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‘People want to be outdoors’: Massachusetts named No. 1 in outdoor recreation
Athol Daily News - Massachusetts
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September 1, 2025
Sign up for the Athol Daily News' morning newsletter and get essential news each day. Massachusetts has been named the fastest-growing state in outdoor recreation, and if you ask outdoor adventure business owners in the area, it’s clear to see...
Mosquitoes have tested positive for West Nile virus in 34 Connecticut towns or cities this summer
WTIC-TV - Connecticut
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August 27, 2025
CT Agricultural Experiment Station officials say the highest levels of WNV activity have occurred in Fairfield and New Haven counties and the Hartford metro area. NEW HAVEN, Conn. — West Nile virus, or WNV, continues to be prevalent across the...
Correctional officer in Connecticut prison is ‘viciously’ attacked by inmate, union says
WTIC-TV - Connecticut
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August 28, 2025
The reported incident occurred Monday, Aug. 25, at 11:18 a.m. in the Cheshire Correctional Institution. Three COs are said to have sustained various injuries. CHESHIRE, Connecticut — A correctional officer in Connecticut was lucky to escape alive...
Department of Health Services says 40 states to remove "gender ideology" from curriculum, including OK
FOX23 News - Oklahoma
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The U.S. Department of Health Services, through the Administration for Children and Families, announced 46 states and territories will need to "remove all references to gender ideology" from any federally-funded Personal Responsibility Education...
Firepit Health Expands Aims To Be Best Virtual Suboxone Clinic, Serving Connecticut, Maryland, And Virginia
MENAFN
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August 27, 2025
(MENAFN- GetNews) Newark, NJ - August 27, 2025 - Firepit Health, a virtual-first addiction treatment provider, today announced the expansion of its services into Connecticut, Maryland, and Virginia, bringing same-day access to Suboxone treatment...
Scott administration encourages more participation in Vermont’s voluntary paid family and medical leave program
VTDigger - Vermont
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August 27, 2025
Gov. Phil Scott speaks during his weekly press conference at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Gov. Phil Scott used his weekly press conference to spotlight the benefits of the state’s...
Connecticut Loss Proves Little League World Series Needs To Change Its Rules For Double Elimination Winner’s Bracket
BroBible
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August 24, 2025
© Kyle Ross-Imagn Images Audio By Carbonatix Connecticut ultimately finished in third place at the Little League World Series even though it had only one loss. As a result, fans are calling for a change to the baseball tournament structure. Add...
State officials say contracted medical leave insurance provider has worked well for employees
NBC5 - Vermont
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August 27, 2025
All Vermont businesses have had the option to use voluntary paid family medical leave insurance since July under a provider contracted by the state. In 2022, the state signed a contract with provider The Hartford as part of the Vermont’s Family...
Are COVID-19 vaccines required for health care workers in Connecticut hospitals?
The Connecticut Mirror
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August 27, 2025
CT Mirror’s independent, nonprofit journalism depends on reader support. Create more of it with a tax-deductible donation today. Connecticut law does not require health care workers in hospitals to receive COVID-19 vaccines, although it is now...
Labor & Industry pushback against proposed home care changes
The Center Square
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September 2, 2025
(The Center Square) - The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry is leading a coordinated response from 23 states to proposed rollbacks by the U.S. Department of Labor. The rollbacks would undo an Obama-era change, reverting regulations to...
Douglas County leaders to hear proposal for program that would guarantee legal representation for renters facing eviction
Lawrence Journal-World - Kansas
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photo by: Journal-World The west side of the Douglas County Courthouse, 1100 Massachusetts St. Douglas County commissioners will hear a proposal this week for a tenants’ right to counsel program that would guarantee legal representation for all...
The Prompt: Why OpenAI Is Subpoenaing AI Nonprofits
Forbes
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Welcome back to The Prompt, Executives at OpenAI are increasingly convinced that some of its loudest critics may be backed by its billionaire rivals like xAI CEO Elon Musk, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook cofounder Dustin Moskovitz. In recent...
AmeriCorps grantees receive funding previously held by White House
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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A member of the Bur Oak AmeriCorps stewardship team. AmeriCorps members were cut from the program at Bur Oak in April 2025, as were AmeriCorps participants across the country. (Photo courtesy of Bur Oak Land Trust) Since July, grantees of...
Exclusive: UConn Hit With Civil Rights Complaint Over Anti-White Medical Program
The Federalist
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August 27, 2025
The University of Connecticut’s School of Medicine has been hit with a federal civil rights complaint over a program that claims to be a “pipeline for students of color,” allegedly at the expense of white and Asian students. Do No Harm (DNH), an...
Top 5 hospitals in Connecticut, per U.S. News & World Report
Providence Journal - Rhode Island
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U.S. News & World Report released its 2025-2026 list of 504 Best Regional Hospitals that have "demonstrated superior outcomes," including five in Connecticut. Nationally, the company analyzed performance data from 4,400 hospitals using factors...
Fever coach provides Caitlin Clark injury update
Iowa City Press Citizen
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Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark is expected to miss at least one more game due to injury, but could be on track to return by the end of the regular season. According to IndyStar reporter Chloe Peterson, Indiana Fever head coach Stephanie White on...
Medical systems, schools add staff in Northwest Arkansas
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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August 24, 2025
Dr. Cody Thompson has joined the staff at Washington Regional hospital's medicine group, where he provides evaluation and treatment of hospitalized patients in the medical center. Thompson, a Sheridan native, earned his medical degree from the...
U.S. Health and Human Services agency orders states to strip gender from sex ed
Bethesda Magazine - Maryland
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August 27, 2025
President Donald Trump’s administration demanded Tuesday that dozens of states remove from sex education materials any references to a person’s gender departing from their sex assigned at birth, or lose federal funding. The U.S. Department of...
Connecticut lawmaker says he faced lynching threats after ICE wrongly suggested he doxxed agents
MSNBC
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IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Now Playing Connecticut lawmaker says he faced lynching threats after ICE wrongly suggested he doxxed agents 06:13 UP NEXT Spike Lee: 'We need to wake up' 09:00...
UConn Football HC Jim Mora talks Syracuse game week
On3
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September 2, 2025
UConn Football head coach Jim Mora met with the media today, as he offered his final thoughts on the win over Central Connecticut State and previewed this weekend’s matchup against Syracuse. Coach, just an opening thoughts on week two at Syracuse....