The grants supported hundreds of clean energy projects, including battery plants, hydrogen technology projects and electric grid upgrades.
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Judge blocks HHS from purging DEI-related terms from Head Start grant applications
A federal judge temporarily blocked Trump administration efforts to remake Head Start, ordering it to stop purging ‘women’ and ‘race’ from grant applications.
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Judge: HHS authorized to resume sharing some Medicaid data with ICE
The decision limits the data that can be shared — only allowing the agency to hand over basic information about immigrants in the U.S. illegally.
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HHS bars Head Start providers from using ‘women’ and ‘race’ in grant applications
A coalition of organizations said in court filings that Trump officials told a Head Start director in Wisconsin to cut over a dozen terms from her application.
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CT U.S. Reps: Action in Venezuela is unauthorized and illegal
Members of CT’s congressional delegation decried Saturday’s military strike in Venezuela, saying President Trump failed to notify Congress.
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Mercedes-Benz to pay $150M to settle multistate emissions allegations
AGs from 50 states alleged that software devices in the automobiles optimized emission controls during tests but reduced them during normal operations.
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Billionaire Ray Dalio pledges $75 million to Connecticut kids
Billionaires Ray and Barbara Dalio will give $250 to 300,000 children under 10 in Connecticut as part of the Trump Accounts program.
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Energy Dept. watchdog to audit Trump cuts of nearly $8B for clean energy
Awards across 16 states that voted for Vice President Kamala Harris for president, including Connecticut, were slated to be cut.
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Hallmark holiday movie fans flock to quaint CT filming locations
Connecticut, the location for over 20 holiday films by Hallmark, Lifetime and others, is promoting tours of the Christmas-card towns they feature.
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New England’s shrimp fishery to shut down after years of decline
Rising temps have created an inhospitable environment for the shrimp, and their population is too low to fish sustainably, scientists say.
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Federal judge orders FEMA to restore canceled disaster mitigation funding
The Trump administration said in April it would end the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program, calling it ‘wasteful’
