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Lamont Backs $1,000 Health Care Tax Credits For Small Businesses Founded in 1964, Fascia’s has 45 employees, according to the company. That puts it on the larger side of qualifying for the credits, which would apply to businesses with 50 or fewer workers.

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1 day ago

Join Us For Discussions In Digital: The Perils Of YouTube Journalism The first event, Discussions in Digital: The Perils of Youtube Journalism, will take place at 7 p.m. at the ETV Community Media Center, 230 Main Street, East Haven, CT, on Tuesday, April 21. Panelists will include feature video producer and ETV board chair Jay Miles, CTNewsJunkie columnist and journalism professor Barth Keck, and Valley Independent Sentinel reporter Jasmine Wright.

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CT Legislators, Advocates Back Overdose Prevention Centers According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, OPCs are associated with several benefits, including eliminating overdose deaths at OPCs and reducing demand on local healthcare and emergency response services. Rhode Island and New York house the only three OPCs in the United States.

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Feds Sue CT City Over ‘Sanctuary Policies’ The Trump administration sued the Elicker administration Monday over New Haven’s “sanctuary policies” — arguing that the city unduly interferes with federal immigration enforcement.

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Bill Limiting ICE Expected To Pass CT Senate Over Republican Opposition Senate Bill 397, An Act Concerning Democracy and Government Accountability, would give residents the ability to sue federal officials that violate their constitutional rights, bar law enforcement officials from wearing masks, prohibits ICE arrests in protected areas like schools, hospitals and houses of worship and places limits on automated license plate readers’ data storage.

Bill Limiting ICE Expected To Pass CT Senate Over Republican Opposition #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics

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2 days ago

More CT Districts Adding School Bus Cameras To Catch Passing Motorists North Haven police said nearly 300 warnings were sent to motorists during the town's initial test period for its school-bus cameras.

More CT Districts Adding School Bus Cameras To Catch Passing Motorists #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics

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Six CT Towns In Line For $150M In School Building Grants House Bill 5150 would allow Connecticut to provide financial support for new school construction and renovation projects, advancing a list of priority improvements for local districts.

Six CT Towns In Line For $150M In School Building Grants #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics

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How To Make A High-Deductible Health Plan Work For You Lower premiums often mean higher costs when you get sick and need care. Among the ways to plan ahead and soften the financial hit: health savings accounts, which act like a medical piggy bank.

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Lawmakers Restore Funding To Library Borrowing Program As Budget Negotiations Continue At The State Capitol A proposed 20% cut in a state program that lets library patrons check out books from public libraries beyond their own town or city has been restored by the General Assembly’s Appropriations Committee, an official of the Connecticut State Library said Monday.

Lawmakers Restore Funding To Library Borrowing Program As Budget Negotiations Continue At The State Capitol #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics

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3 days ago

CT Panel Talks Lamont’s $12M Free School Breakfast Proposal The funding for the breakfasts would come from a grant contained in House Bill 5032, which also contains dozens of other proposals relating to the biennial budget. The proposal passed the Appropriations Committee 38-12 mostly along party lines and is now before the Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis.

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Judicial Branch Warns Of Text And Phone Scams Claiming Legal Violations The Connecticut Judicial Branch does not contact residents by phone or text regarding motor vehicle violations, would not send a text with the name of a judge, or seek a financial penalty for failing to appear for jury service, according to the department.

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Opinion | It’s Hard To Imagine A ‘YouTube Journalist’ Starring in ‘All the President’s Men’ Columnist Barth Keck says the recent attention on All the President’s Men is more than a mere nostalgic indulgence; it’s a paean to the journalism of yesteryear in the  face of a current information landscape of insidious disinformation, social-media influencers, and vacuous videos. The scene with Woodward at his desk is eerily obsolete now that newspapers across the country, if not totally disappearing, are closing their newsrooms.

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Watch: As AI Makes More Health Coverage Decisions, The Risks To Patients Grow This year, executives from nearly every major health insurance company made the same declaration in calls with Wall Street analysts: Using artificial intelligence to make coverage decisions would help save them money.

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4 days ago

12th &13th CT Municipalities Approved For Automated Traffic Cameras Hamden, Hartford and West Hartford have also submitted plans that are awaiting approval. 

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State And Municipal Leaders Demand Release Of Cheshire High Student Detained by ICE “If ICE has any sense of decency, it will free Rihan today, literally this minute,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-CT, said while standing in front of the State Capitol building Friday morning with a group that included elected state officials, members of the Cheshire town council and Board of Education, and attorneys and immigration advocates.

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5 days ago

In A First, Renewables Beat Natural Gas On US Grid Last Month Just look at what happened last month: Over the course of March, the nation got more electricity from renewables than it did from natural gas, which is typically the single-largest source of energy on the U.S. grid.

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In a first, renewables beat natural gas on US grid last month Just look at what happened last month: Over the course of March, the nation got more electricity from renewables than it did from natural gas, which is typically the single-largest source of energy on the U.S. grid.

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DEEP: Leave Wildlife Alone While it may be tempting to intervene and “rescue” a young wild animal found alone, many species naturally leave their young alone for long periods, according to DEEP. Human interference can harm animals in many ways including causing animals to abandon their young.

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Prospect Medical Never Put Aside Money for Malpractice Insurance The collapse of Prospect Medical, a for-profit hospital chain plundered by private equity and the company’s management, has generated a painful litany of woes.

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6 days ago

CT Awards $1.5M To Help Agencies Buy Locally Grown Food Speaking at River Ridge Farm and Market in Portland, Gov. Ned Lamont said every family should be able to access nutritious, locally grown food. The program has the added benefit of supporting local farmers, he said. It was previously supported by federal funds.

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Opinion | Silence Is No Longer A Choice Guest columnist Dene Whitaker of ECSU asks the question: What happens after Earth Day? How does awareness of environmental issues turn into action?

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Despite Uncertainty and National Downturn, Experts Positive On CT’s Economy State leaders have been eyeing the economy closely, particularly with events going on in the Middle East, with the U.S. war with Iran. 

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CT’s Human Rights Commission ‘Chronically Understaffed,’ Regularly Misses Deadlines, Audit Notes In all 20 discrimination complaints reviewed during the audited period – selected from 4,661 complaints overall – auditors found the CHRO did not consistently adhere to statutory processing deadlines. When a complaint is filed, CHRO must notify the respondent within 15 days. A case assessment review must be conducted within 60 days of the respondent’s answer. 

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1 week ago

CT Teachers Rally For Paid Student Teaching, Home Address Shielding Considering many teachers got into the profession “for the children” Connecticut Education Association President Kate Dias finds it ironic that the same rationale is used to keep a system in place that discourages potential teachers from entering the profession.

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Where We Live | Can Mass Surveillance And Civil Liberties Co-Exist? From cameras atop traffic lights to license plate readers, surveillance technology has quietly crept into cities and towns across the state. Where We Live took a look at surveillance in Connecticut and asked why organizations are worried about how these devices are used. Can mass surveillance and civil liberties co-exist?

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Connecticut Job Growth Essentially Flat In 2025, But Unemployment Rate Grew HARTFORD, CT – Connecticut added jobs for calendar year 2025, but unemployment rose above the national average for the first time in three years despite strong hiring numbers to start the year. The Department of Labor (DOL) released its 2025 annual benchmarked labor report and the January labor situation report on Tuesday. The 2025 report […]

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Dozens Of CT Towns Could Benefit From Restoration Of $150M In Casino Funds The state switched the funds from the towns to the General Fund in 2019, eliminating funding for 44 towns and reducing it to others in a move to balance the state budget.

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CT Congressman Files Articles For Third Trump Impeachment The resolution has been referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary, and White House officials have called the action “pathetic.”

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CT Eyes $25M Expansion Of R&D Tax Credit Program Senate Bill 84 includes language directing the Department of Economic and Community Development to administer a system of tax credit vouchers to allow small businesses — defined as having gross income not exceeding $70 million — to earn and use them for research and development.

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Opinion | Connecticut Pets Deserve Access To Veterinary Telemedicine Guest columnist Dr. Shael Littleton says that Connecticut is facing the same veterinary workforce shortage affecting much of the country, and can help alleviate the problem by legalizing veterinary telemedicine.

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