HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 3 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2021: Attorney General William Tong today wrote to leadership of M&T Bank and People's United Bank seeking detailed information regarding efforts to mitigate job losses and adverse economic impacts to Connecticut workers and communities. Last month, M&T provided notice to the Connecticut Department of Labor that it anticipates 747 layoffs of Connecticut employees should regula  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following dissenting statement on Aug. 2, 2021, by Commissioner James Danly on a decision (Docket No. RM20-15-002) on limiting authorizations to proceed with construction activities pending rehearing: * * * I dissent in full from today's order affirming the majority's modification and expansion of Order No. 871.[1] As I stated in my dissent in Order No. 871-B, I would repeal the rule as it is  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- The House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services issued the following testimony by Paula N. Garrett, state women, infants, and children director at the Virginia Health Department, as part of a virtual hearing entitled "Food for Thought: Examining Federal Nutrition Programs for Young Children and Infants": * * * Chair Bonamici, Ranking Member Fulcher, Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Foxx, and Members of the House Education and Labor Committee,   more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, July 29 (TNSsro) -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 26,501) involving Public Service Co. of New Hampshire dba Eversource Energy: Petition to Change Transmission Cost Adjustment Mechanism Rates Order Approving Change to Transmission Cost Adjustment Mechanism Rates This order approves transmission cost adjustment mechanism rates for Eversource customers effective with services rendered on and after August 1, 2021. The  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, July 29 (TNSsro) -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 26,500) involving Unitil Energy Systems: Annual Stranded Cost and External Delivery Charge Rate Filing Petition for Approval of Rate Recovery Mechanism for Property Taxes Order Following Hearing This order approves Unitil's stranded cost charge and external delivery charge reconciliation, with rates effective on and after August 1, 2021. This order also approves U  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 3 (TNSAwa) -- The New England Council issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2021: For the first time since first presenting its prestigious New Englander of the Year awards in 1964, The New England Council has selected three women as award recipients this year. The Council today announced that the 2021 New Englander of the Year honorees are: * U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-3), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee; * Sandra L. Fenwick, Chief E  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 3 (TNSJou) -- New York University issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2021: * * * Modified RNA guides improve gene targeting for next-generation CRISPR tools and therapies * * * In the latest of ongoing efforts to expand technologies for modifying genes and their expression, researchers in the lab of Neville Sanjana at New York University (NYU) and the New York Genome Center (NYGC) have developed chemically modified guide RNAs for a CRISPR system that targets RNA inst  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Aug. 3 (TNSAwa) -- The Entomological Society of America issued the following news release: The Governing Board of the Entomological Society of America (ESA) has elected 10 new Fellows of the Society for 2021. Election as a Fellow of ESA acknowledges outstanding contributions to entomology in research, teaching, extension and outreach, administration, or the military. See more details on criteria for Fellow selection, as well as a full list of ESA Fellows. This year's honor  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 3 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2021: South Texas youth whose Type 2 diabetes was followed for up to 15 years in the TODAY studies have made an immensely important contribution to understanding the early onset form of the disease, clinicians and researchers at UT Health San Antonio and University Health's Texas Diabetes Institute said today. The studies, published July 29 in the New  more