HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 19 (TNSres) -- The Connecticut Business and Industry Association issued the following news release on May 18, 2023: The state's largest business organization issued the following response to today's release of the April 2023 employment report. "The April employment report highlights the state's labor market challenges," CBIA president and CEO Chris DiPentima said. "We saw a loss of 900 jobs last month, while March's previously reported gains of 1,100 jobs were revis  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 16 (TNSper) -- The Connecticut Health Foundation issued the following news release: Kevin Collins is joining the Connecticut Health Foundation as director of grantmaking, and Tonia Douglas is the foundation's new program officer. Collins comes to the foundation from Health Equity Solutions, where he served as director of training and outreach, leading the organization's educational and training programs, and overseeing community engagement and outreach. He previously  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, May 17 -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, issued the following news release on May 15, 2023: Save the Children, International Rescue Committee, and CARE today call for an immediate stop to the return of children in institutional care centers from Poland to Ukraine. The three international humanitarian organizations supporting refugees in Poland are deeply concerned  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 (TNStalk) -- Prosperity Now (formerly the Corporation for Enterprise Development) issued the following statement on May 17, 2023: * * * The following is a statement by Prosperity Now on Connecticut's announcement of Baby Bonds funding. Prosperity Now celebrates the commitment from Connecticut lawmakers to invest directly in Connecticut's most vulnerable children born into poverty. By implementing Baby Bonds across the state of Connecticut, $600 million will be invested over  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 20 (TNSgov) -- The Rail Passengers Association (formerly National Association of Railroad Passengers) issued the following news release: Rail Passengers Association joined Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut this morning to highlight the impact of proposed federal cuts to passenger rail investment. Rail Passengers President and CEO Jim Mathews joined Congresswoman DeLauro and City of New Haven Director of Transportation Sandeep Aysola to warn about the potentia  more

WESTPORT, Connecticut, May 18 -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, issued the following news release: The economic impact of the earthquakes that ripped through southern Turkiye and northern Syria 100 days ago threatens to push at least another 665,000 Syrians into hunger, with doctors and aid agencies warning that levels of child stunting and maternal malnutrition are reaching levels never   more

WESTPORT, Connecticut, May 15 -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, issued the following news release on May 13, 2023: Four days into the escalation of violence in Gaza that spilled into southern Israel, Save the Children says it is unable to reach over five thousand Palestinians who are food insecure in the Gaza strip, as aid agencies are forced to suspend their programs. Following the esca  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, May 18 -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, issued the following news release on May 17, 2023: Armed groups occupying health facilities and looting supplies in Sudan are taking lifesaving treatment from millions of children and their families, Save the Children said, with new data showing the number of people in need has jumped about 57%. The child rights organizatio  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 (TNSrpt) -- The National Academy of Public Administration issued the following news release on May 15, 2023: A Panel of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) today released an "Assessment of Coast Guard Academy Admissions Processes," a report for the U.S. Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) that provides recommendations to ensure that the admissions process results in increased diversity among future classes of cadets. "Since its founding in 1876, the U.S. Coast Guard  more