NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 30 (TNSPer) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Three faculty members from the Department of Internal Medicine, Cary Gross, MD; Elizabeth Jonas, MD; and Patrick G. O'Connor, MD, MPH, MACP, were elected into the Association of American Physicians (AAP) during the organization's annual meeting in April 2022. Gross is a professor of medicine (general medicine) and of epidemiology (chronic diseases). In 2010, he founded Yale's Cancer Outcomes, Public  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The Architect of the Capitol issued the following public notice on April 28, 2022: Located near First Street, SW, across from the U.S. Botanic Garden Conservatory on the Capitol campus. This morning Representative Chris Pappas, Representative Ann Kuster, Senator Maggie Hassan, Senator Jeanne Shaheen and other distinguished guests gathered on the U.S. Capitol Grounds to dedicate a tree in honor of the people of New Hampshire. "Today we planted a Black Gum, which is the   more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, April 29 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 26,619) involving Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electric) Corp. dba Liberty: Annual Retail Rate Adjustment Filing Order Approving Rate Adjustments This order approves Liberty's annual retail rates for recovering transmission costs, and other ancillary costs, for the 12-month period beginning on May 1, 2022. These rates include a newly proposed and approved herein Prope  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, April 30 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - New England Field Office issued the following news release: Over 147,000 U.S. farms produced and sold food locally through direct marketing practices, resulting in $9.0 billion in revenue in 2020, according to the Local Food Marketing Practices data released April 28, 2022, by USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). The data covers both fresh and value-added foods,  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 30 (TNSPol) -- The New England Council issued the following news release: As a bipartisan, bicameral Conference Committee begins negotiations to reconcile House and Senate versions of sweeping legislation aimed at boosting U.S. competitiveness and innovation, The New England Council weighed in with conferees to highlight some of our members' top priorities. On April 27, 2022, the Council sent a letter to the three New England members of the Conference Committee: Rep  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 29 (TNSfund) -- The New England Council issued the following news release: New England Council member, UMass Boston, will receive $1.35 million in federal funding to help with the engineering and design of its College of Nursing and Health Sciences. This funding is critical to helping students before they enter the medical industry, especially with the ongoing nursing shortage. The funding comes as part of the $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill signed into law by   more

WESTBOROUGH, Massachusetts, April 28 (TNSconf) -- The New England First Amendment Coalition issued the following news release on April 27, 2022: With virtual public meetings set to expire in Massachusetts on July 15, the New England First Amendment Coalition joined several advocacy organizations today to support a new Boston proposal to permanently establish virtual participation options for public meetings. The groups -- including disability rights and free press organizations -- support an o  more

WESTBOROUGH, Massachusetts, April 29 (TNSPol) -- The New England First Amendment Coalition issued the following news release: The New England First Amendment Coalition recently joined fellow press advocates to call for more transparency within the U.S. Supreme Court. In an April 27 letter, the organizations addressed the troubling trend of sealing documents in an increasing number of cases each year and suggested changes to the court's proposed Rule 34.7 (https://www.supremecourt.gov/filingan  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- President Biden issued the following proclamation on April 29, 2022, honoring National Hurricane Preparedness Week: * * * Each May, we raise awareness about the threat posed by hurricanes so that Americans living in potentially affected areas are more prepared for these powerful storms. Over the last several years, hurricanes, typhoons, and tropical storms have occurred with greater frequency and intensity, causing tremendous destruction across the United States. From t  more

DARTMOUTH, Massachusetts, April 30 (TNSPro) -- The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth campus issued the following news release: The University of Massachusetts School of Law - Dartmouth (UMass Law) and Johnson & Wales University (JWU) in Providence, RI have finalized an agreement for a joint 3+3 program that will enable JWU students to earn an undergraduate and law degree in six rather than seven years. Undergraduate students will take classes and earn credit toward their undergraduate degr  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 29 -- The Wisconsin Democratic Party issued the following news on April 28, 2022: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported yesterday that Rebecca Kleefisch is again casting doubt on the legitimacy of the 2020 election and is doubling down on lies that the election in Wisconsin was "rigged" against Donald Trump. This conspiracy, which she now also compares to the NFL's "deflategate" scandal, comes as a fourth candidate enters the Republican gubernatorial race in Wiscons  more