FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts, May 21 -- Ameresco, a cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, issued the following news release on May 20, 2024: FRAMINGHAM, MA and HENDERSON, NV -- Ameresco, Inc., (NYSE: AMRC), a leading cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, today announced its collaboration with the City of Henderson to upgrade street lighting infrastructure with state-of-the-art LED technology. The $21 million project, awa  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 21 -- Foley Hoag, a law firm, issued the following news: Judge Thomas M. Horan of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware has confirmed Pear Therapeutics, Inc.'s and Pear Therapeutics (US) Inc's Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Liquidation. Pear filed for Chapter 11 protection in April 2023, listing $5.7 million in cash and over $500 million in other assets mostly consisting of net operating losses and intercompany receivables, and $130 million in total liabil  more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, May 21 -- Hampshire College issued the following news: On Saturday, May 18, Hampshire College hosted its 54th Commencement ceremony, conferring degrees to 81 graduates. They were joined by family, friends, and caregivers celebrating their accomplishments. The ceremony started with student moderator Abdul Raffey Shakoor 21S, followed by a welcome from Board of Trustees Chair Jose Fuentes 05F and a land acknowledgment by Assistant Dean of Collaborative and Community-Engag  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 21 (TNSres) -- Harvard University's T.H. Chan School of Public Health issued the following news release: Replacing diesel school buses with electric school buses may yield up to $247,600 in climate and health benefits per individual bus, according to a new study by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The researchers found that these benefits--including fewer greenhouse gas emissions and reduced rates of adult mortality and childhood asthma--and t  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 21 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell has led a coalition of 19 attorneys general in calling on the U.S. Department of Education to swiftly implement recently proposed regulations, which would provide needed relief for some of the nation's most burdened student loan borrowers and help address the student debt crisis. The proposed regulations would waive or reduce s  more

VATICAN CITY, Europe, May 21 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on May 20, 2024: Massachusetts Governor Maura T. Healey, Boston Mayor Michele Wu and University of Massachusetts Boston Chancellor Marcelo Suarez-Orozco last week joined Pope Francis, Mayors and Governors across the world in signing the Planetary Action for Climate Change Resilience. The document, which was authored in part by Chancellor Suarez-Orozco and Massachusetts Climate Chief Melissa Hof  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 21 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Department of Revenue issued the following mid-month revenue report: Mid-Month Revenue reports display how much tax revenue has been collected halfway through a given month by the Massachusetts Department of Revenue. * * * Please note: Revenue collections are uneven and weighted toward month-end, and the brief period covered in the mid-month does not provide sufficient data for comparison to prior years. Therefore, the Department str  more

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, May 21 (TNSres) -- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. issued the following news release: Americans' bags are packed for summer vacation, whether or not their wallets can spare it, according to the latest Consumer Spending & Saving Index from MassMutual. The quarterly survey captures consumers' financial habits, beliefs, and predictions in the current environment. "Attending to the delicate balance of 'wants' with 'commitments' is very real, and even more real f  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 21 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority issued the following news on May 20, 2024: Today, the MBTA and the Town of Arlington announced the extension of the shared bus/bike lane project on Massachusetts Avenue in East Arlington made possible through funding received from the MassDOT Shared Streets and Spaces Grant. Installation of the extension of the shared bus/bike lane is scheduled to begin May 20 with completion anticipated in the next few day  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 21 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray advised Erasca, Inc., a precision oncology company, in an exclusive license agreement for a pre-clinical RAS mutation targeting program with a potent oral tumor inhibitor, a potential best-in-class pan-RAS molecular glue called ERAS-0015. The transaction was announced on May 16. Under the license agreement, in exchange for an exclusive license to develop and commercialize ERAS-0015 in the Erasc  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 21 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: More cryptocurrency companies are taking an aggressive response in publicly disclosing they have received a Wells notice from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission notifying the organization of potential enforcement action. This includes crypto exchange Coinbase Global that posted a video response online to the SEC. Recently Robinhood Markets disclosed in a securities filing that its crypto arm may fa  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 21 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: In an article for Law 360, litigation & enforcement partners Doug Hallward-Driemeier and Laura Hoey, and health care counsel Alison Fethke examined how the federal government's False Claims Act settlement involving California-based biotech Ultragenyx may punish and deter conduct that benefits patients and poses little risk of fraud and abuse. "The settlement agreement illustrates a trend in AKS enforcement   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 21 -- The University of Massachusetts System issued the following statements on May 20, 2024: * * * UMass President Marty Meehan and UMass Board of Trustees Chair Stephen Karam offered the following statements in response to a motion by the UMass Amherst faculty. "As I have shared previously, Chancellor Javier Reyes has my unwavering support and confidence to lead the UMass Amherst campus. He continues to guide the campus through this difficult moment with integrity  more

ORONO, Maine, May 21 (TNSres) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: Nicholas Giudice, professor of spatial computing at the University of Maine, co-authored an award winning paper about developing robot guide dogs to assist people with visual impairments. In an effort led by researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Giudice helped outline the first user-driven guidelines on the needs and design specifications for robot guide dogs. The research article, a  more