball alumni on the rosters. The league is mostly co  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 29 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on July 28: Governor Ned Lamont announced that his administration is launching the Everybody Learns initiative: a $43.5 million investment in remote learning solutions to close the digital divide in Connecticut and empower students across the state to learn from home, especially as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continues impacting the country. The governor said that the funding - which comes from  more

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, July 29 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency issued the following news: The Defense Logistics Agency partnered with Air Force and Navy medical staffs in late June and early July to support COVID-19 screening at naval medical facilities in the Northeast. When the Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command New England needed better spaces for COVID-19 screening and testing, it appeared the staff might have to buy portable shelters commercially. "  more

PORTLAND, Maine, July 29 -- Environmental Health Strategy Center issued the following news release: Impacted Mainers, experts, health advocates, and a legislator spoke out publicly Monday at a virtual press conference demanding the state take urgent action and hold polluters accountable after news broke that another Maine dairy farm was found to have sky-high levels of toxic chemicals in its milk, most likely a result of chemical pollution of farmland. Those speaking agreed that Maine children  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 29 -- National Grid, an electricity and natural gas delivery company, issued the following joint news release: Eversource and National Grid applauded the decision by ISO-New England, the regional transmission operator, to select the Ready Path Solution, a collaboration between the two utilities, as the cost-effective solution to maintain grid reliability following the retirement of the Mystic Generating Station in 2024. According to ISO-New England, the closing of t  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health issued the following hearing information: "Who's in Charge? Examining Oversight of State Veterans Homes During the COVID-19 Pandemic" at 210 House Visitors Center at 10 a.m.: Witnesses: * Paul Barabani (remote), Member, Holyoke Soldiers' Home Coalition * Sharon Silas (remote), Director, Health Care, U.S. Government Accountability Office * Melissa Jackson (in person), President, National Association of State Veterans Ho  more

HOLYOKE, Massachusetts, July 29 -- ISO New England issued the following joint release: On July 27, ISO New England and the New England Power Pool (NEPOOL) filed a proposal with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to add 30 minutes to the submission window for the Day-Ahead Energy Market. The window, which currently closes at 10 a.m. each day, would extend to 10:30 a.m. if FERC approves the change. The ISO will still be required to clear the market and post results by 1:30 p.m. ea  more

HOLYOKE, Massachusetts, July 29 -- ISO New England issued the following news release: The Mystic Generating Station will retire on June 1, 2024, ISO New England announced in a memo to stakeholders released on July 27. The announcement comes after the ISO reviewed the retirement of the plants two remaining units for fuel and transmission security and determined that the region's reliability needs will be met by that time. The ISO will discuss these findings of the reliability reviews with stake  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases issued the following news release on July 28: Two doses of an experimental vaccine to prevent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) induced robust immune responses and rapidly controlled the coronavirus in the upper and lower airways of rhesus macaques exposed to SARS-CoV-2, report scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of   more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 29 -- Gov. Gina Raimondo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on July 28: "Back to Work RI" will provide immediate pathways to good jobs and critical wraparound supports for thousands of Rhode Islanders, paving the way for an even stronger economic comeback PROVIDENCE, R.I.- Governor Gina M. Raimondo announced an investment of $45 million for a workforce development partnership that will create thousands of job opportunities for Rhode Islanders displ  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, issued the following news release: Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28), along with Members of the Asian, Black, Hispanic, and Native American Congressional caucuses, participated in a meeting with Dr. Francis Collins and Dr. Anthony Fauci to discuss ways to increase the number of diverse participants at each of the COVID-19 clinical trial sites. Moderna announced their vaccine trial sites for the COVID-19 vaccine in many locations across the Uni  more