HAMDEN, Connecticut, Jan. 19 -- The Quinnipiac University Polling Institute issued the following news release on Jan. 18: As Donald Trump finishes his term in the White House just days after becoming the first President of the United States to be impeached twice, a majority of voters (59 - 38 percent) say he should not be allowed to hold elected office in the future. Surveys throughout Trump's presidency have shown stark political divides, and this last survey of his time in office is no differ  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 23 (TNSRep) -- The Connecticut Business and Industry Association issued the following news release on Jan. 22: The state's largest business organization today released its 2021 legislative session policy priorities, which focus on rebuilding Connecticut's economy in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. CBIA president and CEO Chris DiPentima said the organization's 2021 Policy Priorities, developed with the collaboration of residents and employers from around the st  more

MANHATTAN, New York, Jan. 22 -- Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a campaign of Everytown for Gun Safety, issued the following news on Jan. 21: Everytown for Gun Safety, and Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, Everytown's grassroots networks, called on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) to resign today after newly-uncovered Facebook exchanges from 2018 indicated that Rep. Greene agreed with conspiracy theories "that 'none of the school shootings were real or done by the on  more

NORWALK, Connecticut, Jan. 22 -- The Financial Accounting Foundation issued the following news release on Jan. 21: The Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF) Board of Trustees, today announced the appointment of new members to the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council (FASAC). The FAF Trustees also reappointed 26 FASAC members for additional one-year terms. The FASAC advises the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) on strategic and technical issues, project priorities, and othe  more

NORWALK, Connecticut, Jan. 22 -- The Financial Accounting Foundation issued the following news release on Jan. 21: The Board of Trustees of the Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF) announced today the appointment of Kristine Brock, Chris Brown, Davis Collins, Samuel Owl, Beth Pearce, Daron Tarlton, Elizabeth Thomas, Stephen Stuart, and Phil Vidal to the Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council (GASAC). All appointees' terms began January 1, 2021. In addition to the nine newly named   more

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 20 (TNSPer) -- Keep America Beautiful issued the following news release: Keep America Beautiful(R) (KAB), the nation's leading community improvement nonprofit organization, recently elected seven individuals, including affiliate representation, foundation leadership, and senior executives from partner companies, for a three-year term to its 31-member national board of directors. The appointed individuals embody the organization's tri-sector model for social good in w  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 20 (TNSRep) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Governor Lamont's Council on Climate Change released their final Phase 1 report on how the state can meet its climate goals of 45% carbon reductions by 2030. The report fails to address the continued approval of fossil fuel infrastructure by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) and other decision making bodies like the Connecticut Siting Council. Currently, DEEP is sitting on   more