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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Connecticut Newsletter for Sunday August 04, 2024 ( 4 items )  

ACLU of Connecticut Disappointed By Gov. Lamont and State Response to Connecticut State Police Ticketing Scandal
HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 3 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut issued the following news release: Despite the recent closure of the criminal investigation into a "collective" effort to falsify traffic stop data, the Connecticut State Police ticketing scandal remains exactly that -- a scandal. The ACLU of Connecticut is disappointed in the governor and state legislature's inaction on police transparency and accountability issues, especially in light of obvious systemic proble  more

MHA Releases 2024 State of Mental Health in America Report
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 30 (TNSres) -- Mental Health America issued the following news release on July 29, 2024: * * * Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Maine rank highest; Nevada, Arizona, and Montana show greatest need for improvement * * * Mental Health America (MHA) today released its annual State of Mental Health in America report, which ranks all 50 states and the District of Columbia based on 15 mental health access and prevalence measures. In this new report, using 2022 data, Massac  more

Save the Children and Fedi Announce First-of-its-Kind Collaboration Aimed at Revolutionizing Cash Assistance Through Bitcoin
WESTPORT, Connecticut, July 29 -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, issued the following news release: [Category: Sociological] FAIRFIELD, Conn. (July 29, 2024) Global humanitarian organization Save the Children and Fedi, Inc., a developer of global bitcoin adoption technology, announced today a groundbreaking collaboration aimed at revolutionizing cash and voucher assistance (CVA) delivery  more

Sudan Crisis: Severe Acute Malnutrition Skyrocketing in Save the Children Clinics as Country Now in Worst Phase of Food Insecurity
WESTPORT, Connecticut, Aug. 1 -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, issued the following news release: [Category: Sociological] PORT SUDAN, (August 1, 2024) The number of children in Sudan seeking treatment for severe acute malnutrition (SAM) has surged to unprecedented levels, with clinics overwhelmed and global experts on food security warning that parts of the country are in the worst pos  more