WESTPORT, Connecticut, Oct. 30 -- 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 Oct. 28, 2023: Children are at heightened risk of loss of life, physical harm, severe emotional distress, and protracted displacement following the announced "expanded ground operations" by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip, said Save the Children. Children will bear the brunt of the "int  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 31 -- The Connecticut Business and Industry Association issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2023: The state's largest business organization today released its annual legislative scorecards, reflecting key state Senate and House votes from the 2023 General Assembly session. Votes were scored for 10 key bills, chosen for their potential impact on Connecticut's economy and overall business climate. CBIA's Transform Connecticut policy solutions--supported by   more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Nov. 4 (TNSres) -- The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven issued the following news: * * * Report from The Community Foundation and Valley Community Foundation finds middle-skill job opportunities that do not require college degrees. * * * As job openings across a range of industries and employment sectors in Connecticut sit unfilled, thousands of potential applicants remain on the sidelines because of disconnections between employers and the workforce trainin  more

WINDSOR, Connecticut, Nov. 3 -- LIMRA issued the following news release: With a majority of carriers reporting higher results in the third quarter, total individual life insurance new annualized premium increased 5% to $3.7 billion year-over-year, according to the preliminary results from LIMRA's U.S. Retail Individual Life Insurance Sales surveys and estimates. Similarly, 6 in 10 carriers experienced policy sales growth, driving number of policies sold to increase 4% in the third quarter. In   more

WESTPORT, Connecticut, Oct. 30 -- 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 statement on Oct. 29, 2023: * * * One truck carrying 45,000 bottles of water from Save the Children has arrived in Gaza today, as part of the small group of aid trucks which have been approved entry through the Rafah crossing. Another truck carrying another 45,000 bottles of water is likely to cross in  more

WESTPORT, Connecticut, Oct. 30 -- 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 statement on Oct. 29, 2023: * * * The number of children reported killed in Gaza in just three weeks has surpassed the annual number of children killed across the world's conflict zones since 2019, Save the Children said. Since October 7, more than 3,257 children have been reported killed, including at  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Nov. 2 -- The Sierra Club issued the following statement on Nov. 1, 2023: * * * Today, in a divided decision, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruled against the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), and preventing the Department of Environmental Protection from enforcing the rule. RGGI is the nation's first regional market-based program to set limits on carbon pollution, and generates funding for clean energy by requiring fossil fuel companies to pay for perm  more

NORWALK, Connecticut, Nov. 3 -- The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation issued the following news on Nov. 2, 2023: The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation(R) (MMRF(R)) announced today the recipients of three $7 million MMRF Myeloma Accelerator Challenge (MAC) Program Grants totaling $21 million. Each of these three-year multicenter translational projects aim to foster collaboration and advance compelling hypotheses that are ready for rapid testing in clinical trials, a critical step in the MM  more