ENFIELD, Connecticut, March 26 (TNSPer) -- Asnuntuck Community College issued the following news on March 25, 2021: The Board of Regents for Higher Education (BOR) today selected five campus chief executive officers who will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of Asnuntuck Community College (ACC), Naugatuck Valley Community College (NVCC), Norwalk Community College (NCC), Quinebaug Valley Community College (QVCC), and Tunxis Community College (TCC). The BOR is undertaking a  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 26 (TNSRep) -- The Massachusetts Bar Association issued the following news release: A coalition of criminal justice leaders and stakeholders convened by the Massachusetts Bar Association (MBA) has released a comprehensive guide, urging all 11 state district attorney offices and the Attorney General's Office to maintain effective conviction integrity programs to prevent and remedy wrongful convictions and other miscarriages of justice in Massachusetts. The Massachu  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 26 -- The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services issued the following news release: The appointment of Dennis R. Deziel to serve as Assistant Commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) was approved by Governor Sununu and the Executive Council. Dennis most recently served as Regional Administrator for Region 1 of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, overseeing environmental protection efforts across New England.  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 25 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently reached an agreement with LKQ Northeast, Inc., a national owner and operator of auto salvage yards, to bring its three Massachusetts salvage yards into compliance with the Clean Water Act and pay penalties for alleged violations of the federal storm water requirements at the facilities. Under the agreement, LKQ Northeast paid the foll  more

MONTEREY, California, March 26 (TNSpol) -- The Monterey Bay Aquarium, a 501(c)3 non-profit that inspires conservation of the ocean, issued the following news release: As leading aquariums from around the United States committed to reducing the sources of plastic pollution that are harming our ocean and freshwater environments, we applaud the introduction of the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act. We support the Act's comprehensive approach to helping stem the tide of plastic pollution acros  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 26 -- The New Hampshire House Republicans issued the following news release: House Majority Leader Jason Osborne (R-Auburn) and House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services Chairman Will Infantine (R-Manchester) released the following statements following the hearing on SB61, prohibiting collective bargaining agreements that require employees to join a labor union: Majority Leader Osborne: "This is about giving Granite Staters the freedom they deserve in   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 26 (TNSPer) -- The National Association for Healthcare Quality issued the following news on March 25, 2021: The National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) has announced its new board members: Marian Savage, PhD RN NEA-BC CPHQ PMP, Virginia Hospital Center, as its 2021 president; Emmett Ervin, MPA CPHQ, University of Maryland Medical Systems, as president-elect; Patricia Kirkpatrick, MJ RN CPHQ, Prospero Health, as Secretary/Treasurer; Esther Emard, RN MSN MSLIR   more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. David McKinley, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 25, 2021: Yesterday the House Energy and Commerce Committee held two hearings focused on energy policies that would weaken the nation's grid reliability and result in American job losses. The first hearing of the day focused on why the Texas electric grid failed during extreme weather conditions in February. The second hearing focused on the CLEAN Future Act, a partisan Democrat bill that a  more

FARMINGTON, Connecticut, March 26 (TNSPer) -- Tunxis Community College issued the following news release on March 25, 2021: The Board of Regents for Higher Education (BOR) today selected five campus chief executive officers who will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of Asnuntuck Community College (ACC), Naugatuck Valley Community College (NVCC), Norwalk Community College (NCC), Quinebaug Valley Community College (QVCC), and Tunxis Community College (TCC). The BOR is under  more