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MCMAHON meets privately with MCINNIS before speaking at Buckley event...

LINDA MCMAHON says she wants to 'shut down the bureaucracy of education' in Yale talk...

You're No JFK: LARSON, Democrats repeatedly remind RFK Jr. he's a disappointment to the family name...

Kennedy spars with Rep. JOE COURTNEY on Trump's Medicare comments...

HAYES out-raised by Republican opponent in Q1...

BLUMENTHAL, state leaders to celebrate SERGEANT STUBBY, most decorated canine in American history...

CT to finalize Day Kimball Hospital acquisition this fall...

Despite lawsuit, CT Dems add fuel to fire with new bill targeting ICE...

How can a speeding infraction in CT with a $68 fine turn into a $191 ticket? Fees, surcharges add up...

CCM, WTNH News 8 to host 2026 gubernatorial debate October 27th at Mohegan Sun...

Overnight drone flights over CT prisons may be part of national trend, officials say...

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WHERE'S OURS? Mass. 250th license plate cruises to become the most popular in history...

CFTC Chair MICHAEL SELIG To HAYES: States Shouldn't Sue Predictions Markets, They Should Sue Us...

USDA secretary: Federal farm grant 'at the finish line' for CT...

EV sales slow in CT, but state outperforms U.S. average...

Feds give New England utilities an extra year to repay $1.5 billion...

Rising energy costs force some states to reassess ambitious climate goals...

Working class advocates call for a CT Billionaire's Tax, raising debate amid rising costs nationwide...

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Trustees' political tilts scrutinized by Yalies on left and right...

PORTFOLIO; 'No Substantive Givebacks': UConn Faculty Contract Raises Questions About Bargaining Balance...

SABIN Hears Housing Stress On New Haven's Edgewood Doors...

Northeast region leads U.S. in inflation, boosted by energy, housing...

GOP's Foley announces run for 38th District General Assembly seat...

Massachusetts cannabis regulators freeze cultivation licenses...

REP-AM: On sports gambling, virtue gives way to vice in Connecticut...

As Trump overhauls tariffs, CT has expanded its own trade partnerships...

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