HAMDEN, Connecticut, May 27 (TNSOps) -- The Quinnipiac University Polling Institute issued the following news release: As candidates begin to enter races for the 2022 mid-term elections, more than 8 in 10 Republicans (85 percent) say they would prefer to see candidates running for elected office that mostly agree with Donald Trump, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) University national poll of adults released today. Overall, a majority of Americans (53 - 39 percent) say they would pref  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 28 (TNSPol) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut issued the following news release: The ACLU and ACLU of Connecticut responded to an appeal filed yesterday in a lawsuit seeking to challenge trans-inclusive policies in Connecticut. On April 25, a federal judge dismissed the lawsuit filed against the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference and multiple school boards. Represented by the American Civil Liberties Union and American Civil Liberties U  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 28 (TNSPol) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut issued the following news release on May 27, 2021: The Connecticut House of Representatives today voted to approve a Clean Slate bill, S.B. 1019, which would allow some people living with a record of conviction to earn the chance at an automatically erased record if they go for a defined period of time without a new conviction. The bill also includes an anti-discrimination provision to allow someone who   more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 28 (TNSPol) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut issued the following news release on May 27, 2021: The Connecticut Senate today voted to approve H.J. 59, a legislative resolution which would put to voters the question of whether to amend Connecticut's Constitution to allow early voting in the state. With today's action in the Senate, the question of early voting will be on the 2022 general election ballot. "Early voting is important for racial justic  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 28 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut issued the following statement: * * * The Connecticut Senate last night voted to approve a bill that would ban no-knock raids by police, create limitations on when police can issue an order to people, roll back protections against stop and frisk passed into law in 2020, and exclude people living with certain class D felony convictions and class A misdemeanor convictions from qualifying for Clean Slate protection  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 26 (TNSPol) -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following news release: Four Connecticut female athletes have appealed a federal district court ruling issued last month that dismissed their legal challenge to a Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference policy allowing biological males who identify as female to compete in girls' athletic events. Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing the athletes in Soule v. Connecticut Association of Schools  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, May 27 (TNSAwa) -- The American Academy of Physician Assistants issued the following news release: The American Academy of PAs is pleased to announce its annual awards to PAs (physician assistants) and PA students who have distinguished themselves in service to their patients and their communities, and who have been dedicated advocates for the PA profession. The 2021 Individual Excellence Award recipients are: * PA of the Year Award - Ho'onani (Nani) Cuadrado, MSPAS, PA-  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 27 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on May 26, 2021: The Connecticut chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-CT) today welcomed the Connecticut Department of Correction's decision to terminate the employment of Correction Officer Anthony Marlak over an Islamophobic social media post. In January, CAIR-CT wrote to Commissioner Angel Quiros after receiving information showing that Officer Marlak posted an  more

NEW MILFORD, Connecticut, May 28 -- The Journal of Physical Activity and Health, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features chronic disease, such as cancer, heart disease, mental health, weight control, neurologic deficits, in which physical activity may play a role in prevention, treatment or rehabilitation, published research articles, including the following topics, in its June 2021 edition: PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE: * Eight Investments That Work for Physical Activity ORIGINAL RESEARCH:   more

BETHEL, Connecticut, May 24 -- The Journal of Vibration and Control, a peer-reviewed journal of analytical, computational and experimental studies of vibration phenomena and their control from the Society of Experimental Mechanics, published research articles on the following topics in its July 2021 edition: Articles: * Flexural wave propagation and vibration isolation characteristics of sandwich plate-type elastic metamaterials * Complex mode superposition method of nonproportionally damped   more

WINDSOR, Connecticut, May 28 (TNSRes) -- LIMRA issued the following news release: Total individual life insurance policy sales increased 11% in the first quarter, compared with first quarter 2020. This is the highest growth in the number of policies sold in a quarter since 1983. New annualized premium also experienced significant growth, up 15% from prior year, according to LIMRA's First Quarter U.S. Individual Life Insurance Sales Survey. "In 1983, the double-digit policy count growth was dri  more

HAMDEN, Connecticut, May 28 (TNSOps) -- The Quinnipiac University Polling Institute issued the following news release on May 27, 2021: With lawmakers divided over whether to form an independent 9/11 style commission to investigate the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, a majority of Americans (55 percent) say they view the events of January 6th as an attack on democracy that should never be forgotten, while 39 percent say too much is being made of the storming of the U.S. Capitol and   more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 28 (TNSPol) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut issued the following news release on May 27, 2021: With Governor Ned Lamont's signature of S.B. 753 today, Connecticut has abolished prison gerrymandering, a cause championed by justice-impacted people and their loved ones, the Connecticut State Conference of the NAACP (NAACP-CT), and the ACLU of Connecticut for over a decade. Effective immediately, and in time for the state's once-a-decade redistricting  more

DANBURY, Connecticut, May 28 (TNSPer) -- The National Organization for Rare Disorders issued the following news release: The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD(R)), the leading patient advocacy organization dedicated to the identification, treatment and cure of rare diseases, announced the appointment of Edward Neilan, MD, PhD, to the new position of Chief Medical and Scientific Officer. Dr. Neilan, an internationally recognized physician-scientist and rare genetic disease expert, w  more

NORTHAMPTON, Massachusetts, May 28 (TNSPol) -- The Prison Policy Initiative issued the following news release on May 27, 2021: Yesterday, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed a bill ensuring that people in state prisons will hereafter be counted as residents of their home addresses when new legislative districts are drawn. The new law makes Connecticut the eleventh state to end the practice known as prison gerrymandering, after Illinois passed its own bill earlier this year. Over 35% of US r  more