NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 3 -- Beryl Institute issued the following news release: In association with The Beryl Institute, Patient Experience Journal announces the inaugural 2019 Patient Experience Journal (PXJ) award recipients. The annual awards celebrate important contributions to the literature and articles of impact in research and practice. They also introduce groundbreaking authors who are working to expand evidence and insights on patient experience and the human experience in healthc  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 3 -- Easterseals (formerly the Easter Seals) issued the following news release: Easterseals, the nation's leading nonprofit service provider and advocate for the one in four people living with disability in America, recently elected Glenn Henderson, entrepreneur and motivational speaker, and Barry Simon, President and CEO at Easterseals of Oak Hill (CT), to its National Board of Directors. Henderson is the former CEO of AFC Worldwide, a transportation and logistics com  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 3 -- The Marijuana Policy Project issued the following news release: * * * - Lawmakers to Hold Public Hearing on Bill to End Marijuana Prohibition in Connecticut - Supporters of cannabis legalization hold a pre-hearing press conference * * * On Monday, the Judiciary Committee will hold a public hearing on legislation that would end prohibition and regulate marijuana for adult use in Connecticut. In early February, Senate President Pro Tem Martin Looney (D) and  more

BURLINGAME, California, March 3 -- Proterra, a manufacturer of heavy-duty electric transportation, issued the following news release: * * * - Beverly, MA will be first community on the North Shore to have an electric school bus for clean, quiet pupil transportation * * * Proterra, a leading innovator in heavy-duty electric transportation, announced that the Thomas Built Buses Inc's Saf-T-Liner(R) C2 Jouley electric school bus powered by Proterra(R) electric vehicle technology and the Proterr  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced Monday that Shelburne Farms will receive $100,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Office of Community Food Systems to support the Northeast Farm to School Institute. Leahy, long the Senate's leader in advancing the Farm to School movement, included language in the 2019 and 2020 federal budget b  more