BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 21 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts issued the following statement on Aug. 20, 2021: * * * In a Thursday evening ruling, the First Circuit Court of Appeals declared unconstitutional the government's practice of forcing detained immigrants to prove why their continued detention is unjustified. The landmark ruling comes in a lawsuit filed by the ACLU of New Hampshire, and is the result of years of litigation by ACLU attorneys, their cooperating c  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New England Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 20, 2021, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Barnstable Town - May 2020": Workers in the Barnstable Town, MA Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $27.53 in May 2020, about 2 percent above the nationwide average of $27.07, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Comm  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 20 (TNSGra) -- Brown University issued the following news release: Since 2016, the Brown University-based, federally funded Advance Clinical and Translational Research program has supported biomedical and public health scholars across Rhode Island who are working to turn scientific discoveries into solutions that can improve the lives of patients. This month, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences awarded Brown, the host institution on the federal awa  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 20 (TNSRes) -- The Connecticut Business and Industry Association issued the following news release on Aug. 19, 2021: The state's largest business organization issued the following response to today's release of the July 2021 employment report. "Today's positive jobs numbers for July is welcome news for Connecticut's pandemic recovery, with the state now having recovered 67% of the 292,400 jobs lost last March and April," CBIA president and CEO Chris DiPentima said t  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA is tracking Tropical Storm Henri as it approaches the northeast, set to make landfall over the weekend. Now is the time to prepare for severe weather. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service National Hurricane Center forecasts Henri will reach the northeast coast on Sunday. The risk of storm surge, wind and rain imp  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Aug. 21 -- The Maine Emergency Management Agency issued the following news: The Maine Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) is closely monitoring the track of Tropical Storm Henri and is working with Maine's Emergency Response Team, County Emergency Management Agencies, the National Weather Service, FEMA and utilities to prepare for the possibility of damaging winds, rain, and power outages. Recent forecast models show Henri is expected to become a hurricane Friday and could make  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Aug. 19 -- The New Hampshire Democratic Party issued the following news release: During yesterday's Executive Council meeting, the Sununu administration's struggling vaccination ad campaign was front and center. When Executive Councilor Cinde Warmington asked DHHS Commissioner Lori Shibinette to confirm that these ads will feature medical professionals and community leaders and not political figures, the administration refused to commit to not featuring Sununu in their f  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Aug. 19 -- The New Hampshire Democratic Party issued the following news release Aug. 19, 2021: During today's Executive Council meeting, Governor Sununu's administration refused to commit to not including politicians in a new round of taxpayer-funded PSA ads. The state's previous PSA campaign starred Sununu, despite data that shows politicians are ineffective messengers. The ads have been largely seen as ineffective, as New Hampshire currently ranks last in New England f  more

NORTH KINGSTOWN, Rhode Island, Aug. 20 (TNSOps) -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following news release: Dozens of Teamsters from all over New England showed up early Tuesday morning to stand in solidarity with their seven striking brothers at Johnson Brothers of RI, the state's exclusive distributor of Gallo Wine products. Afterwards, they made their way to Haxton's Tollgate Liquors in Warwick where they spent several hours hand-billing customers, holding banners and ch  more

DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 20 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas's Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release: Moderately ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19 have better chances of survival if treated with therapeutic-dose anticoagulation, according to an international study involving 121 sites, including UT Southwestern Medical Center. Moderately ill COVID-19 patients treated with therapeutic-dose anticoagulation with unfractionated or low molecular-weight heparin were 27% le  more