COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, May 23 (TNSres) -- The American Association of Physics Teachers issued the following news release: After a rigorous search involving two exams, the American Association of Physics Teachers has identified the top contenders as members of the United States Physics Team. They come from California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Carolina, Washington, and Wisconsin. There are high school freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and senio  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 25 (TNSpp) -- The Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation (formerly the National Osteoporosis Foundation) issued the following news release: Thirteen states across the nation have taken steps through legislation and executive action to tackle the costly and growing problem of osteoporosis. Arizona, Connecticut, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin have passed, introduced legislation,  more

NEW YORK, May 27 (TNStalk)(TNScapv) -- LatinoJustice PRLDEF issued the following statement on May 26, 2023, with 32 organizations: * * * Tonight, the Connecticut Senate voted, with bipartisan support, to pass Senate Bill 1226 (S.B. 1226 or "CTVRA"), a state-level Voting Rights Act that seeks to expand access to the freedom to vote and strengthen protections against voting discrimination for communities of color throughout the state. The bill now moves to the Connecticut House of Representative  more

NEW YORK, May 26 (TNScapv)(TNSgov) -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news on May 25, 2023: The Connecticut Senate voted, with bipartisan support, to pass Senate Bill 1226 (S.B. 1226 or "CTVRA"), a state-level Voting Rights Act that seeks to expand access to the freedom to vote and strengthen protections against voting discrimination for communities of color throughout the state. The bill now moves to the Connecticut House of Representatives, which has the oppo  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, May 26 -- 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: Extreme flooding across Somalia has left about 118,000 children[i] and 101,000 adults homeless, killed 22 people, and left scores more children vulnerable to malnutrition and disease outbreaks, Save the Children said. Heavy rainfall in Somalia and the Ethiopian highlands had led to the wor  more

DARIEN, Connecticut, May 26 (TNSgov) -- Friends of Animals issued the following news release: Friends of Animals is asking the public to stop reporting black bear sightings to the CT Dept. of Energy and Environmental Protection and stop sending videos of black bears at their birdfeeders or tipping over trash cans to the media. "These things are going to get bears in CT killed. Every sighting of a black bear doesn't mean it's a different bear. And a sighting is certainly no cause for alarm," sa  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 (TNSgov) -- The International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers issued the following news release and letter on May 26, 2023: Connecticut Congressman and House Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John Larson, announced the Social Security 2100 Act this week. The legislation, which IFPTE has been a longtime supporter of, strengthens the Social Security trust funds, expands benefits for retirees, and funds the legislation in a progressive and responsib  more

WINDSOR, Connecticut, May 24 (TNSres) -- LIMRA issued the following news release: Total fixed annuity sales increased 101% to $70.9 billion in the first quarter 2023, compared with prior year results. Every major fixed annuity product line experienced at least double-digit growth, according to LIMRA's First Quarter 2023 Individual Annuity Sales Survey. "There are several factors driving the record-level growth in the fixed annuity market," said Todd Giesing, assistant vice president, LIMRA Ann  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, May 25 -- 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 24, 2023: The fate of about 20 million children who face a catastrophic hunger and protection crisis in the Horn of Africa due to accelerating extreme weather events rests in the hands of world leaders meeting in New York on Wednesday, Save the Children said. More than 40 million peo  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, May 26 -- 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 25, 2023: An increasingly regular barrage of nighttime missiles hitting Ukraine is causing children and families significant distress and putting their lives at risk, Save the Children said today. Ukraine's Air Force Command said a total of 107 missiles and about 100 drones have been  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 26 (TNSgov) -- Save the Sound issued the following news release on May 24, 2023: Thursday's Supreme Court ruling in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency is a devastating blow to protection of wetlands across the country, stripping the protections provided by the Clean Water Act dating back to 1977. The 5-4 decision essentially redefines the "Waters of the United States" to exclude wetlands that don't have the continuous surface connection, which will limit seve  more