HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 7 (TNScapv)(TNStalk) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut issued the following statement on June 6, 2023: * * * Today, the Connecticut General Assembly passed An Act Concerning State Voting Rights in Recognition of John R. Lewis ("CTVRA") as part of the state budget. The CTVRA is 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 through  more

NEW YORK, June 6 (TNSgov) -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., issued the following news release: Attorneys for the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU Foundation of Connecticut will defend the state's transgender-inclusive student athletics policy on behalf of two transgender athletes before a full panel hearing of the Second Circuit Court of Appe  more

NEW YORK, June 6 (TNSgov) -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following news release: Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing four female athletes will be available for media interviews Tuesday following a hearing at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit. The athletes--Selina Soule, Chelsea Mitchell, Alanna Smith, and Ashley Nicoletti--were consistently deprived of honors and opportunities to compete at elite levels because the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Con  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, June 9 (TNSres) -- The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists issued the following news release: * * * Postgraduate Training Fellowship Focuses on Leadership and Management * * * ASHP has selected Alex Duarte and Maria Cho as the 2023-2024 Executive Fellows in Association Leadership and Management. The yearlong fellowship provides the Executive Fellows with hands-on training under the guidance of ASHP executives in all facets of not-for-profit association leadershi  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 (TNSgov) -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on June 7, 2023: The Connecticut chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIRCT), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the distribution of racist letters in Thompson, Conn. State troopers are investigating hundreds of "racist, hate-filled letters" were letters delivered to residents earlier this week. "We condemn this devious a  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 9 -- The Connecticut Business and Industry Association issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: The 2023 General Assembly brought welcome relief for taxpayers and residents, while missing significant opportunities to help struggling small employers, the state's largest business organization said today. CBIA president and CEO Chris DiPentima welcomed the income tax cuts--the first since the income tax was implemented in 1991--that were a feature of a state   more

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, June 7 (TNStalk) -- The Center for Medicare Advocacy issued the following statement on June 6, 2023: * * * Today, pharmaceutical company Merck filed a lawsuit against the Medicare program in an effort to stop progress being made on drug pricing in Medicare through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), signed into law by President Biden in 2022. Judy Stein, Executive Director of the Center for Medicare Advocacy, stated: "This is yet another example of an extremely profit  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 7 -- The Connecticut Business and Industry Association issued the following news release on June 6, 2023, and a letter: The state's largest business organization today warned that legislation giving small business and nonprofit employees access to affordable, quality healthcare coverage is being compromised by "a deliberate misinformation campaign." In a letter sent today to members of the state House of Representatives, CBIA president and CEO Chris DiPentima urged   more

WASHINGTON, June 9 (TNSgov) -- The Council of Chief State School Officers issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: Connecticut State Department of Education Commissioner Charlene Russell-Tucker testified today at a U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing, "Why Are So Many American Youth in a Mental Health Crisis? Exploring Causes and Solutions." Russell-Tucker discussed the extensive efforts Connecticut has undertaken to support students' mental health nee  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 (TNStalk) -- EMILY's List issued the following statement on June 7, 2023: * * * Today marks the 58th anniversary of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision Griswold v. Connecticut. The case affirmed that the Constitution protects the privacy of married couples when obtaining contraceptives, and has protected that right for all Americans for 58 years. EMILYs List President Laphonza Butler released the following statement marking the anniversary of this historic Supreme Court  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 7 (TNSgov) -- Everytown for Gun Safety issued the following news release on June 6, 2023: The Connecticut chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety's grassroots network, issued the following statement today after Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed HB 6667, a gun safety bill addressing gun violence, also known as the "Governor's Bill." On Saturday, the bill passed the Senate. HB 6667, the "Governor's Bill,"   more

NORWALK, Connecticut, June 9 (TNSrpt) -- The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued the following news on June 8, 2023: The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) today issued a new chapter of its Conceptual Framework that describes a reporting entity. The Conceptual Framework is a body of interrelated objectives and fundamentals that provides the FASB with a useful tool as it sets standards. A Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts is nonauthoritative and does not establish or ch  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 8 (TNStalk) -- The Institute for Justice issued the following statement on June 7, 2023: * * * Last week a Connecticut couple filed a lawsuit against the state's Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, accusing the department of violating their Fourth Amendment rights by attaching a camera to a bear to spy on their property without a warrant. The couple, Mark and Carol Brault, allege the department affixed a camera to the bear and released it near their lan  more

NEW YORK, June 7 (TNSgov) -- LatinoJustice PRLDEF issued the following joint news release on June 6, 2023, with 28 organization: Today, the Connecticut General Assembly passed An Act Concerning State Voting Rights in Recognition of John R. Lewis ("CTVRA") as part of the state budget. The CTVRA is 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 contents o  more

WINDSOR, Connecticut, June 8 (TNSres) -- LIMRA issued the following news release on June 7, 2023: Total U.S. retail life insurance new annualized premium fell 7% in the first quarter 2023 to $3.75 billion, yet the number of policies sold increased 4% from the prior year. This represents the highest policy sales growth since the second quarter 2021, during the height of the pandemic sales surge. "Sixty-one percent of the total policy growth was from whole life and term sales and driven primaril  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 6 (TNSgov) -- The National Association for Gun Rights issued the following news release: The National Association for Gun Rights (NAGR)'s lawsuit NAGR v. Lamont (U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut, 3:22:cv-01118) has a preliminary injunction hearing in federal district court. The National Foundation for Gun Rights, NAGR's legal arm, is suing the state of Connecticut to overturn their assault weapon and magazine ban. "With the decision handed down in Bruen  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 8 (TNSgov) -- The National Association of State Credit Union Supervisors issued the following news release: The National Association of State Credit Union Supervisors (NASCUS) proudly announces the first round of signatures to the Cooperative Interstate Agreement for the Supervision of State-Chartered Credit Unions. As of this release, signatories of the agreement include: Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Missou  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 9 (TNSres) -- Save the Sound issued the following news release: The 2023 state legislative session was characterized by incremental progress, as legislators and advocates alike adapted to new norms in the Connecticut General Assembly's first fully in-person session in three years. Measures that will protect public health, clean water, and habitats passed in the final days of session, while there were significant missed opportunities on climate action and reducing pl  more