BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 25 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on Sept. 24, 2024: * * * Boston Public Health Commission and partners prevent overdose deaths and expand treatment as part of National Recovery Month campaign. * * * Mayor Michelle Wu, the City of Boston, and the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) today announced five community organizations that are receiving funding to prevent overdose deaths and provide substance use treatment in neighborhoods seeing  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 25 -- Foley Hoag, a law firm, issued the following news: Foley Hoag LLP partner Donald Ware was recently named to Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly's Hall of Fame, featuring "icons of the local legal community." The award described Ware as "a pillar of the intellectual property bar in Massachusetts," who has "litigated and prevailed in some of the most consequential and complex patent case of the last 50 years, helping shape IP law in the state as counsel to many of the   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 25 -- G.E. Vernova, an energy company, issued the following news release: * * * - GE Vernova to repower five wind turbines in Italy, utilizing its workhorse 6.1 MW-158m turbine - Repower program offers customers an affordable way to upgrade aging turbines * * * Hamburg, Germany (September 25, 2024) - GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE: GEV) announced today that it has been selected by IVPC Group to repower five wind turbines at its Montefalcone wind farm in Italy. Repower  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 25 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2024: Governor Maura Healey today welcomed Olena Zelenska, First Lady of Ukraine, to the Massachusetts State House. At a meeting in the Governor's Ceremonial Office with First Lady Joanna Lydgate and Ukranian officials, Governor Healey expressed Massachusetts' and the United States' strong support for the people of Ukraine. They also discussed their shared commitment to ensuring  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 25 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2024: * * * One of the largest grant programs of its kind nationally for cannabis entrepreneurs from communities harmed by War on Drugs * * * Today, the Healey-Driscoll Administration launched the Cannabis Social Equity Grant Program, a new program through the state's Cannabis Social Equity Trust Fund within the Executive Office of Economic Development designed to support Mas  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 25 -- The Massachusetts Executive Office of Economic Development issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2024: * * * One of the largest grant programs of its kind nationally for cannabis entrepreneurs from communities harmed by War on Drugs * * * Today, the Healey-Driscoll Administration launched the Cannabis Social Equity Grant Program, a new program through the state's Cannabis Social Equity Trust Fund within the Executive Office of Economic Development   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 25 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Global Law Firm Announces Leadership Team Focused on Clients * * * Ropes & Gray announced today that Julie Jones has been renewed for a second term as Chair of the 1,500-lawyer global firm. Neill Jakobe has been appointed Vice Chair for a five-year term beginning in January 2025. David Djaha, who has served as Managing Partner, is retiring in 2025 and will complete his five-year term in December 2  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 25 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2024: Today, Governor Healey signed into law an ambitious plan to dramatically improve the state's ability to bring in federal funding for infrastructure, climate and economic development projects. The legislation unlocks unprecedented resources for communities to compete for federal grants, clearing the way for further federal investment in the Massachusetts priorities. The l  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 25 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on Sept. 24, 2024: Today, Mayor Michelle Wu announced she has appointed Kairos Shen to be the City's new Chief of Planning. In this role, Shen will lead the City of Boston Planning Department, which was established by Mayor Wu in July of 2024 to restore planning as a core function of City government. Shen will build on the work launched under former Chief Arthur Jemison, moving the city to a consistent and mod  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 25 -- Mintz, a law firm, issued the following news release: Mintz is pleased to be the exclusive legal partner of The Engine's 2024 "Tough Tech Week" summit taking place October 7-11 in Boston. The Engine is an accelerator program started by MIT that works together with Engine Ventures, a premier VC investor, to address the planet's most challenging problems through coordinated innovation. Tough Tech Week is a series of events convening innovators and investors wit  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 25 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray represented Sanofi in a $27 million strategic investment in Ventyx Biosciences, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing oral therapies for a broad range of inflammatory diseases with significant unmet medical need. Sanofi purchased 70,601 of the Company's Series A non-voting convertible preferred stock, each share of which is initially convertible into 100 shares of co  more