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DAY 32: SAUDI ANNIE

BLUMENTHAL: PIF can’t have it both ways: if it wants to engage with the US commercially, it must be subject to US law & oversight

DEANGELO: …we finally figured out the best source for information in a world where no one is talking, and courage is in short supply...

WHAT ABOUT THE INFLUENCE IN CT’S GOVERNORS OFFICE?

WHEN? FOR HOW MUCH? WHO APPROACHED WHO?

LOOKBACK: SAUDI ANNIE (DAYS 1-24)

POWELL: Lamont has Saudi link, too

“Was Mrs. Lamont’s company in partnership with the Saudi Arabian company even when her husband and his Democratic colleagues were denouncing Stefanowski for a similar connection? Maybe.  Did she not mention the irony to her husband? Who knows? Since the hypocrisy and sleaze here involve Democrats instead of Donald Trump, mainstream journalism will let it drop.”

WILL IT EVER BE ASKED? STILL NOT ASKED. STILL NOT ANSWERED: “WHEN WAS THE DEAL PUT TOGETHER AND FOR HOW MUCH, GOVERNOR?”

Sanabil Investments: Our Partners

IT’S COMPLICATED: “Sanabil Investments a wholly owned company by Public Investment Fund (PIF)”

“Saudi Arabia’s massive Public Investment Fund, with $620B in assets under management, is one of the largest sovereign wealth funds in the world. Its aim is to help diversify the country’s economy away from oil, with investments focused locally and globally.  The fund’s venture arm, Sanabil Investments, is ramping up…”

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CONNECTICUT

State Supreme Court Grapples With Scope of Pandemic-Era Legal Immunity for Providers

NEDONOMICS: CVS Cuts Local Jobs: Massive Layoffs to Impact Hundreds of Connecticut Workers

NEDONOMICS: Norwalk-based Frontier Communications is considering moving its headquarters to Texas or Florida, where the cost of business is lower and there is no income tax

NEDONOMICS: New Haven-Based BioPharma Co. Laying Off 110, Most Remote But Not All

NEDONOMICS: Aetna owner CVS Health to cut more than 500 jobs in CT

NEDONOMICS: #CTDIFFERENCE: Layoff notices start at Hartford-based health insurer Aetna

FORMER STATE POLICE LT. PAUL VANCE RUNNING FOR MIDDLEBURY SELECTMAN

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WATCH: SAGE STEELE/MEGYN KELLY

WATCH: SAGE STEELE/MEGYN KELLY: “I have the right to feel the way I feel based on my experience…”

THE TECH DOESN’T WORK WITH MANY PAYROLL SYSTEMS: Scanlon Touts State Savings Program Successes as Doubts are Raised

“McCartney found out that the state program doesn’t work with ADP, leaving her to manually input her employee information weekly, which would take hours of her time.”

Connecticut tribes to receive $300,000 in efficiency rebate program

CT GOP leaders say EV mandates will make the state less affordable

UConn audit finds repeat violations of bylaws, state statute

17-year-old shot in Hartford

LISTEN: DEANGELO: THIRTY WITH TONY

The CT Dept. of Energy and Environmental Protection is accepting written comments on two proposed regulations: one banning the sale of new gas-powered cars (beginning in 2035) and one gradually prohibiting the sale of new gas-powered trucks.

SAGE STEELE TO TALK WITH MEGYN KELLY

DECD Business Assistance Program’s Economic Impact Overstated, Audit Reveals

Connecticut State Police video shows SUV smash into cruiser on I-84

Listeria Risk Prompts Ice Cream Recall In Connecticut

Connecticut Department of Health confirms 2nd vibrio death

Connecticut Lottery to begin search for new CEO

Connecticut police union votes ‘no confidence’ in leadership

Connecticut police find cat in stolen vehicle linked to ‘armed robberies’ and are now trying to find its owner

Connecticut man seen brutally attacking police officer with hammer on body camera

Connecticut spends $1 million per year for state employee Viagra, generics

Stamford Schools to Pilot High School Remote Learning Program

Mammoth Lawsuit Entangles Stamford and its Biggest Developer

Plainville police investigating nearly 30 car break-ins this month

Big government takes aim at individual property rights

ARE CT’S NON-PROFIT NEWSROOMS ADVOCATING TO ELIMINATE ALL TOWN GOVERMENTS AFTER FAILING TO SHIFT PUBLIC AND POLITICAL WILL ON STATE TAKEOVER OF LOCAL ZONING?

ELIMINATE TOWN MEETINGS? PODCAST: Does Connecticut still need town meetings?

ELIMINATE TOWN MEETINGS? The town meeting is a Yankee tradition. Does it still make sense?

SHIFT POWER TO NON-ELECTED TOWN MANAGERS? CT towns grapple with how to govern as civic participation declines

WHICH CT AGENCY ISNT FALLING APART UNDER LAMONT? State Agriculture Department Failed to Post Over 100 Meetings, Audit Finds

FAILING: Too few prosecutors in Connecticut, workload too much, report says

FAILING: NEW PROBE PLANNED AS QUESTIONS ABOUT RACE AND PRIORITIES SWIRL AROUND CT PUBIC DEFENDER’S OFFICE

DECD FAILING: Connecticut auditors criticize state agency for not providing enough info on venture capital firm

PUBLIC SAFETY FAILING: Car thefts continuing to climb in Connecticut

LISTEN: ELCI/DEANGELO: A BUS RIDE THROUGH A SANDSTORM

How ’bout them #Bidenomics / #Nedonomics?: Telecom giant Frontier considers moving headquarters from Duff’s Norwalk to North Texas

Nearly 82% Of NIH Awards To Connecticut Organizations In 2023 Went To Yale University

Mixed fentanyl, child overdoses subject of drug council meeting

The Quasi Vulture

CT DOT? CT DOT urges drivers to stomp spotted lanternflies

POLITICS NEXT? SAGE STEELE: Having successfully settled my case with ESPN/Disney, I have decided to leave so I can exercise my first amendment rights more freely.

‘You could see it forming’ | Connecticut’s first tornado of the year touches down in Litchfield County

Old Saybrook Releases Exit Interview, Claims and Counterclaims Regarding the Police Department

Stonington, Connecticut tops the list as one of the prettiest coastal towns in New England

Energize Connecticut and Rewiring America Announce Partnership

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Examining Connecticut’s Clean Election Program, Part One

Paying People to Strike Makes No Sense

State Supreme Court Grapples With Scope of Pandemic-Era Legal Immunity for Providers

State Supreme Court decisions narrow pandemic-related liability protections for providers

State high court keeps provider COVID immunity in play but further defines scope

The First & Future Saint from Connecticut?

Connecticut officials trying to manage teacher shortage as new school year approaches

Much of the faculty at a Connecticut school spent the last school year pregnant

Nipped in the Bud (Not Lite)

As Connecticut aims to phase out gas-powered cars, service station owners face an uncertain future

David McCormick is gearing up for a Senate run in Pennsylvania. But he lives in Connecticut

LOOKBACK: 9/11 families and veterans from PA are calling out David McCormick’s deep ties to the Saudi government

Contracting Standards Board To Get New Chair

Paid leave deductions taken from retirement vacation and sick payouts

Haddam Smoke Shop Owner Charged With Selling Marijuana to Minors

Golden Retriever Goes Full “Good Boy” Defending 4-Year-Old & Chases Black Bear Away From Connecticut Backyard

Man from Connecticut among group of Americans freed from Iranian prison

The1976 U.S. women’s basketball team, Southern Connecticut State stars inducted in Naismith Hall of Fame

Through injury-riddled career, Iowa’s Diante Vines has always leaned on Connecticut connections

Southbridge man arrested after driving through Connecticut parade

Strunk, a Democrat, Opts for Third-Party Run, Calls Out Party Members in Stonington

SWICK: The Unethical and Completely Unaccountable Democrat Party