HAMDEN, Connecticut, March 15 (TNSres) -- Quinnipiac University Poll has issued the following news release on March 14, 2024: * * * 79% Of Dems Want Gov. Whitmer To Run For President In The Future * * * With the 2024 general election campaigns underway, former President Donald Trump leads President Joe Biden in the key state of Michigan in a 5-way race that includes independent and Green Party candidates, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) University poll of registered voters in Mic  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, March 15 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: * * * * ESPN goes to Kansas City for Current-Portland Thorns FC season-opening match Saturday, beginning at 12:30 p.m. ET on ABC, ESPN+ and ESPN Deportes * Interviews with KC Current ownership: Brittany and Patrick Mahomes, and Angie and Chris Long * 20 NWSL matches across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN+ and ESPN Deportes; three playoff games on ABC * Season-long NWSL coverage across  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, March 16 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release: Emmy award winning television host Amina Smith has joined ESPN as an anchor for SportsCenter, the network's signature news and information program. She will begin work on April 2. For the past three years, Smith has been a multi-platform host and on-air talent with NBC Sports Boston, covering the New England Patriots and hosting flagship programming for the Boston Celtics. In 2022, Smith won a Ne  more

MERIDEN, Connecticut, March 14 -- Barnes and Noble, a retailer of content, digital media and educational products, issued the following news release: Barnes & Noble is thrilled to announce the opening of its new Meriden bookstore on Wednesday, March 20th. The new Barnes & Noble is located in the Townline Square Annex (533 S. Broad St., Meriden, CT 06450). The bookstore will officially open to the public at 9AM EDT on Wednesday the 20th, with author Liv Constantine cutting the ribbon and signin  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, March 15 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release: Chipotle has been named title sponsor of the High School Basketball Nationals, now called Chipotle Nationals. The 15th annual tournament features the best high school basketball teams in the country competing in post-season play. The Chipotle Nationals will also have a new home in 2024, taking place at Brownsburg High School near Indianapolis, Ind., from April 4-6. All 12 games will be available a  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 12 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on March 11, 2024: In a brief filed today with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/AG/Press_Releases/2024/23-08-32-AG-Brief-Final.pdf), Attorney General William Tong called regulators to reject a $21.8 million rate hike sought by the Connecticut Water Company. CT Water filed an application with PURA in October seeking to raise the cost of a gallon   more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 14 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: Attorney General William Tong today submitted testimony (https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/AG/Press_Releases/2024/31324-AI-revenge-porn-testimony-JUD-FINAL.pdf) supporting House Bill No. 5421, An Act Concerning Unlawful Dissemination of Intimate Images that are Digitally Altered or Created Through the Use of Artificial Intelligence. The bill seeks to update the existing   more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 15 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Governor Ned Lamont is urging the Connecticut General Assembly to approve legislation he proposed for consideration this session that will enact a new consumer rights law requiring upfront pricing on all event tickets, hotel and short-term rental accommodations, and food and beverage sale and delivery services, and accordingly prohibit the increasingly common practice of adding unexpected, mand  more

STAMFORD, Connecticut, March 13 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Banking Commissioner Jorge Perez today participated in a ceremony to announce that Banking Circle US, a fintech payments bank for the new economy, has opened its U.S. headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut. The company recently received its charter and certificate of authority from the Connecticut Department of Banking. "Connecticut is fast   more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 14 (TNSres) -- The Connecticut Department of Transportation issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) today highlighted a $2 million federal grant it received from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT). The grant funding enables the preliminary engineering, environmental documentation, and public outreach for the River Gateway component of the Greater Hartford Mobility Study. The Greater Hartfo  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 13 -- The Connecticut Department of Transportation issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) is alerting customers of the upcoming temporary weekday train service adjustment effective Monday, March 18, 2024, through late-August 2024, on the Hartford Line (HL). This service adjustment is to accommodate Amtrak's Continuous Welded Rail project which will keep the railroad in a state of good repair. Trackwo  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 16 -- The Connecticut Democratic Party issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: George Logan, Republican candidate for the 5th Congressional District, will welcome ultra-conservative Speaker of the House Mike Johnson to Connecticut for a fundraising gala on Saturday, further cementing his lurch into extreme MAGA politics. Logan, who has never conceded that Joe Biden won the 2020 election and has also hosted Kentucky Congressman James Comer whose groundl  more

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, March 13 -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news: The Northeast Organic Farming Association of Connecticut (CT NOFA) will hold its winter conference at Eastern Connecticut State University on March 23 in partnership with Eastern's Institute of Sustainability. The conference will offer workshops on topics such as farming, seed saving, organic land care, community food security and social justice. Peer learning discussion groups also will be he  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, March 13 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release on March 11, 2024: ESPN BET, the official sportsbook of ESPN, has debuted "Delivery," a new advertisement featuring ESPN SportsCenter Anchor Scott Van Pelt and SportsCenter Commentator and Sports Betting Analyst 'Stanford' Steve Coughlin. Every year the world stops and comes together to watch college basketball in March. To celebrate the college basketball action heating up, it was only natural to  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, March 16 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: ESPN will provide hours of unmatched, multi-platform coverage on Sunday, March 17, including live reactions, analysis and interviews as both the men's and women's brackets are revealed for their respective NCAA Basketball Championships. Coverage and analysis will be begin early Sunday with the men's College GameDay crew of Rece Davis, Jay Bilas, Seth Greenberg and Jay Williams o  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, March 15 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release on March 14, 2024: * * * * New look and feel makes completing brackets and following results even easier, faster and more fun * Tournament brackets available Sunday night, March 17, following Selection Sunday shows on ESPN * Fans who correctly pick National Champions entered to win Grand Prizes * Tournament Challenge Marathon: Five days of analysis, advice and more, beginning Sunday night * Ex  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, March 12 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release: ESPN's Champ Week Presented by Principal begins across ESPN platforms on Monday, March 11, featuring more than 120 men's college basketball games covering 21 conference tournaments through Sunday, March 17. Before the reveal of the official 68-team bracket, 19 conference champions will punch their tickets to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship. Champ Week will include more than 250   more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, March 13 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release on March 11, 2024: A story of how one team's chemistry turned the Tide, the latest SEC Storied documentary is "BAMA SB," chronicling the magical path of the 2012 Alabama softball team as they stormed through the season and knocked off perennial powerhouse Oklahoma to capture the SEC's first ever NCAA Women's College World Series title. The film, presented by T-Mobile 5G Home Internet, will air on M  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, March 16 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release: Pete Distad, an experienced leader in media, sports and technology, has been named CEO of the new sports streaming service - a joint venture formed by ESPN, FOX and Warner Bros. Discovery. Distad, who most recently served as an executive at Apple for a decade following six years at Hulu, will assume oversight of all aspects of the joint venture, including overall strategy, distribution, marketing,  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, March 15 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release on March 14, 2024: UFC action continues this weekend with UFC Fight Night: Tuivasa vs. Tybura live from the UFC APEX in Las Vegas on Saturday, March 16. The main card begins at 7 p.m. ET with the prelims starting at 4 p.m., both available on ESPN+ and SiriusXM Fight Nation. Main Event: * No. 9 UFC heavyweight Tai Tuivasa collides with No. 10 Marcin Tybura in a hard-hitting main event. Tuivasa (15  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, March 13 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release: ESPN platforms kick off more than 70 hours of spring football programming in mid-March, as spring games and Pro Days take center stage across the college football landscape over the coming months. Spring game action begins with Missouri's Black & Gold Spring Game on Saturday, March 16 on SEC Network+ and ESPN+, one of nearly three dozen team exhibitions scheduled for ESPN platforms over the next   more

STAMFORD, Connecticut, March 13 -- Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company, issued the following news release: By 2028, 25% of all logistics key performance indicator (KPI) reporting will be powered by generative AI (GenAI), according to Gartner, Inc. "GenAI presents an opportunity for logistics leaders to uncover additional insights from logistics data and drive operational efficiency," said Carly West, Senior Director Analyst in Gartner's Supply Chain practice. "KPI   more

STAMFORD, Connecticut, March 12 -- Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company, issued the following news release: By 2028, one-third of interactions with generative AI (GenAI) services will use action models and autonomous agents for task completion, according to Gartner, Inc. Autonomous agents are combined systems that achieve defined goals without repeated human intervention, using a variety of AI techniques to make decisions and generate outputs. They have the potentia  more

STAMFORD, Connecticut, March 12 (TNSres) -- Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company, issued the following news release: Forty-one percent of chief audit executives (CAEs) are using, or plan to use, generative AI (GenAI) this year, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc. In a survey of 112 CAEs, conducted from July to August 2023, 12% of respondents said their department was already using GenAI models (such as OpenAI GPT and Google Bard). Another 29% of CAEs had not impl  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 15 -- GE HealthCare, a subsidiary of General Electric, issued the following news release on March 14, 2024: GE HealthCare (Nasdaq: GEHC), a leading global medical technology, pharmaceutical diagnostics, and digital solutions innovator, and Connecticut-based Hartford HealthCare today announced that they have renewed a seven-year collaboration that began in 2016 to now extend through 2030, aiming to advance the healthcare system's mission to provide personalized coord  more

WEST HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 16 -- Legrand, a provider of lighting controls, electrical components and data center solutions, issued the following news release: Legrand, a global leader in electrical wiring devices and cable management solutions, has announced the winners of its annual "Marketeer of the Year" Competition. Comprised of Legrand's electrical distribution partners throughout the United States and Canada, the competition aims to recognize distributors for overall marketing exce  more

WEST HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 13 -- Legrand, a provider of lighting controls, electrical components and data center solutions, issued the following news release: Legrand(R), a global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures, including lighting, announced the following organizational updates within its Lighting Sector Leadership Team at Legrand, North and Central America (LNCA). These changes are effective April 1, 2024, with the executives featured reporting to Tom Lowe  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, March 13 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release on March 11, 2024: ESPN today announces its newest ESPN+ Original Series, Tryouts, will premiere April 10. The gripping seven episode series delves into the heart of America's most intense and high-stakes tryouts, competitions, and auditions, offering viewers a front row seat into the make-or-break moments of real-life hopefuls who are putting everything at stake to secure a coveted spot with the t  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, March 16 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release on March 14, 2024: * * * * NWSL on ESPN kicks off Saturday: Kansas City Current vs. Portland Thorns FC * Emirates FA Cup Quarterfinals Exclusively on ESPN+ in English and Spanish - Manchester City vs. Newcastle on Saturday, and Manchester United vs. Liverpool on Sunday * LALIGA: Griezmann, Depay and Atletico de Madrid hosts FC Barcelona on ESPN+ and ESPN Deportes on Sunday * * * NWSL: Kansas C  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 12 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news: Mega-millionaire David McCormick's Connecticut roots were on display again as he faces scrutiny after a new report details that he doesn't "know the facts" about the Scranton-NYC passenger rail project that would create jobs for Pennsylvanians. McCormick's threats to the bipartisan infrastructure law would jeopardize the rail project and others like it. ICYMI: The Keystone: McCormick, unaware of   more

WATERBURY, Connecticut, March 12 -- Post University issued the following news release: Post University is pleased to announce the appointment of Sandra G. Affenito, Ph.D., as Chief Academic Officer. Dr. Affenito brings a distinct background in higher education, healthcare, industry, private practice, and bio-behavioral research. As Chief Academic Officer, Affenito will provide the executive leadership and vision to ensure enriched, personalized learning experiences for all students to realize t  more

WATERBURY, Connecticut, March 14 -- Post University issued the following news release: The Malcolm Baldrige School of Business at Post University has been distinguished with the 2024 Inspiring Programs in Business Award by Insight Into Diversity magazine, a publication dedicated to diversity and inclusion in higher education. This accolade recognizes educational institutions that actively foster and support students from underrepresented backgrounds in pursuing careers in business. The Malcolm   more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, March 13 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release on March 11, 2024: ESPN today announced Spring Breakout Squeeze Play and three additional MLB Spring Breakout games will stream on ESPN+ on March 15. All games and the whiparound show will be available nationally without local blackout restrictions. Spring Breakout Squeeze Play will be hosted by Dani Wexelman and ESPN MLB Insider Kiley McDaniel. The team will go live on Friday, March 15 at 3 p.m.   more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, March 16 -- General Electric, a manufacturer of appliances, lighting, power systems and other products, issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: Technip Energies (PARIS: TE), leader of a consortium with GE Vernova, and construction partner, Balfour Beatty, received a Letter of Intent from bp, on behalf of NZT Power Limited for the execution phase of the Net Zero Teesside Power (NZT Power) in the United Kingdom. This landmark project is poised to become one o  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, March 16 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release on March 14, 2024: ESPN hosted a production-focused media conference call on Thursday, March 14, with Phil Orlins [Vice President, Production] and Andy Jacobson [Producer] to discuss the start of ESPN's 35th season of Major League Baseball broadcasting. ESPN will exclusively televise 2024 MLB Opening Night - the defending World Series Champion Texas Rangers host the Chicago Cubs - on Thursday, Mar  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 12 -- Trinity College issued the following news: For the first time in nearly 30 years, Trinity College men's basketball will head to the NCAA Division III Final Four, which will be held Thursday and Saturday in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The Bantams, 30-1 and ranked No. 3 in the nation, defeated Calvin University 69-62 on Saturday night at Trinity's Oosting Gym to clinch a spot in the Final Four. They face Trine University of Angola, Indiana, on Thursday, March 14, for   more