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The CT Office of the Behavioral Health Advocate aims to help residents access behavioral health services and help providers receive payments. ... Read full Story
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The pollution in the Connecticut River is caused by sewer overflows that have long been an issue in older cities with aged infrastructure. ... Read full Story
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There were 3,735 people living in shelters or outside in CT in January 2025, compared to 3,410 in January 2024. That’s nearly a 10% increase. ... Read full Story
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Así funciona realmente la redistribución de distritos en Connecticut, cómo la delegación del Congreso pasó de 60% Republicano a 80% Demócrata en las elecciones intermedias de 2006 ... Read full Story
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Vaccines have saved millions upon millions of lives and publicly challenging their efficacy could result in disastrous cases. ... Read full Story
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The rate hikes come amid a flood of federal health policy changes, including new cuts to Medicaid and expiring federal subsidies. ... Read full Story
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The upgrades by Moody’s and Fitch are likely campaign fodder for Gov. Ned Lamont, who is widely expected to announce a bid for a third term. ... Read full Story
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Gov. Ned Lamont endorsed the potential state purchase of a share of the WNBA’s Connecticut Sun as a savvy investment, not a subsidy. ... Read full Story
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The state’s Department of Public Health is encouraging children 6 months and older, as well as adults of all ages, to get vaccinated. ... Read full Story
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The number of kids seeking mental health care at the emergency department increases at the start of a new school year. ... Read full Story
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Before the public trust in universities erodes, we must recommit to free inquiry and resist censorship pressures. ... Read full Story
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Denied their party’s endorsements for reelection, the GOP first selectmen of Oxford and Plainfield won primaries as challengers Tuesday. ... Read full Story
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In the latest Child and Family Services Reviews, Connecticut missed federal benchmarks in five of seven factors HHS reviewed. ... Read full Story
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Robert Anderson, Maria Hernandez and Silvia Ramos, all charged with mishandling absentee ballots, were ordered back to court on Election Day. ... Read full Story
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DeVaughn Ward told Correction Advisory Committee hiring was delayed after CT legislature doubled his budget and he shifted his staffing plans. ... Read full Story
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Waymo—a subsidiary of Alphabet, Google’s parent company—has, since at least 2019, poured more than $3M into lobbying city and state leaders. ... Read full Story
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The World Trade Center Health Program was one of several programs at the CDC affected by broader federal staffing cuts earlier this year. ... Read full Story
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 16, 2025 is:
debunk • \dee-BUNK\ • verb
To debunk something (such as a belief or theory) is to show that it is not true.
// The influencer remained enormously popular despite having the bulk of their health claims thoroughly debunked.
Examples:
“Conspiracy theorists (and those of us who argue with them have the scars to show for it) often maintain that the ones debunking the conspiracies are allied with the conspirators.” — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
Did you know?
To debunk something is to take the bunk out of it—that bunk being nonsense. (Bunk is short for the synonymous bunkum, which has political origins.) Debunk has been in use since at least the 1920s, and it contrasts with synonyms like disprove and rebut by suggesting that something is not merely untrue but is also a sham—a trick meant to deceive. One can simply disprove a myth, but if it is debunked, the implication is that the myth was a grossly exaggerated or foolish claim.
