HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 16 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut issued the following news release on April 15: The Connecticut Superior Court held a telephone hearing for oral arguments regarding a class action lawsuit brought by the ACLU of Connecticut seeking emergency court action to prevent the spread of COVID-19 by reducing the number of people who are incarcerated in Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) prisons and jails. At the hearing's conclusion, Judge Barba  more

CONCORD, Massachusetts, April 15 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New England District issued the following news release: The Maine Department of Marine Resources is seeking a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District to conduct work in waters of the U.S. in conjunction with constructing pens to raise Atlantic salmon in Cutler, Maine. The Maine Department of Marine Resources is proposing to install and maintain up to four, 22.28 meter (m) diameter circular floating   more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, April 16 -- The Princeton Environmental Institute issued the following news: A county-by-county analysis of the United States by Princeton University researchers suggests that rural counties with high populations of people over 60 and limited access to health care facilities could eventually be among the hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) that has so far killed more than 100,000 people worldwide. Counties concentrated in the western United States, the nor  more

BOCA RATON, Florida, April 16 -- Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Florida, issued the following news release: The Florida Congressional Democratic delegation called for Governor Ron DeSantis to take immediate steps to protect the health and wellbeing of Floridians during the COVID-19 crisis. These steps include ensuring congressionally passed aid gets to states and localities, expanding Medicaid, reinstating Medicaid retroactive eligibility, boosting resources to enroll Floridians in Medicaid and CHIP, maint  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 16 -- WGBH Boston issued the following news release: As concert halls across the country are closed, 99.5 WCRB Classical Radio Boston is bringing together three of Boston's cornerstone music organizations to present Festival 1750, a 10-day broadcast music festival beginning on April 20, 2020. The three organizations - Boston Baroque, the Handel and Haydn Society, and the Boston Early Music Festival - will showcase their distinctive voices in performances of baroque  more