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CT court stops feds from revoking immigration status for four students
The Connecticut Mirror
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June 3, 2025
Support trusted journalism in Connecticut. Join CT Mirror’s members today and make an impact. The U.S. District Court of Connecticut issued a preliminary injunction Saturday barring the federal government from revoking the immigration statuses of...
The Goods THC Launches Connecticut Cannabis Cultivation Facility
Cannabis Business Times
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June 3, 2025
[PRESS RELEASE] – HARTFORD, Conn., June 3, 2025 – The Goods THC, a minority woman-owned and family-led cannabis cultivation company, has officially completed the development of its 32,000-square-foot, micro-cultivation facility at 275–287...
Jennings sues administration to protect scientific research, education programs
Coastal Point
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Attorney General, State of Delaware Coastal Point • Submitted Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings, joining with 15 other attorneys general, has sued the Trump administration to stop its attempts to cut National Science Foundation (NSF)...
Trump's Education Secretary dramatically clashes with top Democrat over Harvard funding in stunning moment
Daily Mail
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June 3, 2025
Donald Trump's Education Secretary had a fiery clash with a top Democrat over funding for Harvard. Linda McMahon was on Capitol Hill Tuesday to testify before the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee on her department's budget for next year....
Texas legislature passes 'Don't Say Gay' law that bans LGBTQ+ student clubs
The Advocate
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June 3, 2025
The Texas legislature has passed a "Don't Say Gay" bill that not only bans discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity in classrooms, but goes even further by completely outlawing LGBTQ+ student clubs. Senate Bill 12, introduced by...
How a low LGBTQ+ friendliness score could hurt Tennessee's economy
The Knoxville News-Sentinel - Tennessee
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Tennessee ranks among the least LGBTQ+-friendly states according to Out Leadership’s State LGBTQ+ Business Climate Index. The state scored 35 out of 100, posing high risks for the LGBTQ+ community and potentially impacting businesses. Tennessee's...
Report ranks Illinois among safest LGBTQ+ states, citing laws, family support
The Register-Mail - Illinois
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Anti-LGBTQ+ legislation is becoming all too common in 2025, with the ACLU tracking more than 500 bills filed this year alone across the U.S. In response, many members of the LGBTQ+ community are feeling less and less safe by the day, reevaluating...
WalletHub Ranks the Best States for Racial Equality in Education
WIBC 93.1 FM - Indiana
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June 3, 2025
STATEWIDE — WalletHub has ranked every state based on racial equality in education with Indiana coming in around the middle. All 50 states were compared by WalletHub through a few key metrics including the difference between white and black...
Report: Massachusetts, New York are the most LGBTQ+ safe states
The Gardner News - Massachusetts
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Pride Month is here, and it comes at a time that LGBTQ+ equity continues to slip, according to one study. LGBTQ+ equality fell across the board for the third straight year, according to Out Leadership’s State LGBTQ+ Business Climate Index shared...
Study finds Connecticut has fourth-highest incomes in the country
NBC Connecticut
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June 3, 2025
Connecticut residents have the fourth-highest incomes in the country, according to a new report from WalletHub. The median yearly income in the U.S. is approximately $81,000, according to WalletHub’s report, "States Where People Have the Highest...
What Is Paige Bueckers’ Ethnicity, Religion, and Nationality? Exploring her Family Roots and Background
Essentially Sports
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June 3, 2025
“Some people play the game, some people love the game, but I think I live the game.” That’s what Paige Bueckers once said, and honestly? She’s proving it left and right. During the 2025 NBA draft, she went straight No. 1 to the Dallas Wings and...
Bittensor’s Decentralized AI Studio, Yuma, Comes to University of Connecticut
CoinDesk
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Yuma, a development studio and accelerator for decentralized AI (deAI) network Bittensor, has partnered with the University of Connecticut (UConn) to create a building program focused on pooling together specialized machine learning called...
Anti-LGBTQ+ incidents related to health care have increased
STAT - Massachusetts
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June 3, 2025
Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. Good morning! It’s June 3 — a significant day in the fictional “Gilmore Girls” town of Stars Hollow, and just another day of...
The ruse that lets big tech dodge Trump's immigration crackdown
Raw Story
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June 3, 2025
ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Reporting Highlights Temp to Permanent: There’s periodic debate over the 120,000 foreigners...
Connecticut Attorney General breaks down legal fight over Trump's tariffs
MSNBC
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Culture shift: Reducing lights and siren vehicle operation
EMS1 - Texas
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June 2, 2025
By Douglas F. Kupas, MD, EMT-P, FAEMS; and Matt Zavadsky, MS-HSA, EMT In early 2022, 14 international EMS, patient safety, quality and fire associations released a joint position statement encouraging EMS systems to reduce the incidence of lights...
Connecticut leaders push back on federal 'sanctuary' label
News 12 Connecticut
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Connecticut officials are pushing back after the Trump administration labeled the state a "sanctuary jurisdiction." Attorney General William Tong said there is nothing in state law that designates Connecticut as a sanctuary state. The Department...
The Tech Recruitment Ruse That Has Avoided Trump’s Crackdown on Immigration
ProPublica
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June 3, 2025
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Reporting Highlights Temp to Permanent: There’s periodic debate over the 120,000 foreigners annually awarded...
Bill to Reform Special Education Clears Final Vote in Senate
The Connecticut Examiner
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June 3, 2025
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CT special education reform receives unanimous final passage in state legislature
The Connecticut Mirror
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June 2, 2025
Support trusted journalism in Connecticut. Join CT Mirror’s members today and make an impact. The Connecticut legislature’s omnibus special education bill, which would reform how private providers charge for services and increase oversight of...