BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 23 -- CareQuest Institute for Oral Health issued the following news release: CareQuest Institute for Oral Health, a leading national nonprofit focused on creating a more accessible, equitable, and integrated oral health system, has awarded more than $2.3 million in grant funds to help advance equity in oral health across the nation. Grants were awarded to 14 organizations across the country from Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Texas, V  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, May 24 -- Vermont Conservation Voters posted the following news release on May 23, 2024: In a dismaying attempt to obstruct Vermont's environmental and economic progress, today Governor Scott vetoed compromise legislation aimed at modernizing the Renewable Energy Standard and setting the state on a path to delivering 100% renewable electricity by 2035. By vetoing H.289, which was supported by nearly all of the state's electric utilities, along with a host of environmental   more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, May 22 -- The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation issued the following news release: Governor Phil Scott vetoed a bill Monday that would have protected bees and other wildlife from widespread contamination from neonicotinoid insecticides. May 20 is the United Nations-designated World Bee Day. H.706, an act relating to banning the use of neonicotinoid pesticides, phases out the use of neonicotinoid treated seeds on field crops by 2029 and places restrictions on som  more