Advocates push to increase funding for a need-based scholarship in Connecticut
Some state Democrats are backing a proposal that would increase funding for a need-based scholarship in Connecticut. If the ...
‘We are important workers’: Report suggests fair pay, benefits for rideshare workers
The state comptroller released a report Thursday that suggests fair pay and benefits for rideshare drivers in Connecticut. The report details policy recommendations that would give drivers paid sick ...
Judge won’t immediately block Trump administration’s abrupt halt to Catholic refugee funding
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday refused to immediately block the Trump administration’s abrupt halt to funding ...
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Senate confirms Kash Patel for FBI director despite appeal from Democrats
Just two Republicans voted against the former Donald Trump administration official, who critics worry could use the country’s ...
Senate pushes toward confirmation of Kash Patel as Trump's FBI director
WASHINGTON— The Senate was set to vote Thursday on whether to confirm Kash Patel as FBI director, a decision that could place ...
Experts give up hope for 157 false killer whales stranded on a beach in Australia’s Tasmania state
Department liaison officer Brendon Clark said the stranding was the first by false killer whales in Tasmania in since 1974. That was a pod of more than 160 whales that landed on a beach near Stanley ...
Senate committee advances ex-wrestling CEO Linda McMahon as Trump’s nominee for education secretary
Linda McMahon’s nomination to serve as President Trump’s education secretary has advanced out of Senate committee.
Why a full federal takeover of DC would require an act of Congress
As an indication of just how personal and petty this dynamic has become, the bill previously introduced in Congress proposing ...