WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Sept. 12 (TNSres) -- Clark University issued the following news: * * * Music Professor Benjamin Korstvedt breaks down Bruckner's sonic legacy * * * By Melissa Hanson A few months after Benjamin Korstvedt '87 graduated from Clark, he bought a handful of 99-cent records. Among them was a recording of Austrian composer Anton Bruckner's second symphony. Korstvedt was hooked and still is decades later. Korstvedt, now the George N. and Selma U. Jeppson Professor of Musi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 11 -- Boston University School of Law issued the following news: * * * Two new clinics led by Jade Brown and Madeline Meth have launched in the Boston University Civil Litigation & Justice Program. * * * For nearly two decades, Rocky Freeman was subject to harsh conditions in a dangerous federal penitentiary due to an error in his pre-sentence report. While the Probation Office knew the information was incorrect, it never amended the report. As a result, Freeman   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 11 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Governors and Premiers pass resolutions to reconvene standing committees on energy and the environment * * * The New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers (NEG-ECP) met to discuss coordinated efforts on shared economic, energy and environmental priorities at the 45th annual NEG-ECP Conference held on September 9 and 10 in Boston, Massachusetts. Discussions built on last y  more

MIAMI, Florida, Sept. 11 -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: BOSTON - Sept. 10, 2024 - Jack S. Gearan, a shareholder in global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP's Labor & Employment Practice, is speaking on a virtual panel for Commonwealth Payroll & HR, "Wage & Hour in Massachusetts: Pitfalls to Avoid," Sept. 10. In this hour-long program, Gearan will break down the latest compliance and enforcement trends, recent Massachusetts legal changes, differences between e  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 11 -- Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2024: Today, Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll joined US Deputy Secretary of Transportation Polly Trottenberg, Congressman Seth Moulton and Mayor Jared Nicholson of Lynn to celebrate that Massachusetts communities and two entities have won $25 million to improve roadway safety. The awards include $9.5 million for Lynn to implement low-cost street design changes to reduce the  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 12 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2024: * * * Bill Proposes to Strengthen State's Financial Reserves; Seeds New Disaster Relief and Resiliency Fund with $11 Million * * * Today, Governor Maura Healey filed a supplemental budget to balance the state's Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) budget and close critical funding gaps for public health, substance use treatment and education, while also building key reserves. The b  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 11 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: In a letter to Congress, Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell and 41 other attorneys general are calling on lawmakers to pass legislation requiring a U.S. surgeon general warning on algorithm-driven social media platforms stating that social media use is associated with significant mental health harms for adolescents. The letter comes amidst growing scrutiny of social media c  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 12 -- The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued the following news release: The Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court invite interested attorneys to apply for appointment to a five-year term on the Clients' Security Board. Pursuant to Supreme Judicial Court Rule 4:04, the Board is comprised of seven volunteer members of the Massachusetts bar. It manages the fund used to reimburse members of the public who have sustained a financial loss caused by the dishone  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 11 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Selection of 2,878 megawatts from three projects will power the equivalent of 1.4 million Massachusetts homes and over 125,000 Rhode Island homes * * * Rhode Island and Massachusetts announced today the selection of 2,878 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind in the first coordinated procurement of its kind. As a part of the procurement, Massachusetts selected 2,678 MW in total from  more