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Connecticut Implements Tool to Report Federal Funding Cuts as Specter of Medicaid Cuts Looms

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By Joe O'Leary
on May 5, 2025
at 4:30 am

CT Republicans Have a Plan to Raise Tuitions and Increase Class Sizes

As families across Connecticut work to put their kids through college, Connecticut...

CT GOP: Cancel Raises for Connecticut State Police

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