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Families get creative to combat soaring grocery bills
Raising chickens was the last thing Mary Barker thought her family would do. However, they realized in the face of dramatically increased egg costs, the benefits of raising chickens outweighed the cost.
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Unfollow, unfriend, block: Is social media tearing us apart?
Taking a stand against opposing viewpoints by unfollowing or blocking those who post such viewpoints has become the newest trend on social media.
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Criticism, conflict and courts: CT updates voting rules
Starting Oct. 21, for the first time in a general election, Connecticut voters can visit early voting locations to cast their vote up to 14 days before Election Day. Every town in the state is required to have a location. Voters must check in, and receive a ballot and envelope. Voters fill out the ballot in a…
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UConn’s main campus gets early voting location
UConn Bookstore will open an early voting site on Oct. 21 in an effort to focus on the age group that has consistently exercised its right to vote the least: young Americans.
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Meet the people behind the curtain on Election Day
It doesn’t matter if turnout is high – more than 1.8 million Connecticut residents in the 2020 presidential election, or low – around 741,000 voters in municipal elections last November.
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Fast fashion lures shoppers, difficult to avoid
Glance around a mall, concert hall, or college campus and chances are you will see at least one piece of fast fashion clothing — often without even knowing it.
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Breaking the Cycle with Marilynn B. Winn
“There’s nothing you can tell me about the system and how it operates,” says formerly incarcerated Marilynn B. Winn. “I have experienced it, I have lived it, breathed it, ate it, slept on it—I’m a part of it.”
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Battle of the Bands: Opportunity for homegrown talent
Progression is the band’s goal. “I’d love to be touring, I’d love to be on a label,” McDonald said. “I want a bathrobe and slippers that have the Ruby Leftstep logo.”
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Online Sports Gambling Common Among Young Men
Over 39 percent of people who actively gamble is under the age of thirty-five. White men in this these age group gamble the most out of any other demographic group.
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Relief for Detroit Auto Dealers as UAW Strike Settled
Despite being in the heart of Motor City where the automotive industry is at the pulse of the city’s economic success, the ramifications of this strike did not take out Detroit’s GM auto dealers as it had during the 2019 strike.