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Connecticut’s Average Gas Price Up 3% In Anticipation Of Memorial Day Weekend Travel Demand

How gas prices have changed in Connecticut in the last week

Memorial Day Weekend is upon us and gas prices are inching a bit higher this week in reaction to an increase in demand as Americans hit the road. According to AAA, Memorial Day road trips are expected to show an increase of 6% over 2022, with over 37 million Americans driving to their destinations.

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OP-ED | A Day To Honor Our War Dead

Opinion writer Tom Purcell laments the polls that show many Americans don’t know why we celebrate Memorial Day. One survey found that fewer than half knew the purpose was not to honor those who served in the armed forces, but rather to honor those who gave their lives while they served.

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OP-ED | Marjorie Taylor Greene Is At It Again

Opinion writer Elwood Watson says the verbal exchange between U.S. Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Jamaal Bowman this week on the steps of the nation’s capitol shows how a white woman’s description of events, no matter how distorted or blatantly false, will likely be believed by many over the words of their non-white counterparts.

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Group Home Workers Strike For Higher Wages

Over 1,700 group home and day program workers who provide care for individuals with disabilities in Medicaid-funded agencies across Connecticut launched an indefinite strike Wednesday. They are demanding higher wages, affordable healthcare, and adequate retirement funding. The caregivers are calling for a pathway to a minimum wage of $25 per hour, a significant increase from…

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OP-ED | It’s Public For A Reason

Opinion writer Susan Campbell is concerned about two bills that have been sent from the Senate to the House this year, which would limit the ability of the public – and press – to seek information through Freedom of Information Act requests.

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Report: Connecticut Has Aggressive Probation Practices

Connecticut’s use of community corrections, particularly aggressive probation tactics, traps thousands of people in the correctional system and fuels a troubling cycle of incarceration, according to a new report released by the Katal Center and the Prison Policy Initiative. The report highlights the disproportionate impact on people of color and individuals with low income.

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Debt-ceiling Blackmail & Still Alive

The standoff over the debt ceiling continued Monday. President Joe Biden said the White House offered a proposal for $1 trillion in spending cuts, but as part of the same proposal the Democrats called for tax overhaul, including rescinding the Trump administration’s tax cuts for the wealthy, which are estimated to cost $3.5 trillion if they are renewed. Republicans have balked. Meanwhile, early polling shows…

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