DOVER, Delaware, May 24 -- Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings issued the following news release on May 23, 2023: Attorney General Kathy Jennings today sued Avid Telecom for allegedly initiating and facilitating billions of illegal robocalls. Avid Telecom sent or transmitted more than 7.5 billion calls to telephone numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry, and made 27 million calls to Delawareans. "We often think of illegal robocalls as a nuisance, but they are also predatory and can   more

DOVER, Delaware, May 23 -- Gov. John C. Carney, D-Delaware, issued the following statement on May 22, 2023: * * * Governor John Carney on Monday released the following statement after U.S. Senator Tom Carper announced he will retire from the U.S. Senate when his term ends in 2025: "Senator Carper is an institution in our state - and a servant leader who has always put the interests of Delaware families first. He has been a tireless advocate for Delaware. And in a time of increasing divisivene  more

WILMINGTON, Delaware, May 23 -- The Delaware Democratic Party issued the following news release on May 22, 2023: Delaware Democratic Party Chair Betsy Maron has released the following statement regarding Senator Tom Carper's retirement announcement. "First and foremost, I want to thank Senator Carper for his years of service to the State of Delaware and to our party. For over forty years he has been committed to serving the First State and hundreds of thousands who call it home. From his early  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 25 (TNSres) -- Drexel University issued the following news release: Over the next 20 years the Philadelphia region will experience more heat waves and frequent extreme precipitation events, according to the most recent projections and analysis by the Consortium for Climate Risk in the Urban Northeast (CCRUN). In hopes of preparing the city for these changes, Drexel University, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, the Academy of Natural Sciences, and   more

WILMINGTON, Delaware, May 26 (TNSrpt) -- DuPont issued the following news release on May 25, 2023: DuPont (NYSE: DD) today announced that they have achieved a key milestone in their STEM Career Catalyst Program with the release of three new STEM career profile videos. The videos, featuring DuPont employees, are geared toward students in grades K-5. The STEM Career Catalyst Program is a three-year partnership between DuPont, Discovery Education and the Delaware Department of Education (DoE). La  more

WILMINGTON, Delaware, May 24 -- AstraZeneca, a biopharmaceutical company, issued the following news release on May 23, 2023: EROS real-world outcomes data show prompt initiation of BREZTRI is associated with a reduced risk of future exacerbations in people living with COPD/1 EXACOS-CV US data highlights increased risk of severe cardiovascular events following an acute COPD exacerbation./2 Results from the EROS real-world retrospective study showed that initiating fixed-dose triple-combination  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 23 -- The Pennsylvania Senate Republicans issued the following news release: Senator Tracy Pennycuick (R-24 Berks/Montgomery) and Senator Amanda M. Cappelletti (D-17 Montgomery/Delaware) have introduced Senate Bill 734, a comprehensive and bipartisan electronic waste recycling bill that would establish an electronic waste recycling program in Pennsylvania. Senate Bill 734 is a bipartisan effort to establish an affordable and accessible electronic waste program in   more