Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Connecticut
AG Brown issues statement at start of trial against Meta over addictive features that harm kids
OLYMPIA, Washington, Aug. 18 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news release:
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AG Brown issues statement at start of trial against Meta over addictive features that harm kids
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Attorney General Nick Brown today issued the following statement as a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general began presenting their case against Meta. The states are alleging that the social media giant knowingly designed and deployed harmful features on Facebook and Instagram
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American Fintech Council Highlights Successful Advocacy and Membership Growth Across Financial Services in First Half of 2026
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- The American Fintech Council, an organization that says it promotes a transparent, inclusive and customer-centric financial system, issued the following news release:
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American Fintech Council (AFC) Highlights Successful Advocacy and Membership Growth Across Financial Services in First Half of 2026
AFC's federal and state advocacy on fintech lending, EWA, payments, bank-fintech partnerships, AI, and emerging technologies is driving change nationwide
Increased webi
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As Federal Immigration Enforcement Expands, New Playbook Helps State and Local Leaders Respond
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The American Immigration Council issued the following news release:
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As Federal Immigration Enforcement Expands, New Playbook Helps State and Local Leaders Respond
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New co-branded platform equips state and local leaders with practical tools for responding when federal immigration enforcement affects communities
NEW HAVEN, CT / WASHINGTON, DC -As cities, counties, and states navigate responding to the impact of federa
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Attorney General James Releases Statement on Start of Trial Against Meta
ALBANY, New York, Aug. 18 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release:
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Attorney General James Releases Statement on Start of Trial Against Meta
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August 18, 2026
NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today released the following statement marking the first day of a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general's trial against Meta for harming young people with deceptive and addictive social media features:
"Meta has built their business aroun
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Attorney General James Secures More Than 140,000 Eggs for Westchester Families
ALBANY, New York, Aug. 17 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release:
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Attorney General James Secures More Than 140,000 Eggs for Westchester Families
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August 17, 2026
NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced the delivery of more than 140,000 eggs to Feeding Westchester in Elmsford as part of a bipartisan multistate settlement with Cal-Maine Foods (Cal-Maine), Versova/Centrum (Versova), and Hickman's Egg Ranch (Hickman's) for
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Attorney General Tong Announces Anesthesia Smoke and Convenience in New Haven to Remain Permanently Closed, Owner to be Barred from Business in the State of Connecticut, Must Pay $100,000 Following Repeated Violations of State Cannabis Laws
HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 18 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Tong Announces Anesthesia Smoke and Convenience in New Haven to Remain Permanently Closed, Owner to be Barred from Business in the State of Connecticut, Must Pay $100,000 Following Repeated Violations of State Cannabis Laws
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(Hartford, CT) - Attorney General William Tong announced today that Anesthesia Smoke and Convenience in New Haven will r
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Attorney General Tong Secures Major Court Victory Protecting Gender Affirming Care Under the Affordable Care Act
HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 18 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Tong Secures Major Court Victory Protecting Gender Affirming Care Under the Affordable Care Act
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(Hartford, CT) -As part of a multistate coalition, Attorney General William Tong on Friday secured a major victory after the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts struck down a key provision of a Trump Administration final rule that
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Avangrid Foundation Partners with Greater Rochester Habitat for Humanity to Advance Workforce Development and Affordable Home Ownership
ORANGE, Connecticut, Aug. 17 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Avangrid, an energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, posted the following news release:
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Avangrid Foundation Partners with Greater Rochester Habitat for Humanity to Advance Workforce Development and Affordable Home Ownership
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Geneva, NY -August 17, 2026 -The Avangrid Foundation, the philanthropic arm of leading energy company Avangrid Inc., a member of the Iberdrola Group, hosted a site tour of the Greater Rochester Habita
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Blumenthal Demands Federal Action to Lower Electricity Costs
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release:
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Blumenthal Demands Federal Action to Lower Electricity Costs
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[Hartford, CT] -U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal today introduced The Affordable Electricity Rates Act of 2026 a bill to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to consider affordability when setting transmission rates.
Transmission rates comprise 15 percent of your electricity bill and Blumenthal's legislation would p
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Blumenthal Joins Senate Armed Services Colleagues to Demand Accountability from Hegseth After Reports of Crisis Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release:
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Blumenthal Joins Senate Armed Services Colleagues to Demand Accountability from Hegseth After Reports of Crisis Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln
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[Hartford, CT] -Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal joined all twelve of his colleagues on the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) minority, as well as the Democratic leaders of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Subcommittee on Defense, in
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Blumenthal Leads Call for Trump to Reverse Costly Directive Restoring Outdated Technology on Aircraft Carriers
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release:
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Blumenthal Leads Call for Trump to Reverse Costly Directive Restoring Outdated Technology on Aircraft Carriers
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[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today called on Donald Trump to reverse a recent national security memorandum directing the Department of Defense to replace electromagnetic catapults with steam-powered
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Blumenthal, Durbin, Hirono, & Merkley Demand Answers After Unqualified Organization with Close Ties to ICE Receives No-Bid Contract to Provide Legal Services to Migrant Children
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release:
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Blumenthal, Durbin, Hirono, & Merkley Demand Answers After Unqualified Organization with Close Ties to ICE Receives No-Bid Contract to Provide Legal Services to Migrant Children
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[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, today pressed Our Rescue, an anti-human trafficking and child exploitation organ
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Connecticut Amended Law to Avoid Religious Exemption Suit, Parents Allege
FRANKLIN LAKES, New Jersey, Aug. 18 -- Children's Health Defense, an organization that says it restores and protects the health of children by eliminating exposures to environmental toxins, issued the following news on Aug. 17, 2026:
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Connecticut Amended Law to Avoid Religious Exemption Suit, Parents Allege
In a response filed Aug. 11 in Stamford Superior Court, attorney Lindy R. Urso accused Gov. Ned Lamont's administration of using a new law to avoid having the courts decide whether th
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Elena Camacho's Innovating Plant Protein-Rich Foods as PURIS Intern
STORRS, Connecticut, Aug. 18 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news:
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Elena Camacho's Innovating Plant Protein-Rich Foods as PURIS Intern
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Elena Camacho '28 (CAHNR) is putting the knowledge and skills she's developed as a nutritional sciences major to work this summer as an intern at PURIS.
PURIS is a food company focused on plant-based protein. It produces pea protein and non-GMO soybeans as both finished consumer products like beverages and snacks as well as ingr
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Gartner Says Chief Procurement Officers Should Treat AI as a Dedicated Category Management Domain
STAMFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 19 (TNSrep) -- Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company, issued the following news release:
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Gartner Says Chief Procurement Officers Should Treat AI as a Dedicated Category Management Domain
Analysts to Discuss How to Manage AI as an Enterprise Capability at Gartner Procurement Conference in San Diego
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As AI sourcing decisions increasingly influence where enterprise intelligence, expertise and capabilities reside, chief procurement o
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Gartner Says Shared CHRO-CIO Ownership Is Critical for AI Transformation
STAMFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 19 (TNSrep) -- Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company, issued the following Q&A on Aug. 17, 2026, involving Vice President Analyst Mark Whittle:
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Gartner Says Shared CHRO-CIO Ownership Is Critical for AI Transformation
Q&A with Mark Whittle
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As organizations accelerate AI adoption, work redesign is becoming a shared leadership challenge for HR and IT, and Gartner predicts that by 2029, 30% of organizations will form blended HR-IT t
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Keia Clarke, CEO of the New York Liberty, is New Trustee
BUFFALO, New York, Aug. 18 -- Canisius University issued the following news:
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Keia Clarke, CEO of the New York Liberty, is New Trustee
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Buffalo, NY - Six suitors sought Keia Clarke to play basketball circa 1998. Three were Ivy League: Yale, Princeton, and Brown. She chose Canisius.
Now Clarke is an incoming member of the university's Board of Trustees. And she'll happily tell you that she made the right decision back then, even if her mother wasn't so sure at the time.
"I chose the s
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League of Women Voters: DOJ Prevented From Unlawfully Accessing Minnesotans' Voter Data
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- The League of Women Voters issued the following news release on Aug. 17, 2026:
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DOJ Prevented from Unlawfully Accessing Minnesotans' Voter Data
SAINT PAUL, MN - Today, the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota became the twenty-third court to dismiss the Justice Department's lawsuit demanding unlawful disclosure of private voter information.
The Trump administration has sued 30 states and Washington, DC, for unredacted voter lists containing p
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Meta Faces Trial as AG Labrador Fights for Idaho Kids
BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 18 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release:
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Meta Faces Trial as AG Labrador Fights for Idaho Kids
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BOISE, ID -Ahead of opening statements, Attorney General Raul Labrador today issued the following statement as a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general began presenting their case against Meta, alleging the social media giant knowingly designed and deployed harmful features on Facebook and Instagram that drive compulsive use of t
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NRCS in Connecticut Announces State Technical Committee Meeting
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service issued the following news:
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NRCS in Connecticut Announces State Technical Committee Meeting
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(Tolland, Conn., August 18, 2026) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is hosting a State Technical Committee meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the USDA-NRCS State Office, 344 Merrow Street, Tolland, CT. A vir
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Rutgers: Students Who View More Social Media Use More Products That Often Harbor Hormone-Disrupting Ingredients
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Aug. 19 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news:
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Students Who View More Social Media Use More Products That Often Harbor Hormone-Disrupting Ingredients
By Andrew Smith
Personal care products are among the largest everyday sources of exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals, and high schoolers who follow social media influencers or watch beauty tutorials seem to use considerably more of them, according to Rutgers researchers.
In a Rutgers-l
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Summer Research Experiences Give Students Career-Building Boost
STORRS, Connecticut, Aug. 18 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news:
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Summer Research Experiences Give Students Career-Building Boost
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The academic rotunda at UConn Health was abuzz with activity on Summer Research Day, as attendees flooded the halls to hear poster presentations by undergraduate researchers.
Some 44 students ranging from first-year to rising seniors completed the Health Research Program (HRP), a 10-week, 360-hour research experience offered through
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SUNY Board of Trustees and Chancellor King Announce Appointment of Dr. Michelle Coach as the Ninth President of SUNY Morrisville
ALBANY, New York, Aug. 18 -- The State University of New York issued the following news release:
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SUNY Board of Trustees and Chancellor King Announce Appointment of Dr. Michelle Coach as the Ninth President of SUNY Morrisville
Dr. Coach Currently Serves as Dean of the School of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) at Connecticut State Community College
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The State University of New York Board of Trustees voted today to name Dr. Michelle Coach as the ninth president
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UConn and Voyager Technologies Expand Partnership to Advance In-Space Research
STORRS, Connecticut, Aug. 18 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news:
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UConn and Voyager Technologies Expand Partnership to Advance In-Space Research
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The University of Connecticut and Voyager Technologies are expanding their philanthropic partnership valued at more than $1 million, opening access to in-space research environments for UConn faculty and students. This partnership places UConn among a select group of institutions nationwide with the ability to conduct
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UsAgainstAlzheimers Urges National Update to Set Ambitious 2035 Goal for Alzheimer's Prevention and Care
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site.
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usagainstalzheimers.org
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Maria-Theresa Okafor, Ph.D.,
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)
Department of Health and Human Services
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Re: Request for Information to info
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Yale Issues Q&A: How Ambient AI Scribes Impact Medical Students
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 18 -- Yale University issued the following Q&A involving Jaideep Talwalkar, professor of general medicine and pediatrics and associate dean for educational technology and innovation:
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How Ambient AI Scribes Impact Medical Students
Jaideep Talwalkar, MD, discusses the impact of AI scribes on medical students and offers advice on how best to use this new technology.
By Serena Crawford
As technology in medicine rapidly evolves, Jaideep Talwalkar, MD, is helpi
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Yale Researchers Identify New Strategy to Protect the Brain in Type 1 Diabetes
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 18 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news:
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Yale Researchers Identify New Strategy to Protect the Brain in Type 1 Diabetes
By Jordan Shaked
Insulin is a cornerstone of treatment for patients with type 1 diabetes, essential for lowering blood glucose levels. However, if insulin doses are not appropriately matched to the body's needs, glucose levels can fall too low, resulting in hypoglycemia, a common and potentially dangerous complication of
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Yale: Heather Tookes Appointed Inaugural Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 18 -- Yale University issued the following news:
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Heather Tookes appointed inaugural vice provost for faculty and academic affairs
Tookes, a professor of finance at the Yale School of Management, will provide strategic leadership for policies, programs, and services that support faculty excellence.
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Heather Tookes, a professor of finance at the Yale School of Management (SOM), has been named the university's inaugural vice provost for faculty and academic
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Yale: Summer of Service, From Mississippi to New York
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 18 -- Yale University issued the following news:
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A summer of service, from Mississippi to New York
The Dwight Hall Summer Fellowship program provides financial support to Yale students who devote their summer break to serving their communities.
By Lisa Prevost
One student helped investigate criminal cases for the New Hampshire Public Defender office.
Another visited greater New Haven residents struggling with chronic psychosis, part of a mental health
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