ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 10 (TNSpp) -- Americans for Prosperity issued the following news release on May 9, 2023: Americans for Prosperity (AFP) today announced expansion to all 50 states in the country. This comes as the organization launches the largest grassroots effort to date to Reignite the American Dream by inspiring and empowering more Americans to get engaged in public policy debates and demand better from elected leaders heading into the 2024 election cycle. AFP has brick-and-mortar c  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 11 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 10, 2023, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region - April 2023": * * * Area prices were up 0.2 percent over the past month, up 3.8 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the Northeast Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), increased by 0.2 percent in April, the  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 11 (TNSeco) -- Brown University issued the following news release on May 10, 2023: On an auspiciously bright spring morning, health care and education leaders joined elected officials for a ceremonial groundbreaking of the Brown University Labor and Delivery Center -- a state-of-the-art unit at Care New England's Women & Infants Hospital, named in recognition of a $5 million gift from Brown in support of the project. Hospital leaders said the new facility will rep  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 11 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on May 10, 2023: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that his administration is awarding approximately $3.7 million in state funding to aid in the purchase and protection of more than 1,025 acres of open space in 14 communities throughout Connecticut. Additionally, $46,875 will aid in the creation of five new community gardens and green spaces in a targeted investment community. The selected proj  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 10 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release on May 9, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that DAVID QUINTANA, 35, of East Hartford, and EDGAR QUINTANA, 33, of Hartford, have been charged by indictment with fentanyl distribut  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, May 10 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release on May 9, 2023: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Zahir Allah, 42, of Springfield, Massachusetts was sentenced today to serve 34 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, specifically cocaine, cocaine base and fentanyl. United States Distr  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 11 (TNSjou) -- Harvard University's T.H. Chan School of Public Health issued the following news release: In the wake of an opioid-related event such as an overdose, infection, or detox admission, White patients received medication for opioid use disorder (OUD) up to 80% more frequently than Black patients and up to 25% more frequently than Hispanic patients, according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Dartmouth College.  more

KANSAS CITY, Kansas, May 11 (TNSjou) -- The University of Kansas Medical Center issued the following news: * * * The "Eat, Sleep, Console" care approach was more effective than standard of care to treat newborns exposed to opioids in the womb, according to a national clinical trial in which KU Medical Center participated. * * * Every 18 minutes, a newborn baby in the United States is diagnosed with neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS). Born to mothers with an addiction to opioids that   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 11 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Rachael S. Rollins, issued the following news release on May 10, 2023: A Boston man pleaded guilty today to drug distribution offense involving fentanyl and a fentanyl analogue known as para-fluorofentanyl. Melvin Cordero, 41, pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and p-fluorofentanyl. U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns scheduled sentencing   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 11 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Rachael S. Rollins, issued the following news release on May 10, 2023: A New York woman was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for trafficking five kilograms of fentanyl from New York City. Shanese DeJesus, 25, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV to 21 months in prison and three years of supervised release. In September 2022, DeJesus pleaded guilty to one count of   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 11 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Rachael S. Rollins, issued the following news release on May 10, 2023: A Providence man pleaded guilty yesterday to his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed fentanyl across Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Yeury Francisco Garcia-Rodriguez, 32, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl. U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroug  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Washington, issued the following news release on May 10, 2023: Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) delivered opening remarks at today's Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee hearing on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) FY24 budget. The hearing focused on how the agency is using resources to advance President Biden's climate agenda, which is jeopardizing energy grid reliability,   more

WASHINGTON, May 11 (TNSawa) -- The National Aeronautic Association issued the following news release on May 10, 2023: The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) is pleased to announce that Dr. Anita Sengupta is selected as the recipient of the 2022 Katherine and Marjorie Stinson Trophy. As shared in her nomination package, Dr. Sengupta is being honored in part "for two decades as an engineering innovator in the fields of space exploration and aviation, and for providing mentorship and aerospace  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration issued the following news release: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is announcing awards in four grant programs devoted to combating the overdose epidemic on multiple fronts. The grant awards total nearly $11.3 million in additional funding to programs and support the President's Unity Agenda focus on beating the nation's opioid   more

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 10 (TNSgov) -- The Natural Resources Council of Maine issued the following joint news release on May 9, 2023, with National Wildlife Federation: Senator Susan Collins has signed onto a bipartisan wildlife conservation bill, the Recovering America's Wildlife Act, that will dedicate $1.4 billion annually to locally led efforts to help at-risk wildlife species nationwide. "Maine's rich array of unique and charismatic wildlife is a big part of our state's outdoor heritage," sai  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. Brian Higgins, D-New York, issued the following news release on May 10, 2023: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, and U.S. Representatives Mike Kelly, R-Pa., and Brian Higgins, D-N.Y., today led members of Congress to introduce legislation in the Senate and House designating U.S. Highway 20 between Newport, Ore. and New England as the "National Medal of Honor Highway." "Stretching 372 miles, US Route 20 is New York State's longest highway, in ad  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on May 9, 2023: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is announcing the final decision to downlist the Furbish's lousewort from endangered to threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA). The status change is a milestone for the perennial plant, which was one of the first to be protected under the ESA. At the time of listing, the species faced a heightened r  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, May 11 (TNSjou) -- The University of Virginia issued the following research news: Nearly 70% of Parkinson's patients who received a high-tech, scalpel-free procedure to ease movement problems caused by Parkinson's disease responded positively to the treatment, according to results of the major international trial recently published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine. University of Virginia neurosurgeon Dr. Jeff Elias and collaborators used focused ult  more