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370 New EV Chargers To Be Installed In Connecticut

More and more new EV chargers are being installed in various states. One of my latest articles was about 754 coming to Washington state and 435 new ones in Pennsylvania — Philadelphia to be exact. The most recent development at the state level is Connecticut’s new 370 chargers. “We’ve been ... [continued]

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5 most LGBTQ-hostile states — and they're getting worse

An index that measures state-level LGBTQ+ inclusion for business leaders has measured a national decline in support for the LGBTQ+ community for the fourth consecutive year.

Released this month, the eighth annual State LGBTQ+ Business Climate Index examines states across five main categories: legal protections, family support, political and religious attitudes, health care and employment.…

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‘Go Eat Your Bacon’: Racist Connecticut Woman Body-Shames Indian Customer at ShopRite, Tells Her to ‘Go Back to Your Country’

Stamford ShopRite's worst regular customer

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Internet Horrified by Connecticut Mother’s Trash-Filled Car With Children Riding in Filth: ‘I Had No Idea It Was This Bad’

Not a good environment for the kids

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US Nonprofit Again Wipes Out Millions in Hospital Bills–This Time for 97,000 Residents of Connecticut

The nation’s largest buyer of overdue medical debts has yet again relieved the burden of past hospital expenses for thousands of Americans. Having worked with state governments in Arizona and Maine, Undue Medical Debt (UMD) has now eliminated some $6.5 million in unpaid medical bills for 97,000 residents of Connecticut. It’s thanks to a program […]

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Sierra Club Applauds Northeast States for Challenging Trump Administration’s Illegal TotalEnergies Offshore Wind Lease Buyout

NORTHEAST — Today, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont sued the Trump administration over the U.S. Department of the Interior’s $1 billion buyout of TotalEnergies’ offshore wind leases, a move that led the company to abandon its U.S. offshore wind projects in exchange for doubling down on ... [continued]

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‘You remember where you were the first time you heard it’: On Book of Love and their queer anthem

There is a certain kind of song that doesn't just play. It __marks__ you.

It pins a memory to a moment so precisely that decades later, you can still feel the strobe lights and smell the fog machine. "Boy," by the synth-pop pioneers Book of Love, is that kind of song. Nearly four decades after its release, an extraordinary number of people will tell you the same thing: They remember exactly…

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Connecticut Approves Plug-In Solar — It’s So Exciting!

I am getting ready to make the seasonal move from my Florida home to my northern getaway in Connecticut. The simple, older modular home sits on land that is bordered by a soothing meandering brook and pristine state forest. Unlike my fully electric southern condo, the Connecticut digs are in ... [continued]

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Meet Connecticut’s Billionaire-Backed Dark-Money Democrat

Former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin earned $237,000 consulting for a civic organization funded in large part by two prominent benefactors. Then they maxed out their contributions to his congressional campaign.

The post Meet Connecticut’s Billionaire-Backed Dark-Money Democrat appeared first on The American Prospect.

Connecticut Reddit User Starts a Huge Debate After Doing a Tier List of Every City in the State: ‘Why is Stamford Catching Strays?’

Let the battles begin

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Families ask judge to block Trump DOJ nationwide from getting trans kids’ medical records

As the Trump administration intensifies its campaign against transgender people’s healthcare, families across the country are asking a federal court to stop the Justice Department from obtaining the private medical records of transgender children.

Eleven families filed a proposed nationwide class action Saturday in federal court in Maryland seeking to block the Department of Justice from…

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Sierra Club Connecticut Statement on State Senate Passage of S.B. 319

HARTFORD, Connecticut — The Connecticut Senate has passed S.B. 319, An Act Concerning the Use of Battery-Powered Leaf Blowers and Similar Equipment by the State and Municipalities. In response, Sierra Club Connecticut Organizer Julianna Larue released the following statement: “With half of Connecticut’s counties receiving failing air quality grades and communities ... [continued]

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‘He Doesn’t Have Any Authority Over the Feds’: Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont Signs Bill Banning ICE Masks and Warrantless Entry

States vs. feds again?

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