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Sharon Hospital received the initial denial to close their delivery unit. Advocates ask the state not to “turn a blind eye” to urgent healthcare challenges.
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In a move to expand financial literacy in the state, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has signed a bill that would make it mandatory for high school students to take a personal finance course to graduate.
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Residents participated in a study with the Washington D.C.-based Environmental Working Group to collect samples of tap water in 18 states — including in Old Saybrook and Simsbury, Connecticut.
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The state is asking all farmers to report their losses to their USDA Farm Service Agency so that they can be reported to the federal government in a request for a disaster declaration.
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At least a dozen areas around the airport have hosted sensors the size of miniature refrigerators that measure air pollution as planes take off. The goal is to use the data in conversations with local leaders.
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The U.S. Coast Guard is under fire after it was revealed late last month that sexual assault allegations at its service academy in New London went unreported or ignored for years and that the leaders of the military branch neglected to disclose a six-year investigation into those failures.
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Connecticut is suing the owners of Stone Academy, a for-profit nursing school that was quick to close its doors in February after nearly 150 years of operation.The school had offered programs in East Hartford, Waterbury, and West Haven.
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Trinity Health of New England wants to close birthing services at Johnson Memorial, citing low patient volume and difficulty recruiting staff.
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The planning comes during one of America's periodic paroxysms over whether there still are self-evident truths in our polarized politics.
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A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision was a blow to the LGBTQ+ community. In Connecticut, Attorney General William Tong assured the community they will be protected by the state’s anti-discrimination and privacy laws.