HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 22 (TNSOps) -- The Connecticut Business and Industry Association issued the following news release on Oct. 21, 2021: The state's largest business organization issued the following response to today's release of the September 2021 employment report. "The September employment gains, while welcome, do not meet our expectations for the state's overall recovery," CBIA president and CEO Chris DiPentima said today. "We are leading the nation in addressing the health crisi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Washington, Republican leader of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following remarks at an Oct. 21, 2021, Subcommittee on Energy hearing on energy affordability and reliability: * * * Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks in today's Energy Subcommittee hearing on how President Biden's reckless energy agenda has led to higher energy costs for families, that will only  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 22 -- The Massachusetts Court System issued the following news release on Oct. 21, 2021: Trial Court Chief Justice Paula Carey and Trial Court Administrator John Bello today announced the appointment of Thomas Simard as the Trial Court's Chief Financial Officer effective October 25, 2021. Mr. Simard most recently served as the Deputy Commissioner for Administration and Finance for the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education. Since 2017, he was responsible for t  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (TNSOps) -- The NAACP issued the following news release on Oct. 21, 2021: NAACP announced their newly acquired ownership stake in Hello Alice, the largest online platform helping small businesses launch, attract, and retain more diverse customer sets. The announcement is a first for the NAACP and will provide substantial resources towards advancing the organization's goals for economic equality for Black communities. "To champion true racial equity, we need to address the   more

LONDON, England, Oct. 22 (TNSJou) -- The National Institute for Health Research issued the following news: Two vaccine doses offer very high levels of protection against death should you contract the COVID-19 Delta variant, according to a landmark study conducted across Scotland. The study is the first to provide results on the effectiveness of COVID vaccines against Delta - the UK's dominant strain - using real-world data from an entire country. It is part of the Early Pandemic Evaluation an  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Oct. 21, 2021: Congressman Jake Auchincloss (D, MA-04) responded to Ted Cruz's "Border Bill" that would move immigrant processing centers to New England byhand delivering a letter to the Senator's office. The letter stated, in part, "We have no patience in Massachusetts for your crass attempt to denigrate immigrants by implying that new ports of entry in the Commonwealth would undermine our suppo  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Rep. Ann Kuster, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Oct. 21, 2021: Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02), a Member of the Energy and Commerce Energy Subcommittee, participated in a hearing entitled, "Offshore Wind, Onshore Benefits: Growing the Domestic Wind Energy Industry." During her line of questioning, Rep. Kuster heard from industry experts who emphasized that offshore wind has the potential to improve the reliability of New England's electricity transmission  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Communications, Media and Broadband issued the following testimony by Sanjeev Arora, director of the Project Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes at the University of New Mexico Health Science Center, for an Oct. 7, 2021, hearing entitled "State of Telehealth: Removing Barriers to Access and Improving Patient Outcomes": * * * I'm here today both as a practicing liver disease specialist and as Director  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Tuesday announced the inclusion of $94.4 million for Connecticut Congressionally Directed Spending projects in six bills posted by the Senate Appropriations Committee on Monday. While these bills are not yet final, and funding will only be made available when these appropr  more

OTTAWA, Ontario, Oct. 22 (TNSJou) -- The University of Ottawa issued the following news release: A new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine has found no correlation between COVID-19 vaccinations and risk of first-trimester miscarriages, providing further evidence of the safety of COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy. The study analyzed several national health registries in Norway to compare the proportion of vaccinated women who experienced a miscarriage during the first tri  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 22 -- WarnerMedia, a media and entertainment company, issued the following news release: This November, we're thankful for the parade of original programming coming to HBO Max all month long! From Warner Bros. Pictures comes "King Richard" (11/19), starring two-time Oscar(R) nominee Will Smith, based on the true story that will inspire the world. Armed with a clear vision and a brazen 78-page plan, Richard Williams is determined to write his daughters, Venus and Serena, into his  more