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Did You Remember To Spring Forward For Daylight Saving Time? Did You Remember To Spring Forward For Daylight Saving Time?
Did You Remember To Spring Forward For Daylight Saving Time? Did you remember to change your clock? Daylight Saving Time went into effect at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 12, marking its 100th year. Local officials also recommend checking and changing batteries on smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.   Daylight Saving began during World War I and used again during World War II as an energy saving initiative. It didn't become a (mostly) nationwide event until the  Uniform Time Act of 1966. Arizona and Hawaii do not participate  Daylight Saving Time's eight-month run lasts through early November.

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by Daily Voice
Politics
Wealthy CT Residents Will Be Hit Hard By GOP Tax Bill, Study Says Wealthy CT Residents Will Be Hit Hard By GOP Tax Bill, Study Says
Wealthy CT Residents Will Be Hit Hard By GOP Tax Bill, Study Says A new study finds that Connecticut has had the third most millionaires in the U.S. for the last seven years. That means that the GOP tax bill will have a greater impact on wealthy residents in the blue states, the study says. The 2017 Phoenix Wealth & Affluent Monitor (W&AM) shows that as of mid-2017, the top 1 percent of U.S. households -- those having $5 million or more in investable assets or liquid wealth -- increased by eight percent to more than 1.1 million. The richest Americans are concentrated in states that were carried by Democrats in at least three of the last four pres…

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
Connecticut Highways Rank Among Worst In Nation, Report Says Connecticut Highways Rank Among Worst In Nation, Report Says
Connecticut Highways Rank Among Worst In Nation, Report Says Connecticut ranks among the bottom five states in the country in overall performance and cost-effectiveness, according to this new report released by a libertarian think tank.  The Reason Foundation published its 23rd Annual Highway Report on Thursday, Feb. 8. It ranked Connecticut among the bottom 10 states in five of eleven categories used to determine the overall rankings, including urban interstate pavement conditions, total disbursements per mile and bridge deficiency.  If misery loves company, Connecticut's neighboring states did not fare much better in the study: Massachusetts ranke…

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by Jon Craig
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Fairfield County Gas Prices Keep Climbing Above National Average Fairfield County Gas Prices Keep Climbing Above National Average
Fairfield County Gas Prices Keep Climbing Above National Average FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- Gas prices in Connecticut continue to rise along with the rest of the nation, with the Nutmeg State moving up to have the 10th highest prices in the country, according to AAA Northeast. As of Monday, Connecticut gas prices are $2.68 per gallon, 2 cents higher than this time last week and 21 cents higher than this time last year. The average gas price in the United States is $2.54 per gallon, a penny higher than last week and 23 cents higher than this point last year. Gas prices in Fairfield County continue to be well above the rest of the state. The average price …

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by Casey Donahue
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False Alarm: Hawaii Wrongly Alerts 'Incoming Ballistic Missile' Threat False Alarm: Hawaii Wrongly Alerts 'Incoming Ballistic Missile' Threat
False Alarm: Hawaii Wrongly Alerts 'Incoming Ballistic Missile' Threat The timing couldn't have been worse: An emergency alert warning of an "incoming ballistic missile" was mistakenly sent out by Hawaiian officials on Saturday. It actually was part of a drill and wasn't supposed to be sent to cellphones, authorities said. "NO missile threat to Hawaii," the state's Emergency Management Agency (EMA) tweeted at 1:20 p.m. EDT (8:20 a.m. Hawaii time). It took 38 minutes to correct the error, which occurred when an employee selected the wrong item from a drop-down menu during what was supposed to be an internal test of Hawaii's emergency alert …

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by Jerry DeMarco