KANSAS CITY, Missouri, March 31 (TNSOps) -- The Veterans of Foreign Wars issued the following news release: * * * When blood shortages caused by COVID-19 swept across the country last year, the New York Blood Center in New York City turned to VFW Post 4589. Honoring a partnership that stretches more than half-a-decade long, the Post in Spotswood, New Jersey, about 40 miles south of New York City, opened its doors three times a month for blood drives administered by the nonprofit. Nurse inser  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following statement on March 30, 2021, by Chairman Richard Glick regarding integration of energy storage resources in RTO and ISO markets (Docket No. ER21-1001-000): * * * Today's order marks another important step forward in the integration of energy storage resources (ESRs) in RTO and ISO markets. I commend New York Independent System Operator, Inc.'s (NYISO) efforts to develop these marke  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 30 (TNSPol) -- GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders issued the following news release on March 29, 2021: On the heels of a powerful hearing earlier this month where CT families called on lawmakers to reform state parentage law, the Connecticut Judiciary Committee today passed the Connecticut Parentage Act (CPA) on consent out of committee. If approved by the full General Assembly, HB 6321 would overhaul existing state law to ensure that all CT children -- regardless   more

WASHINGTON, March 30 (TNSPol) -- The League of Conservation Voters issued the following news release: Infrastructure week is finally here. Our New York and Massachusetts state affiliates praised the Biden administration's all-of-government commitment to expanding offshore wind development and creating good-paying, union jobs: Statement from Julie Tighe, President of the New York League of Conservation Voters: "With the new goal of 30 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030, creating 80,000 jobs, a  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, March 31 (TNSPer) -- The Johns Hopkins University's Peabody Institute issued the following news: Conductor, pianist, and vocal coach Laurie Rogers has been appointed interim music director of the Peabody Opera Theatre program. During the 2020-21 academic year, as guest faculty at the Peabody Conservatory, she served as music director for Peabody Opera Theatre's Cosi fan tutte. Rogers is director of the Young Artist Program and Head of Music Staff at Opera Saratoga. Last s  more

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, March 31 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $245,351 in back wages for 117 employees of a greenhouse tomato grower in Madison, Maine, that failed to comply with federal laws governing wages and working conditions for agricultural temporary guest workers, U.S. workers and workers in corresponding employment. Investigators with the department's Wage and Hour Division found that Backyard Farms LL  more

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, March 31 (TNSAwa) -- Marshall University issued the following news release: A team of students from Marshall University took third place honors at the International Collegiate Business Skills Championships in the associate division at the 76thAnnual Society for Advancement of Management International Business Conference. Also, Marshall freshman Jamison Lewis earned third place in the Business Knowledge Bowl competition. This annual series of competitions, reaching ba  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 31 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston issued the following news release: The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston is pleased to announce the appointment of Nick Stanescu as senior vice president and business executive of the FedNow Service, the new real-time payment and settlement service that the Federal Reserve is developing to support faster payments in the United States. In his role, Stanescu serves as a senior member of the FedNow Service and oversees product man  more

WESTON, Massachusetts, March 31 (TNSOps) -- Regis College issued the following news release: After a successful and lucrative career of more than 25 years in quality assurance, customer relations and client training in the software industry, Betsy Johnson was ready for a change. She always had an interest in puppetry and poetry but didn't see either as sustainable. "I very much looked up to my dad growing up, who was a clinical psychologist, so I envisioned myself in that role," she recalls. Hi  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 31 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on March 30, 2021: In an effort to give Rhode Island fishermen a voice and voting representation on the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC), which manages some of the most important fish stocks for the state's commercial fishing industry, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representatives James Langevin and David Cicilline, today announced the reintroduction o  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, March 31 -- Gov. Ralph S. Northam, R-Virginia, issued the following proclamation: WHEREAS, Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler was born in Delaware on February 8, 1831, to Absolum Davis and Matilda Webber and raised by her aunt, who provided care to the sick; and WHEREAS, in 1852, Dr. Crumpler moved to Massachusetts, where she worked as a nurse for the next eight years; and WHEREAS, with recommendations by physicians with whom she had worked, Dr. Crumpler was admitted to the New Engl  more

NEW YORK, March 31 (TNSJou) -- Weill Cornell Medical College issued the following news on March 30, 2021: Two distinct diagnostic tests, a host/pathogen RNA sequencing platform, and spatially-resolved tissue mapping tools were created by a multidisciplinary team of Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital-led researchers and used to map SARS-CoV-2 infections at the height of the initial COVID-19 outbreak in New York City. These alternatives to the gold standard RT-PCR test expan  more

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, March 31 (TNSEve) -- Western New England University issued the following news release: National Security Priorities in Biden's First 100 Days will be the topic of an important discussion by Western New England University School of Law Dean Sudha Setty on Thursday, April 15 at 12:00 noon, (EDT). The cost for this virtual event presented by the World Affairs Council of Western Massachusetts is $10, free for students. Dean Setty will discuss various national security p  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 31 (TNSPol) -- Yale Law School issued the following news release: On the heels of a hearing earlier this month where Connecticut families called on lawmakers to reform state parentage law, the Joint Committee on Judiciary (Judiciary Committee) passed the Connecticut Parentage Act (CPA) on consent out of committee on March 29, 2021. If approved by the full Connecticut General Assembly, HB 6321 would overhaul existing state law to ensure that all Connecticut children  more