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As Connecticut suffers its second extended heat wave this summer, it’s worth noting that the state does not have a moratorium on warm-weather utility shutdowns like the one that exists during the winter heating season. Among all climate-related hazards, extreme heat is responsible for the highest number of annual deaths, according to the federal Ready.gov website. The US Environmental Protection Agency estimates that about 1,300 people die each year nationally from extremely hot weather. Connecticut typically has an average of one heat-related death per year, according to a November 2020 report presented to the Governor’s Council on Climate Change. Deaths…

For five decades in Washington, Joe Biden knew that the way to influence was to be in the room where it happens. But in the second year of his presidency, some of Biden’s most surprising and legacy-defining legislative victories came while staying out of it. A summer legislative blitz has sent bipartisan bills that address gun violence and boost the nation’s high-tech manufacturing sector to Biden’s desk, and the president is now poised to secure what calling the “final piece” of his economic agenda with Senate approval of a once-thought-dead Democrat-only climate and prescription drug deal. And in a counterintuitive…

HARTFORD, Conn. (WFSB) – The premium payment program was established by the Connecticut legislature to provide financial assistance to essential workers employed during the pandemic. If you are an essential worker, you can receive a payment of up to $1,000 from the Premium Payment Program. About the Premium Pay program: The Connecticut Premium Pay Program is a fund approved by the Connecticut General Assembly to make $30 million available in assistance to support the critical workforce that helped keep the state operating during the pandemic. The Connecticut State Comptroller’s Office will oversee the program and has hired Public Consulting Group…

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) – A Japanese sailor was attacked Monday in the Solomon Islands during a World War II memorial service that was also attended by U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman. Radio New Zealand reported that the victim was part of a Japanese navy media team and was stabbed in the neck with scissors, receiving minor injuries. The Solomon Islands government was organizing the dawn service at Bloody Ridge as part of commemorations to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Guadalcanal. Radio New Zealand spoke to doctors who said the sailor would need stitches but…

The National Party’s newest MP, Sam Uffindell, has been asked to leave his exclusive boarding school after brutally beating a younger student on a night out. Uffindell only offered an apology to the man last year, 22 years after the attack and nine months before he publicly announced his political aspirations. He says the timing of his decision to apologize is not related to his decision to start a political career, but that he had been “tricked” by the incident and wanted to atone. “It was one of the dumbest, stupidest things I’ve ever done. I regretted it very much,…