Private lenders are helping students make up the difference between program costs and the amount they can borrow from the federal government.
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Man charged with mailing letters containing powder to officials ahead of elections
Federal authorities charged an Oklahoma City man with sending hundreds of letters containing nonhazardous powder to public officials.
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Sandy Hook families urge Supreme Court to uphold bans on AR-15-style rifles
In ‘friend of the court’ brief, the families weighed in on two cases challenging bans in CT and Chicago. Justices hear oral arguments Dec. 2.
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Judge blocks Medicaid rule forcing sick recipients to prove frailty
People on Medicaid won’t be bound by work requirement rules required by Trump administration to qualify for “medically frail” exemptions.
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Consumer apprehension grows as US retailers adopt AI-assisted pricing tools
Lawmakers in Maryland, New Jersey and Connecticut recently enacted restrictions on using shoppers’ personal data to determine what they pay.
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CT senators’ offices among those targeted by ‘suspicious’ letters
A letter with a suspicious substance targeted U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy’s office in Hartford, and it was intercepted by law enforcement.
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Judge rules EPA illegally ended $7B solar program for low-income Americans
Trump illegally terminated a program intended to make solar power accessible to 900,000 lower-income Americans, a R.I. federal judge ruled.
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Supreme Court rejects Trump mail ballot restrictions ahead of midterms
CT was one of the states that sued to block Trump’s order. AG William Tong called the ruling a ‘huge win for free and fair elections.’
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CT, Democratic states file new lawsuit to block Trump’s mail voting order
The action against U.S. Postal Service marked a new phase in high-stakes litigation after SCOTUS ruled against the states in a separate case.