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General newsDec 6, 2022

Reviews find misuse of COVID-19 hotel stays by prison staff

Continuing state investigations have found at least 35 instances where Connecticut Department of Correction employees potentially misused a COVID-19 program that provided workers with hotel rooms during the height of the pandemic

BusinessNov 29, 2022

Lamont signs bill extending gas tax holiday, free bus fares

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has signed legislation that extends Connecticut’s soon-to-expire 25-cent-per-gallon gas tax holiday for another month

LifestyleNov 23, 2022

Extended gas tax holiday, pandemic pay on lawmakers' agenda

Connecticut state legislators are returning to the Capitol to consider extending the soon-to-expire gas tax holiday, increase funding for pandemic payments to essential workers and vote on other initiatives to help residents cope with rising costs

LifestyleNov 19, 2022

Temple beats former conference rival Rutgers in HOF Showcase

Khalif Battle scored 24 points, Jamille Reynolds had 17 points and nine rebounds, and Temple beat former conference rival Rutgers 72-66 in the Hall of Fame Showcase

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General newsOct 7, 2022

Coast Guard Academy settles suit over cadets-with-kids ban

Attorneys for a U.S. Coast Guard Academy cadet who was expelled for becoming a father say he will get his degree as part of a legal settlement

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LifestyleSep 19, 2022

Las Vegas Aces win first WNBA title, Chelsea Gray named MVP

Chelsea Gray scored 20 points to lead the Las Vegas Aces to their first WNBA title in a 78-71 road win over the Connecticut Sun in Game 4

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LifestyleSep 6, 2022

Juul to pay nearly $440M to settle states' teen vaping probe

Electronic cigarette maker Juul Labs has agreed to pay nearly $440 million to settle a multi-state investigation into its vaping products, which have long been blamed for sparking a national surge in teen vaping

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LifestyleSep 2, 2022

Accounts differ in unvaccinated Coast Guard cadet departures

Coast Guard Academy officials and a lawyer for several cadets are disputing each other’s accounts of what happened to seven students who were forced to leave the Connecticut campus by Aug. 19, after refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19

BusinessAug 19, 2022

Construction set to begin on first US Coast Guard Museum

Construction is set to begin on a long-awaited national museum that will honor the U.S. Coast Guard