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UMass student gov votes 'no confidence' in Reyes, as McGovern says protest arrests 'very concerning'Members of the Student Government Association at the University of Massachusetts Amherst voted "with an overwhelming majority" Wednesday evening to express their "no confidence" in Chancellor Javier Reyes.
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Wethersfield EMS struggles highlight how small CT towns navigate complex world of ambulance responseAcross Connecticut, it's the state — not towns — that has ultimate authority over EMS response. For some local leaders, that's a problem.
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Republican debate and a Democratic choice not to bring an omnibus climate change bill up for debate sooner in the Senate doomed significant climate legislation in 2024.
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Connecticut’s General Assembly came to a close on Wednesday. Legislators advanced a variety of measures, but others, like efforts to address climate change, died.
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Organizers with the University of Vermont group Students for Justice in Palestine announced Wednesday they're removing their tents to "pivot our energy."
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Students at Connecticut College occupied a building on the New London school's campus for days in 2023, demonstrating against the school administration. But student protesters this year have remained relatively quiet as some other schools carried out more boisterous pro-Palestinian demonstrations.
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New maps show that seven neighborhoods will be particularly vulnerable to flooding during three broad scenarios — daily high tides, the occasional astronomical, or "king" tide, and major storms — within the next 25 to 75 years.
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Lawmakers in the Vermont Senate voted Tuesday to advance one of the most significant and controversial climate bills of the session.
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Members of the UMass Amherst Student Government Association have gathered enough signatures to call for a vote of no confidence in Chancellor Javier Reyes. They are requesting a meeting him him before a possible the vote.
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Former ACLU leader Nadine Strossen said a new federal antisemitism proposal will expand the definition of the term. She says that will stop criticism, but it won't stop hate.
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Federal drug testing has come into conflict with states that have legalized cannabis.
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Connecticut needs to return to housing construction rates seen in the post-World War II era and into the 1980s, to avoid a spike in the number of low-income families.