Officials will deploy diquat, other chemical herbicides along the Connecticut River, part of a years-long effort to study their effectiveness.
US Army Corps to resume use of herbicides against invasive hydrilla this month
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Renters displaced by UConn apartment purchase demand changes
Displacement from may force renters to move into an apartment that makes them ineligible for a middle-income housing program.
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Lyme disease case rates are increasing faster in other NE states
In 2010, Connecticut had the second-highest Lyme disease case rate in New England. In 2023, it had the lowest.
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¿Cómo serán los nuevos requisitos laborales de Medicaid y SNAP en CT?
El “gran y hermoso proyecto de ley” introducirá cambios en la forma en que algunas personas califican o siguen siendo elegibles para Medicaid o asistencia alimentaria durante los próximos dos años.
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Expanded paid leave will benefit CT schools workforce
As of Oct. 1, CT paid leave will expand to include non-certified employees of “public school operators” including custodians, paraeducators, bus drivers, good service staff, and to non-public elementary and secondary schools.
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Parents say Bridgeport schools fail to provide adequate special ed support
A complaint filed by the Center for Children’s Advocacy alleges district violated rights of special ed students, failed to provide services.
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EPA cancels $7 billion Biden-era grant program to boost solar energy
The move could end several clean energy projects in Connecticut, DEEP said. CT’s award under Solar for All was $62.45 million.
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Tariffs, economic turmoil behind decision to pull large battery-storage facility from CT
Tariffs and changes to US incentives for renewable energy, combined with a rocky outlook for offshore wind, led to Killingly project’s demise.
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Trout fishing conservationists work to restore Fairfield’s Mill River
The CT chapter of Trout Unlimited, a conservation group, says a portion of Mill River in Fairfield near the Merritt Pkwy, needs restoration.
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Are CT tax dollars being used to fund a sports-betting lounge in Hartford?
The sports-betting lounge at the multi-use People’s Bank Arena in Hartford is being funded by Connecticut taxpayer dollars that repay bonds the state borrowed to build it.
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Legislators mull how CT should react to One Big Beautiful Bill
To buffer the effects of the One Big Beautiful Bill, CT legislators are mulling adjustments to the spending cap and more.
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CT should stand up for New England’s national forests
National forests are in the Trump administration’s cross-hairs.
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We buried them without a grave. Now more Iranians are disappearing
Since the 12-day war ended, the Iranian regime has escalated its crackdown. More arrests. More executions. More prisoners quietly transferred to unknown locations.
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Sen. Blumenthal visits CT resident in ICE detention
An Afghan man, known as Zia S., served as an interpreter for U.S. Armed Forces. He came to the U.S. through a process called humanitarian parole.