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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Connecticut Newsletter for Sunday July 28, 2024 ( 7 items )  

Community Foundation for Greater New Haven: 2024 Responsive Grant Awards
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 26 -- The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven issued the following news release: * * * The Community Foundation delivers $4.63 million to local nonprofits in a year of high demand for funding * * * The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven has awarded $4,626,285 in grants to a large and diverse group of nonprofit organizations serving Greater New Haven through its annual responsive grants program. Grants are being given to 142 nonprofits, a record to  more

EPA Announces $450 Million to Connecticut, New England Coalition from Inflation Reduction Act's Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Program
WASHINGTON, July 22 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Hartford, CT Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) along with coalition partners in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island was awarded $450,000,000 in funding as part of the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) program implementation awards. In addition to the regional New Engl  more

Ethiopia: More than 1,320 Children Under the Age of Five Remain at Risk Following Week of Deadly Landslides
WESTPORT, Connecticut, July 26 -- 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: [Category: Sociological] Addis Ababa (July 26, 2024)--Hundreds of children living in the remote Gofa zone of Southern Ethiopia remain at risk of death and injury from rain-induced disasters after surviving a series of landslides that killed at least 257 people, said Save the Children. On   more

Fresh Produce Direct From Farms Could Be Coming Soon to Your Door, via Farmers Post
WASHINGTON, July 25 (TNSres) -- World Wildlife Fund issued the following news release: Farmers Post, an initiative led by World Wildlife Fund in partnership with the U.S. Postal Service, is making strides toward the goal of connecting farms to consumers with same-day or next-day deliveries of fresh fruits and vegetables. A new WWF Markets Institute report outlines progress on the initiative to date, including learnings from two successful and ongoing pilot projects in Connecticut and Virginia.   more

LIMRA: U.S. Annuity Sales Set New Record in First Half of 2024
WINDSOR, Connecticut, July 25 (TNSres) -- LIMRA issued the following news release: * * * New quarterly records set for fixed indexed annuity and registered indexed-linked annuity sales * * * Total U.S. annuity sales were $215.2 billion in the first half of 2024, a 19% jump from prior year results, according to preliminary results from LIMRA's U.S. Individual Annuity Sales Survey, which represents 92% of the total U.S. annuity market. This is a new sales record for the first six months of a y  more

PHILIPPINES: School Suspended After Powerful Storm Wreaks Havoc with Warnings Over Disease - Save the Children
WESTPORT, Connecticut, July 25 -- 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: [Category: Sociological] MANILA, (July 25, 2024) Classes across the Philippines were suspended on Thursday[1] following a powerful typhoon that swept across the country and has made its way to Taiwan, Save the Children said.Footage shared by news outlets[2] and on social media showed peopl  more

Warde Manuel to Receive 2024 NFF John L. Toner Award
IRVING, Texas, July 24 -- The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame issued the following news release on July 23, 2024: * * * Michigan Athletics Director to be honored for excellence in athletics administration during 66th NFF Annual Awards Dinner Presented by Las Vegas on Dec. 10. * * * The National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame announced today that Warde Manuel, the Donald R. Shepherd Director of Athletics at the University of Michigan who also headed the  more