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Are American voters really capable of detecting political insincerity?
Cleveland.com - Ohio
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July 29, 2025
A photo Sen. Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat, recently appeared in The Plain Dealer with a caption quoting him as saying “Voters can smell insincerity more accurately than ever before.” If that were true, Donald Trump would never have been...
Federal Report Shows Youth Marijuana Use ‘Remained Stable’ Even As More States Legalized In Recent Years
Marijuana Moment
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July 29, 2025
New federal health data indicate that while past-year marijuana use in the U.S. overall has climbed in recent years, the rise has been “driven by increases…among adults 26 years or older.” As for younger Americans, rates of both past-year use and...
Marc Lasry Exploring Bid for WNBA’s Connecticut Sun
Sportico - California
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July 29, 2025
Billionaire Marc Lasry is considering a bid to buy the WNBA’s Connecticut Sun, according to someone familiar with the talks who was granted anonymity because the details are private. In May, the owners of the Sun hired investment bank Allen &...
Connecticut high school student detained by ICE, New Haven officials say
WTIC-TV - Connecticut
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July 28, 2025
The student is a rising junior at Wilbur Cross High School and a recent immigrant, according to New Haven officials. NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A New Haven high school student was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on July 21, city Mayor...
Connecticut Expands Captive Insurance Flexibility with Passage of Public Act No. 25-130
Agency Checklists
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July 28, 2025
HARTFORD, Conn. – Connecticut has taken another step to solidify its standing as a competitive domicile for captive insurance companies with the signing of Public Act No. 25-130, “An Act Concerning Captive Insurance.” Governor Ned Lamont signed...
Dumpster Diving in Connecticut Is It Legal or Could You Get Fined
Neligh News - Nebraska
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July 29, 2025
In Connecticut, dumpster diving is not outright illegal, but it is subject to several legal conditions primarily related to property rights and local ordinances. The key factor is whether you are trespassing. Every business and residence is...
Real-Life Vampire Scare Shook Connecticut In The 1800s
I95 Rock - Connecticut
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July 29, 2025
Some of Connecticut's most overlooked places are also home to stories too strange, dark, and disturbing to be forgotten. Deep in Griswold, in the quiet village of Jewett City, one such tale took shape in the mid-1800s — one that involves...
Connecticut Updates Its Captive Insurance Law
Insurance Journal
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July 28, 2025
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law legislation updating the state’s law governing captive insurance and allowing new types of captives. Captives are owned by one or more businesses to insure their business risks., Effective October 1,...
Shoba Wadhia’s immigration law work ranges from ‘practice, policy, academia’ as she continues to train ‘next generation’
The Daily Collegian - Pennsylvania
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Shoba Wadhia doesn’t make a habit of taking her foot off the gas pedal. As an associate dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Samuel Weiss Faculty Scholar, professor, and founder and director of the Center for Immigrants’ Rights Clinic at Penn...
Yale, Connecticut Children’s end sex change treatments for minors
The Post Millenial
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July 28, 2025
Yale New Haven Hospital and the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center have announced that such treatments would be ending. Multiple Hospitals in Connecticut have announced that they are ending sex change treatments for minors. Yale New Haven...
Understanding the New Approach to Motor Vehicle Valuations by Connecticut Assessors
JD Supra - California
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July 28, 2025
Motor vehicle assessment in Connecticut is a two-step process. Your municipality’s assessor determines the value of your vehicle, and then multiplies that value by the 70% assessment ratio to arrive at your motor vehicle assessment. Over the past...
USDA faces legal pushback over demand for SNAP data
Straight Arrow News
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July 29, 2025
California and 20 other states are challenging the federal government over a request to hand over personal data from recipients of food assistance. The lawsuit, filed against the U.S. Department of Agriculture, claims the agency is overstepping...
Heat index to again approach 100 degrees today
NECN - Massachusetts
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There's still plenty of heat and humidity to go around today. Highs will not be as intensely hot, but we can expect the heat index to again approach 100 degrees away from the coast. Right at the water’s edge, we should see the sea breeze kick in...
Escaped water monitor lizard crosses state border into Connecticut
United Press International (UPI)
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July 28 (UPI) -- A water monitor lizard that escaped from its owner's home in Massachusetts was spotted a week later across the state border in Connecticut. Police in Webster, Mass., said the 5-foot lizard, named Goose, escaped from his owner's...
Flags are at half-staff in Connecticut indefinitely. Here's why
Norwich Bulletin - Connecticut
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On Sunday, July 27, Gov. Ned Lamont announced that state and national flags will fly at half-staff in Connecticut indefinitely to honor Firefighter Raymond "Ray" Alan Moreau of Plainville. Moreau died in surgery at The Hospital of Central...
Number of International Adoptions in U.S. Plummets
Newsweek
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July 28, 2025
International adoptions to the United States have fallen to a record low, marking a 94 percent decline since their peak in the early 2000s. 2023 was the lowest year for international adoptions, according to the Pew Research Center's analysis based...
Pleading Guilty in Elections Case, Former Board of Ed Chair Claims ‘Setup,’ Before Sentencing
The Connecticut Examiner
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July 28, 2025
BRIDGEPORT – The city’s former board of education chair, indicted in an election campaign fraud case involving a former state senator, has gone on social media to urge her supporters to pack the courtroom Tuesday afternoon when she goes before a...
Banking dept. improperly withheld records in 1st Alliance case
Connecticut Inside Investigator
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July 30, 2025
Connecticut Department of Banking (DOB) officials improperly withheld a number of categories of records in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request related to an enforcement action brought against a former Connecticut-based mortgage lender....
How High and Thick Is the Wall Separating Religion & Government?
The Good Men Project - California
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July 28, 2025
President Trump At Donald J. Trump’s second inauguration on January 20, 2025, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York, and evangelical Christian pastor, Rev. Franklin Graham offered the opening invocation, and a Jewish rabbi, Ari...
U.S. Electric Golf Cart Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report 2025-2033 Customizable, Street-Legal Lsvs Gain Popularity, Investment In Sustainable, Low-Emission Mobility Drives Growth
MENAFN
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July 28, 2025
(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) Explore the booming U.S. electric golf cart market, projected to grow from USD 529.4M in 2024 to USD 886.7M by 2033 at a 6.2% CAGR. Key drivers include rising demand in gated communities, resorts, and government...