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Connecticut Medicaid Patients Likely To Lose Care Under Federal Health Bill

Connecticut's Medicaid program will be in trouble if the Senate's health care bill becomes law. And health policy experts say people with private insurance are also likely to feel the ramifications.

Travelers Championship: A Hometown Event For Golfer Zach Zaback

After Zach Zaback struck his ball off the 11 th tee, his mother sensed something was wrong with her son. So she did what any other mother would do—she went to him. But then, she thought better of it.

What Will Aetna Accomplish With Its Headquarters Move?

Though Aetna has said it plans to move the company headquarters away from Hartford as a way to broaden access to innovation and new talent, some economists remain puzzled over the company’s strategy.

DCF's New Strategy: Treating Children And Families In Their Own Homes

Last May, Samantha Collins’s drug use, legal problems and dealings with the Connecticut Department of Children and Families forced her to strike a bargain with the agency.

In Visually Literate Classrooms, Words Are Worth A Thousand Pictures

By David DesRoches • 18 minutes ago

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High school English class is usually a time to read books and write essays. If you draw pictures, you might get into trouble. But not in James Shivers’s English class at Public Safety Academy in Enfield -- he actually asks his students to draw.

Simsbury Debates Trade Off Between Green Farmland And Green Energy

By Patrick Skahill • 18 minutes ago

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Deepwater Wind, the group behind the nation's first offshore wind farm, is now proposing a massive clean energy project in Connecticut. The company wants to build what could be one of region's largest solar farms in Simsbury.

Senate Health Care Bill Hangs In The Balance As 5 Lawmakers Waver

By Jessica Taylor • Jun 22, 2017

Updated at 6 p.m. ET June 23

Nevada Sen. Dean Heller on Friday became the latest GOP lawmaker to voice concerns about the Senate health care bill — a development that further complicates Republican efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

"I cannot support a piece of legislation that takes away insurance from tens of millions of Americans and hundreds of thousands of Nevadans," Heller said at a news conference back in Nevada.

Senate Republicans Reveal Long-Awaited Affordable Care Act Repeal Bill

By Danielle Kurtzleben • Jun 22, 2017

Updated at 2:32 p.m. ET

Senate Republicans unveiled their long-awaited health care overhaul proposal on Thursday. The Senate bill, called the "Better Care Reconciliation Act," would repeal major parts of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. The broad outlines of it look a lot like the House bill, the American Health Care Act, which was passed in May.

Mark Twain's "Swagger" Looms In Documentary About Gilded Age Art

By Ray Hardman • Jun 22, 2017

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The Mark Twain House and Museum will screen a new documentary Thursday that looks at the arts of the so-called "Gilded Age" of American history. Mark Twain played a crucial role in that era and plays one in the documentary.

Local Sports Stars Tee Off In Travelers Pro-Am Event

By Frankie Graziano • Jun 22, 2017

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Nick Bonino is a hockey player who was born in Hartford. He’s not just any hockey player—the Avon Old Farms product won his second straight Stanley Cup as a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins two weeks ago.

New Jobs For Lawrence And Memorial Hospital In New London As Yale Takes Over

By Harriet Jones • Jun 22, 2017

Yale New Haven Health has announced plans to create forty new jobs in New London as it consolidates its affiliation with the city’s Lawrence and Memorial Hospital.

Connecticut Garden Journal: Delphiniums Bring An Ocean Look To Your Garden

By Charlie Nardozzi • Jun 22, 2017

This stately perennial has white, pink, blue, or purple flower buds that ancient Greeks called delphis or dolphin. They thought the flower buds resemble Flipper. We know theses plants as delphiniums.

Tony DiCicco, Former U.S. Women's National Team Soccer Coach, Dies At 68

By Frankie Graziano • Jun 22, 2017

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Tony DiCicco died Monday at the age of 68. The Wethersfield native coached the United States Women’s Soccer Team in the 1999 World Cup.

Republicans' Proposed Medicaid Cuts Would Hit Rural Patients Hard

By editor • Jun 22, 2017

For the hundreds of rural U.S. hospitals struggling to stay in business, health policy decisions made in Washington, D.C., this summer could make survival a lot tougher.

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Visitors Flock To Jamestown To Catch A Glimpse Of Beached Whale

A beached humpback whale discovered dead several days ago in Jamestown is still lying on the rocks near the island’s southern coast. Scientists hoped to remove the whale's body Monday, but were unable due to the weather.