IRVING, Texas, Jan. 10 -- The Big 12 Conference, a college athletic conference, issued the following news: The National Football Foundation (NFF) and College Football Hall of Fame announced the 2023 College Football Hall of Fame Class on Monday afternoon. The 2023 Hall of Fame Class features two Big 12 honorees in Kansas State's Michael Bishop (1997-98) and Texas' Derrick Johnson (2001-04). Bishop held a 22-3 record as K-State's quarterback under Hall of Fame Coach Bill Snyder during the 1997  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 10 (TNSper) -- Massachusetts Association of Health Plans issued the following news release on Jan. 9, 2023: At its December board meeting, the Massachusetts Association of Health Plans (MAHP) announced that Cain Hayes, president and CEO of Point32Health, was elected as the association's board chair beginning January 1, 2023. This will be Hayes' first term leading the association. Hayes has served as president and CEO of Point32Health since July 2021. Point32Health,   more

CASTINE, Maine, Jan. 10 (TNSpro) -- The Maine Maritime Academy issued the following news release on Jan. 9, 2023: Maine Maritime Academy reinstated its NCAA Division III Football Program with varsity competition set to begin in 2025. The decision was announced by Maine Maritime President Jerry Paul '89 on Monday. The Academy also announced that it will compete in the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) beginning in 2025. The Mariners will begin competition as a sub-varsity program in 2023 and   more

WESTBOROUGH, Massachusetts, Jan. 10 (TNSgov) -- The New England First Amendment Coalition issued the following news release: The New England First Amendment Coalition recently joined a group of media organizations to argue against long-term pole camera government surveillance. Such monitoring, the groups argued in a Dec. 21 amicus brief (http://www.nefac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/RCFP-Moore-v.-United-States-as-Filed.pdf), threatens First Amendment freedoms and the right to gather news. "  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 10 (TNSgov) -- The New England Council issued the following news release: In the final days of the 117th Congress just a few weeks ago, Congress passed a $1.7 trillion Omnibus Appropriations Bill for fiscal year 2023, and President Joe Biden signed it into law on Dec. 29. Included in this sweeping legislation are landmark investments in education, health care, environmental protection, support for working families, and investments in research and innovation. The New   more

ORONO, Maine, Jan. 10 (TNSres) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: Quantifying the number of giant Atlantic bluefin tuna in New England that die after being caught and released is the goal of a new University of Maine-led study. The U.S. Department of Commerce awarded Walt Golet, a University of Maine assistant professor of marine science, more than $210,800 for the project. For their research on the recreational catch-and-release fishery off the New England coast, Go  more