HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 22 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut issued the following statement by Dan Barrett, legal director and an attorney: The federal court moved the hearing date for oral arguments in McPherson v Lamont, a federal class action lawsuit seeking emergency action to protect people incarcerated by the State of Connecticut from COVID-19, to June 1, 2020. * * * "The court has encouraged the parties in this case to come to the table to negotiate, with the judg  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 21 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut issued the following news release: In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Lamont issued an emergency executive order to modify existing Connecticut absentee voting law to allow voters to vote absentee by mail if, at the time of the person's application to vote absentee, there remains no federally-approved vaccine for COVID-19. The following is a reaction from Kelly McConney Moore, ACLU of Connecticut  more

MCLEAN, Virginia, May 19 -- The Center for Excellence in Education issued the following news release: The Center for Excellence in Education (CEE) is proud to announce that CEE's 2020 Research Science Institute (RSI) students have developed a new website to help people to locate a public COVID-19 testing site. High school juniors Kenneth Choi, Ridgefield High School, Ridgefield, Connecticut;Yoland Gao, Ocean Lakes High School, Virginia Beach, Virginia; John Lin, Boston Latin School, Boston, Ma  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 22 -- The Connecticut Business and Industry Association issued the following news release: Connecticut's recovery from the economic destruction caused by the coronavirus pandemic demands a new way of thinking, the state's largest business organization said. CBIA president and CEO Joe Brennan called the April employment report "devastating," noting that the 266,300 jobs lost were more than double the state's total 2008-2010 recession losses. Most of the April decline  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, May 21 -- Save the Children issued the following news release: Millions of people have been evacuated and aid agencies are on high alert as one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the Bay of Bengal closes in on India and Bangladesh. Save the Children is particularly concerned about the threat posed by Cyclone Amphan to millions of children and their families in low-lying coastal areas where a storm surge and flooding could devastate communities already coping w  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, May 22 -- Save the Children issued the following news release: In response to the ongoing devastation caused by Cyclone Amphan in Bangladesh and India, Save the Children released the following statement: Mostak Hussain, Humanitarian Director for Save the Children in Bangladesh, said: "Even by Bangladeshi standards, this was a powerful storm, and our teams are on the ground assessing the situation. We've received reports that more than five million people were disconnec  more

DANBURY, Connecticut, May 20 -- The National Organization for Rare Disorders issued the following news release: The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD(R)) has announced new awards through its Rare Disease Research Grant Program, which provides funding to qualified researchers for translational or clinical studies related to the development of new diagnostics or treatments for rare disease. Since the program's launch in 1989, NORD grants have led to the development of two FDA-approve  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, May 22 -- Save the Children issued the following statement on May 21: Save the Children Senior Vice President for U.S. Programs & Advocacy and Save the Children Action Network President Mark Shriver expressed his deep concern about the indefinite closure of the U.S. border to asylum seekers as put into effect last night by an order of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, saying: * * * "As a proud global citizen,   more