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Connecticut Dem leaders lambast Trump’s ‘Beautiful Bill’
Fairfield County Business Journal - Connecticut
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July 7, 2025
Gov. Ned Lamont addresses press conference July 7 regarding the federal cuts in Medicaid and SNAP benefits. State Social Services Commissioner Andrea Barton Reeves looks on. Lawmakers representing the state and federal government returned from the...
Tuition Hikes And Spending Cuts - What's Behind The Financial Woes Of US Universities?
Zero Hedge
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Authored by Aaron Gifford via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Colleges and universities across the country, both public and private, face financial challenges ahead of the upcoming academic year, regardless of their size, wealth, and prestige....
Consulting company with Hartford office pays over $450K to settle overbilling allegations
WTIC-TV - Connecticut
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July 8, 2025
Mercer, a national consulting company with a Hartford office, entered into a civil settlement after allegedly overbilling the Defense Health Agency. HARTFORD, Conn. — A national consulting company with an office in Hartford agreed to pay the...
White House speaks on $53 million withheld from Connecticut schools, organizations
WTIC-TV - Connecticut
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A White House OMB spokesperson said, “Initial findings show that many of these grant programs have been grossly misused to subsidize a radical leftwing agenda.” WASHINGTON D.C., DC — Last week, FOX61 reported that the administration of President...
California’s Office of Health Care Affordability (“OHCA”) Initiates First Cost and Market Impact Review (“CMIR”)
JD Supra - California
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July 8, 2025
On June 6, 2025, the California Office of Health Care Affordability (“OHCA”) issued its first determination to conduct a Cost and Market Impact Review (“CMIR”) under its health care oversight law.1 This CMIR will involve review of portions of a...
Power restored for South Norwalk residents, businesses
News 12 Connecticut
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A large section of South Norwalk had power restored this morning following an hourslong outage. South Norwalk Electric and Water reported the outage about 3:30 p.m. Monday. News 12 Connecticut still has not heard what caused the outage. Much of...
Health insurance company with $247 billion in revenue cuts jobs for fourth time
SI Live - New York
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July 8, 2025
Global health company The Cigna Group completed its fourth round of layoffs this year at its New Jersey-based subsidiary Cigna Evernorth Health Services last week. Evernorth, which provides pharmacy care and benefits solutions, announced layoffs...
End of an Era: Manhattan Market Will Be Closing After Over 30 Years in Woodley Park “due to unforeseen circumstances”
PoPville - Washington D.C.
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July 8, 2025
Retail 2647 Connecticut Ave, NW photo by Beau Finley Thanks to Mitch, Sarah and Elizabeth for sending the news: “Manhattan Market is closing at the end of the month.” On a personal note as someone who moved to Woodley Park in 1997, I must say...
Hospitals brace for financial hit, closure under cut to Medicaid
New Britain Herald - Connecticut
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Tyler Sherman, a nurse at a rural Nebraska hospital, is used to the area’s aging farmers delaying care until they end up in his emergency room. Now, with Congress planning around $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts over 10 years, he fears those farmers...
Metinteractive Leads Training Rooms’ Design/Build Project for Middletown, Connecticut’s The Connection
Sound & Video Contractor
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July 8, 2025
Based in Middletown, Connecticut, The Connection offers programs that address complex community problems such as homelessness, mental illness, substance abuse and community justice rehabilitation. The agency uses evidence-based practices help...
CBIA: Connecticut GDP contracted for the first time in three years
Fairfield County Business Journal - Connecticut
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July 8, 2025
Courtesy of CBIA Connecticut’s economy contracted for the first time in more than three years in the first quarter of 2025 amid tariff concerns, slower consumer spending, and ongoing volatility in the state’s jobs market, according to a June 27...
Florida Trying To Lure NYC Business Leaders After Mamdani's Victory
Newsweek
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July 8, 2025
Florida has emerged as an unlikely winner from New York City's mayoral primary race, which marked the triumph of Zohran Mamdani, as wealthy investors scared off by the young left-wing candidate's ideas seem set to look for better opportunities in...
Choice Financial Group Marks 30th Acquisition with Addition of Corporate Risk Solutions
WFMZ - Pennsylvania
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., July 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Choice Financial Group, one of the fastest-growing insurance brokerages in the United States, proudly announces its thirtieth acquisition with the addition of Corporate Risk Solutions (CRS), a...
Eye on Local Business: Nan Xiang, Stamford
Fairfield County Business Journal - Connecticut
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July 8, 2025
Nan Xiang’s Michelin-recommended steamed dumplings. Photographs courtesy Nan Xiang. Nan Xiang Soup Dumplings – the Shanghainese restaurant concept founded in Flushing, Queens, in 2006 and known for its Michelin-recommended soup dumplings — opened...
From Bankruptcy to Boomtown: Why Detroit Is a Must-Visit for Business and Innovation
Business Traveler
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July 8, 2025
Twelve years after it became the largest U.S. city to declare bankruptcy, Detroit is booming. But don’t call it a comeback—the city is forging a new path forward. Last year, the Ford Motor Company reopened the historic and long-abandoned Michigan...
Report: Connecticut 6th highest lottery sales per capita
Connecticut Inside Investigator
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July 8, 2025
Connecticut residents spend more on the state’s lottery system than most other states, having the sixth highest sales per capita in the nation, according to a study conducted by the investment publication Motley Fool, which notes that residents...
Fortune 500 company cuts jobs in N.J. for the fourth time this year
NJ.com - New Jersey
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July 8, 2025
Global health company The Cigna Group completed its fourth round of layoffs this year at its New Jersey-based subsidiary Cigna Evernorth Health Services last week. Evernorth, which provides pharmacy care and benefits solutions, announced layoffs...
Critics say Connecticut law allows towing companies to target the working class
CBS News
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July 4, 2025
A law in Connecticut allows tow truck companies to sell the cars they tow after just 15 days. Critics of the law call it predatory and say private tow truck operators are targeting working class neighborhoods. Tom Hanson reports.
Federal lands larger than Delaware move closer to coming up for sale to coal mining companies
Fortune
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Federal officials on Monday took a first step toward reopening vast areas of public lands in two Western states to new coal sales as part of President Donald Trump’s push to expand U.S. fossil fuel production. The Interior Department proposal...
TJ's Cleanouts Highlights The Importance Of Transparent Pricing For Connecticut Homeowners
MENAFN
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July 8, 2025
(MENAFN- GetNews) TJ's Clean-Out Services, founded by Troy Langer, is promoting transparent pricing for junk removal in Connecticut by offering upfront, volume-based quotes with no hidden fees. Serving homeowners across the state, the company...