LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, March 4 -- Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge issued the following news release: Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge joined 24 state attorneys general in a letter calling on the Biden Administration to not overturn an existing rule that allows liquified natural gas to be transported domestically via train. Natural gas is the primary energy source for electricity generation in the United States. "As war rages in Eastern Europe, we must prioritize easing energ  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 (TNSOps) -- The Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities issued the following joint statement with 93 organizations on March 3, 2022: * * * The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and more than 90 other higher education groups today signed a public statement on the importance of free and open academic inquiry as a cornerstone of academic excellence. The full text of the statement follows: Colleges and universities exist to examine complex iss  more

AUBURN, Alabama, March 3 (TNSRes) -- Auburn University's College of Engineering issued the following news: By Cassie Montgomery Biomanufacturing, or the production of biomaterials, is an emerging economic sector with significant growth potential in states like Alabama, Maine, New Hampshire and Wyoming. Research underway in Auburn University's Department of Chemical Engineering is poised to help these states realize that potential. As part of a recently awarded National Science Foundation EPSC  more

AUBURN, Alabama, March 4 (TNSPar) -- Auburn University issued the following campus notice: Biomanufacturing, or the production of biomaterials, is an emerging economic sector with significant growth potential in states like Alabama, Maine, New Hampshire and Wyoming. Research underway in Auburn University's Department of Chemical Engineering is poised to help these states realize that potential. As part of a recently awarded National Science Foundation EPSCoR grant, assistant chemical engineeri  more

LONGMEADOW, Massachusetts, March 4 (TNSOps) -- Bay Path University issued the following news release: Bay Path University, along with a host of community collaborators will convene the sixth annual On the Move forum on Tuesday, March 22. The daylong virtual event engages community members and leaders; students from Bay Path and other area institutions; and businesses, educators and others from the Springfield region and beyond, for a day of conversations and workshops, designed to provoke thoug  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 4 (TNSRep) -- The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review issued the following news release: * * * Report will be subject of New England CEPAC meeting in September 2022; Draft Scoping Document open to public comment until March 23, 2022 * * * The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) announced today that it will assess the comparative clinical effectiveness and value of subcutaneous semaglutide (Wegovy, Novo Nordisk), phentermine/topiramate (Qsymia  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, March 4 -- Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron issued the following news release: Attorney General Daniel Cameron sent a letter to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) opposing a Biden Administration rule that would prohibit liquefied natural gas (LNG) from being transported by rail car in the United States. The letter, signed by a coalition of 25 attorneys general, argues that the Biden proposal will have devastating effects on the econom  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, March 4 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news release on March 3, 2022: Governor Janet Mills and the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston announced today that six Maine Working Communities Challenge teams have been selected to receive three-year, $375,000 grants to begin implementing proposals that address local economic problems, including poverty and lack of work opportunity. The Working Communities Challenge is a unique three-year grant initiative supported by the  more

MUNICH, Germany, March 4 (TNSOps)(TNSCapV) -- The Max Planck Society issued the following news: More than 100 Nobel Laureates from various disciplines are calling for peace in the face of the war in Ukraine emanating from Russian soil. They have signed a declaration initiated by the Max Planck Society and supported by the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings. The Declaration follows on from the 1955 Mainau Declaration against the use of nuclear weapons (pdf). It was co-initiated by Otto Hahn, 16-tim  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) voted in support of the Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (Honoring our PACT) Act of 2021, comprehensive legislation she cosponsored to expand and improve toxic-exposed veterans' access to earned benefits and care. "When the difficult decision is made to send our heroic servicemembers into harm's way, we make a pact to care for them and for their lov  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news on March 3, 2022: U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), delivered the following remarks at a full committee hearing to review recent actions of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) relating to permitting construction, operation of interstate natural gas pipelines,  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins met virtually with Leadership Aroostook, a program designed to cultivate early and mid-level managers' leadership and management skills. During the meeting, Senator Collins delivered brief remarks on leadership and participated in a wide ranging Q&A session with participants from Twin Rivers, Northern Maine Development Commission, MMG Insurance, County Federal Credit Union, and   more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 4 -- Trinity College issued the following news: Visiting Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Law Matthew A. Weiner has been nominated by Governor Ned Lamont to become a judge on the Connecticut Superior Court. Weiner currently serves as a prosecutor in the Chief State's Attorney's Office, where he has spent the last nine years in the Appellate Bureau. He represents the State of Connecticut in criminal appeals before the Connecticut Supreme Court, the Connectic  more

DALLAS, Texas, March 4 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas's Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release: Diagnosing heart attacks after heart surgery remains difficult due to shortcomings of current diagnostic tools when applied to postoperative patients, including the electrocardiogram and blood tests to detect levels of cardiac troponins, according to an editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) written by two UT Southwestern faculty members. A new study in N  more