LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 22 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on April 21, 2023: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today filed a motion in Pulaski County Circuit Court to hold the New Jersey-based owners of Big Country Chateau in contempt of court and issued the following statement: "Big Country Chateau and its New Jersey-based owners have repeatedly defied the court's orders and are refusing to cooperate with the receiver. This is an insult to both   more

AUBURN, Alabama, April 18 (TNSres) -- Auburn University issued the following news: McKenna Leckey, a graduate student at Auburn University studying Social Science Education, has been awarded the prestigious Fulbright scholarship to Germany for the 2023-2024 academic year. Leckey, of Paramus, New Jersey, graduated as an Auburn University Honors Scholar in the fall of 2022 with a bachelor's degree in Social Science Education and History and a minor in German. Leckey will use her Fulbright Englis  more

LANSING, Michigan, April 21 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a coalition, led by California, New Jersey, and the District of Columbia, in submitting comments in support of the Federal Trade Commission's proposed rule that would eliminate non-compete clauses in employment contracts in most circumstances. In a letter sent to Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan, AG Nessel joined 18 states in supporting th  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 21 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Shawn M. LaTourette today announced eight new environmental enforcement actions targeting polluters across the State whose toxic legacies continue to threaten public health, safety, and the environment. They also announced that settlement agreements had been reached in two other  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 21 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) Director David Rebuck today announced several new initiatives to bolster the office's existing responsible gaming efforts: establishing a new position dedicated to responsible gaming, setting new advertising standards for operators, and simplifying access to self-exclusion for players struggling with a gam  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 18 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that over $2.9 million in federal grant funding will be distributed to four organizations to support the Office's Trauma Recovery Center (TRC) Program. The funds will be used to continue support of two existing TRCs and to establish two new program sites. Launched in 2020 using federal Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funding, the TR  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 21 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today co-led a coalition of 17 attorneys general filing a comment letter in strong support of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) proposed rule to strengthen critical fair housing protections. The proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Rule promotes residential integration and increases protectio  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 19 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced today that the Division and Zillow Group, Inc. (Zillow), an online real estate and rental marketplace company, have entered into an agreement to address and prevent housing discrimination in New Jersey against prospective tenants seeking to pay rent with federal, state or local rental assistance, a  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 20 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced that New Jersey is co-leading a multi-state letter with the District of Columbia and California in support of the Federal Trade Commission's proposed rule that would eliminate non-compete clauses in employment contracts in most circumstances. In a letter sent today to Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan, Attorney General Pla  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 10 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: Casino Net Revenue and Gross Operating Profit: Based upon filings from the casino licensees made with the Division of Gaming Enforcement, the casino licensees reported 4th quarter 2022 Net Revenue of $771.9 million, reflecting a 1.0% increase over the same quarter last year. Casino licensees reported 4th quarter 2022 Gross Operating Profit of $119.3 million, a 31.6% decrease compa  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 19 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on April 17, 2023: On the first day of Earth Week, Governor Phil Murphy today announced the final adoption of regulations to implement New Jersey's landmark Environmental Justice (EJ) Law. The EJ Law and implementing rules are the first in the nation aimed at reducing pollution in historically overburdened communities and communities of color that have been subjected to a disproportionately high n  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 19 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on April 18, 2023: Governor Phil Murphy today announced a proposed investment of nearly $100 million for projects to develop or update parks and preserve open space, including a new initiative to fund construction of inclusive playgrounds for differently abled children. The funding, announced during Earth Week 2023 through the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's (DEP) Green Acres P  more

DETROIT, New Jersey, April 20 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: National Governors Association (NGA) Chair New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy continued his nationwide listening tour on youth mental health issues with an event hosted by Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. The Governors held a roundtable discussion with those on the frontlines of youth mental health care in the third of a series of conversations to advance the NGA Chair's Initiative: Strengthening  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, April 19 -- New Jersey American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, issued the following news release: New Jersey American Water will replace approximately two and a half miles of aging water main in Cherry Hill starting this season. The company will upgrade the aging 6- and 8-inch water lines that were installed as far back as the 1950s with new 8-inch ductile iron main along the following streets: * Cedarbrook Road from North Brookfield Road to South Brookfield Road *  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, April 19 -- New Jersey American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, issued the following news release: New Jersey American Water will replace approximately 7,100 feet of aging water main in Berkeley Heights starting this week. The company will upgrade the aging 6- and 8-inch water lines that were installed as far back as the 1920s with new 12-inch ductile iron main along Park Avenue from Plainfield Avenue to Mountain Avenue. The project also includes replacing seven fire  more

NEW YORK, April 22 (TNSgov) -- The New School issued the following news release on April 21, 2023: On the eve of Earth Day, the President welcomes Environmental Justice leaders from New Jersey and around the country to participate in the signing of a new Executive Order on Environmental Justice. In attendance at the historic signing were Maria Lopez-Nunez of the Ironbound Community Corp and Dr. Nicky Sheats of the New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance who are both members of the White House  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, April 21 -- The New Hampshire Democratic Party issued the following statement on April 19, 2023: * * * As Chris Christie travels back to New Hampshire today, NHDP Chair Ray Buckley released the following statement: "Chris Christie is just another MAGA extremist who gave Donald Trump's presidency an 'A' rating and pushed a right wing agenda in New Jersey. Let's look at his record: Christie endorsed a national abortion ban, repeatedly called to repeal the ACA, and called  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 19 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on April 17, 2023: Governor Phil Murphy today signed legislation (A4720) requiring the Commissioner of Education, in conjunction with the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education, to craft and distribute a survey for public schools relating to educational instruction on the Holocaust and genocide. The survey will measure how each school district is meeting the State's current requirement that   more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, April 21 (TNSper) -- John Wiley and Sons issued the following news release on April 20, 2023: * * * Wiley, one of the world's largest publishers and a global leader in scientific research and career-connected education, today announced that Dr. Ralf Schimmer, a leading voice in the open science movement, has joined the company to work on government affairs, public policy and thought leadership. Based in Munich, Dr. Schimmer will report into Jessica Sebeok, Wiley's Vice Pre  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, April 21 (TNSres) -- Pearson Education issued the following news release: * * * Workers are prioritizing problem solving, leadership and teamwork as the best skills to land their future job * * * Globally, workers are focused on developing their human skills, even as they see a future dominated by technology-driven work and automation, according to a new study from Pearson, the world's leading learning company. For the latest edition of the Pearson Skills Outlook series,  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, April 18 (TNSjou) -- Princeton University issued the following news: * * * Flying squirrels, sugar gliders and bats haven't had a common ancestor in 160 million years, but they form their wing flaps using some of the same genetic ingredients. * * * That's the intriguing finding from a Princeton-led team of biologists, detailed recently in the journal Science Advances. In other words, when the seven known flying mammals evolved flight -- a phenomenon ecologists call "co  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, April 21 (TNSres) -- Princeton University issued the following news on April 20, 2023: * * * Princeton's environmental researchers regularly influence global, national and regional policy decisions on climate change, and apply engineering expertise to the global search for solutions. For Earth Day, we asked three of the University's experts to share a few examples of how they are walking the walk as individuals toward a net-zero future. * * * Jesse Jenkins: Induction c  more

LAWRENCEVILLE, New Jersey, April 19 (TNSfund) -- Rider University issued the following news release: * * * Grant will bring performers from the National Theatre of the Deaf and students from Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf to campus * * * Rider University has been approved to receive a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Challenge America award in the amount of $10,000 to host and present a series of performances in collaboration with the National Theatre of the Deaf (NTD). This is  more

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, April 21 (TNSres) -- Rowan University issued the following news: Many scientists say a personal calling led them to their research specialty. Brendan Connor, a junior biomedical engineering major at Rowan University, is no different. The 21-year-old has spent the last year in Dr. Mark Byrne's Biomimetic & Biohybrid Materials, Biomedical Devices & Drug Delivery Laboratories researching novel drug delivery systems with fewer side effects, especially for cancer-fighting chem  more

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, April 19 (TNSfund) -- Rowan University issued the following news: The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a team of Rowan University researchers a Humanities Connections planning grant this spring to launch new academic programs for undergraduates that will explore the relationship between sports and society. Led by principal investigators Dr. Debbie Sharnak, an assistant professor of History, and Dr. Julia Richmond, an assistant professor of Public Relat  more

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, April 19 (TNSfund) -- Rowan University issued the following news on April 18, 2023: In 2002, New Jersey passed the Amistad Law, which calls on schools throughout the state to incorporate Black history into their teaching curriculum. In January, Gov. Phil Murphy signed a new law that will strengthen the state's mandate to infuse African American history into the state's curricula throughout the year. But there's much work to be done to ensure that students are getting an  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 19 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: A Rutgers University--Newark researcher who for decades studied the New-York New Jersey Harbor Estuary, once a notorious dumping ground for waste, has successfully won its designation as a "Hope Spot,'' by the international conservation organization Mission Blue. It is one of the first urban estuaries to receive the designation, which commemorates its resurgence and is intended to help boost conservation eff  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, April 21 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * New Jersey's first center of its kind aims to improve health outcomes and reduce the overall costs of care for an underserved population * * * People with autism and intellectual disabilities historically have a life expectancy nearly 20 years less than the general population in part because of a lack of specialized care. To address these health inequities, Rutgers University Behavioral Healt  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, April 22 (TNStalk)(TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following Q&A on April 21, 2023, with Gregory Peck, acute care surgeon and associate professor at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School: * * * If more people have access to health insurance, we have to be sure the death rates of those with certain chronic conditions are decreasing. This is one of the statements Gregory Peck, an acute care surgeon and associate professor at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medic  more

NORTH BRANCH, New Jersey, April 20 (TNSres) -- Raritan Valley Community College issued the following news release: Jenna Douglas of Washington, DC, a member of Raritan Valley Community College's Class of 2017, was recently selected as a Fulbright Scholar. Douglas, a former resident of Bridgewater, will spend the 2023-2024 academic year serving as an English Teaching Assistant in La Rioja, Spain. While at RVCC, Douglas was a member of the Honors College and the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society. S  more

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, April 17 (TNSpp) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: On Tuesday, February 28th, graduate students with the National Security Fellowship (NSF) Research Team were given the opportunity to speak with Col. John Flynn, Vice President of Administration at MGM Resorts International and a Colonel in the Air Force Reserve. Prior to this position, Col. Flynn was the Chief of Staff to the Chairman and CEO of MGM Resorts International, served as a Special Assistant  more

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, April 22 (TNSbook) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: Seton Hall Law Professor Gaia Bernstein's new book, Unwired: Gaining Control over Addictive Technologies (Cambridge Press) has been generating buzz since its March 2023 release. Not only has the publication prompted news outlets, such as the Boston Globe and Bloomberg, to interview Bernstein about her book, well-known magazines including Wired, Time Magazine and Fast Company have devoted significant  more

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, April 20 (TNSpro) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: Seton Hall University is excited to announce its newest graduate program, the accelerated, one-year M.S. in Professional Communication and Digital Media Arts. Housed within the emerging College of Human Development, Culture, and Media launching this summer, this program is specifically designed for those interested in honing and developing digital, interpersonal, media-related and organizational comm  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 22 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following statement on April 21, 2023: * * * "I am pleased that the United States Supreme Court has heard our resounding call and validated 20 years of science by staying this unprecedented legal attack on mifepristone. "This decision not only brings justice to our residents' right to choose and much-needed clarity to conflicting court rulings, but also supports what we all already knew from the beginni  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 19 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement on April 18, 2023: * * * "I am thrilled that the United States Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that New Jersey has the right to withdraw from the Waterfront Commission. Since the first hours of our time in office, my Administration has steadfastly pursued the dissolution of the Waterfront Commission because it was the right thing to do. Over 90 percent of commerce at our ports happens on the New  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, April 19 (TNSres) -- Stevens Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Cybersecurity expert James Xiaojiang Du has developed, among other innovations, an IoT anomaly detection system that performs with over 97% accuracy * * * An informal but often used measure of a researcher's success and significance is the number of times their work has been cited by other researchers. As of this writing, Stevens Institute of Technology electrical and computer engineer  more

GALLOWAY, New Jersey, April 22 (TNSfund) -- Stockton University issued the following news: The $1 trillion federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has funded more than 20,000 projects throughout the country. Now, a piece of the bill is coming to Stockton University to clean local waterways. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced Friday that Stockton is recommended for an award of $1.4 million for marine debris removal. With an additional $300,000 matching grant from  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 21 (TNSper) -- Thomas Edison State University issued the following news release: Following a national search, Thomas Edison State University announced that Ruth A. Wittmann-Price, PhD, has been appointed dean of the W. Cary Edwards School of Nursing and Health Professions. Most recently, Wittmann-Price served as a professor of nursing and an undergraduate programs chair at Jefferson College of Nursing (JCN) in Philadelphia, Pa. Prior to her role at JCN, she served as  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, April 21 (TNSpro) -- Rutgers University issued the following news on April 20, 2023: Two new data science degrees will be created at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, the Board of Governors voted today. The two new degree programs a Bachelor of Arts in Data Science and a Bachelor of Science in Data Science the School of Arts and Sciences (SAS) will be offered in partnership with the School of Communication and Information and the School of Engineering to enrich the c  more