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Nov 10 2023
News
CT 2023 election: Voter turnout percentages from across the state
About 709,000 of 2.1 million Connecticut registered voters cast a ballot in this year’s municipal elections, bringing the turnout rate to 33.29% with almost all precincts reporting, according to preliminary data submitted by towns to the Secretary of the State’s Office. Last time Connecticut had municipal elections in 2021, the turnout rate was 32.1%, and it’s hovered around there since 2017.
CT MirrorDec 15 2023
Analysis
Why a Bipartisan House Committee Wants to Further Cut Ties With Beijing
The bipartisan House China select committee released a major new report this week calling for a full reappraisal of U.S.-China ties, the most detailed and comprehensive vision yet of how Congress could respond to the reality of global competition with Beijing.
The 53-page report is chock-full of detailed legislative proposals aimed at paring back—but not fully severing—the ties binding
Foreign PolicyDec 13 2023
Analysis
Starbucks has lost $11 billion market value, and not because of boycotts
Starbucks’s value is down billions of dollars. People online are calling for a boycott of Starbucks. The extent to which these two things are related, if they are at all, is not clear.
One thing is true here: The Seattle-based coffee company is not having a bang-up time heading into the end of the year. Its share price has seen a sharp decline since mid-November, falling by about 9
VoxDec 02 2023
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Montana TikTok Ban Likely Violates First Amendment, Intrudes on Federal Foreign Affairs Power
Judge Donald Molloy's opinion Thursday in Alario v. Knudsen (D. Mont.) preliminarily enjoined Montana's ban on TikTok, which the state had defended largely on the theory that TikTok was owned by a Chinese corporation and "gathers significant information from its users, accessing data against their will to share with the People's Republic of China," which facilitates "corporate and
ReasonNov 30 2023
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Record number of people are fleeing California for Florida. Will DeSantis use it against Newsom?
Texas has long been the top landing spot in the United States for residents leaving California. Nevada and Arizona, two states that share a border with California, have also traditionally been among the top destinations. There’s suddenly a new contender attracting people fleeing California: Ron DeSantis’s Florida. New data from the census bureau show that more people left California for
The Sacramento BeeNov 30 2023
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Northern Lights May Be Visible In IA This Week After Large Solar Flare
Severe geomagnetic storm activity was expected to strike Earth on Thursday, which could allow for dazzling northern lights displays as far south as Illinois and other mid-latitude states between 1 a.m. and 4 a.m. Friday. Aurora forecasting is tricky and data is still limited, but scientists say ethereal displays may be visible in the northern third of the country. The Kp index — the measure of
Patch.comDec 04 2023
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Scientists warn fossil-fuel emissions hit record high this year
This year may have seen the highest levels of carbon emissions since records began, new research has found. Around 36.8 billion tonnes of CO₂ from fossil fuels were released into the atmosphere in 2023, 1.1 percent more than in 2022. This is according to predictions made in the annual Global Carbon Budget report. This is an increased rate of annual growth than the average of 0.5 percent over
NewsweekDec 04 2023
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Utah's snowpack, ski resorts receive major boost from weekend storm
SALT LAKE CITY — Some of Utah's resorts reported Monday that they received more than 4 feet of snow this weekend from an atmospheric river that ultimately produced more than originally forecast. The series of storms also helped Utah's snowpack get back on track after a sluggish start to the season, soaring from about 39% of the normal on Friday to 113% by Monday morning, according to federal
KSLDec 01 2023
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Utah Supreme Court rejects TikTok request to halt document demands during appeal
SALT LAKE CITY — The state's top court has rejected a request by TikTok for an emergency stay, clearing the way for the social media giant to be forced to hand over documents and data to investigators. In an order filed Thursday night by Justice Jill Pohlman, the Utah Supreme Court refused to grant TikTok's stay. The order, shared with FOX 13 News, noted that Chief Justice Matthew Durrant and
FOX 13 Salt Lake CityDec 05 2023
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Bitcoin Blasts to $44K on Coinbase, and Could Run Towards $48K Resistance: LMAX Analyst
A quick surge in bitcoin (BTC) early Tuesday afternoon lifted the price above $44,000 on some crypto exchanges, including Coinbase, for the first time since early April 2022 as the largest crypto extended its rally supported by declining interest rates and anticipation for a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund in the U.S. The CoinDesk Bitcoin Index XBX , which gathers pricing data from multiple
CoinDesk