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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,…

Connecticut’s Board of Social Equity voted Tuesday to approve 16 of 41 applications from businesses seeking to grow recreational marijuana. Qualified applicants with $3 million in investment capital and plans for a large-scale operation effectively avoid a lottery system that has been criticized as unfair to small local farmers and applicants for areas disproportionately affected by people in their 50s. drug war. These are the first approvals of marijuana businesses by the board, which was created by the Legislature to oversee the expansion of the marijuana industry in Connecticut and to ensure that it benefits people affected by the war…

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Champion Leandro Lo has died after being shot in the head. The 33-year-old man was at a concert in São Paulo when he got into a fight with another man. He was taken to hospital but declared brain dead a few hours later. Lo was one of the most successful Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu athletes of all time, having won eight world championships as a black belt since 2012. According to local media, an off-duty military policeman has been arrested on suspicion of shooting the fighter. The altercation allegedly began after the suspect entered Lo’s circle of friends and…