WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on July 29, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that she secured $3,500,000 for a coastal research deployment facility for the University of New England in the draft Fiscal Year 2023 Commerce, Justice, and Science appropriations bill. The bill, which was officially released by the full Senate Appropriations Committee today, must still   more

NEW YORK, July 30 -- The Counter Extremism Project issued the following news release on July 29, 2022: The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit Meta-owned Facebook to spread propaganda, recruit followers, and incite violence in order to hold the popular social media platform accountable for its failure to prevent the dissemination of extremist and terrorist content. Thirteen accounts containing extremist propaganda for terrorist and extrem  more

DANVILLE, Pennsylvania, July 30 (TNSres) -- Geisinger Health issued the following news release on July 29, 2022: Using data from Geisinger's MyCode Community Health Initiative, researchers have discovered genetic changes associated with protection against liver disease, including nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and cirrhosis. The discovery was published this week in The New England Journal of Medicine. In the largest sequencing study to date on the genetic basis of liver health, scientists  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, July 30 (TNSper) -- McGuireWoods, a law firm, issued the following news release: Associate Colin Francis of McGuireWoods' Washington, D.C., office will join Eversource Energy as Federal Energy Regulatory Commission counsel on Aug. 8, 2022. His last day with the firm was July 29. In his new role, Francis will represent the New England utility's interests regarding FERC proceedings, ISO New England Inc. initiatives and New England Power Pool stakeholder processes. Before jo  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on July 29, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that she secured a total of $116,747,000 for 26 projects across the University of Maine System in the draft Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations bills. The bills, which were officially released by the full Senate Appropriations Committee today, must still be voted upon by the full Senate and H  more

BEDFORD, New Hampshire, July 30 (TNSper) -- The New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority issued the following news: Evelyn Whelton of Madison was recently appointed to the New Hampshire Housing Board of Directors by Governor Chris Sununu. She is the Senior Vice President, Retail Lending Sales Manager for Bank of New Hampshire. Whelton has long been involved in New Hampshire's housing community, having been a founder and board member of the Mount Washington Valley Housing Coalition. She is a pas  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on July 29, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that she secured $6,174,000 for research at the University of Maine on tick-borne disease research and prevention in the draft Fiscal Year 2023 Agriculture, Interior and Environment, and Health and Human Services appropriations bills. The bills, which were officially released by the full   more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 28, 2022: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) welcomed today's announcement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that $132 million from the bipartisan infrastructure law will be invested in the National Estuaries Program (NEP). This unprecedented investment will provide each of New Englan  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 28, 2022: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations Subcommittee, issued the following statement on legislation released today by the Appropriations Committee that would fund the federal government for fiscal year (FY) 2023. Through her leadership on this subcommittee, Shaheen helps write legislation that invests in im  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The National Football League Players Association issued the following news release: Three months after topping the year-end list, Tom Brady is again leading the NFLPA Top 50 Player Sales List going into the 2022-23 season. Right behind Brady are Russell Wilson and Cooper Kupp who vaulted into the top 3 from the year-end list. The first list of the season is based on sales of all officially licensed NFL player merchandise, tracking year-to-date preseason results March 1-Ma  more

ORONO, Maine, July 30 (TNSres) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: The University of Maine has joined a consortium of seven universities in the region to form the New England Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases (NEWVEC). The project received a $10 million five-year award starting in July from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), $694,363 of which was awarded to the University of Maine. NEWVEC, which is based at the University of Massachusett  more