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'A Rip-Off': Defunct CT Nursing School To Pay $5M For Defrauding Students, AG Says 'A Rip-Off': Defunct CT Nursing School To Pay $5M For Defrauding Students, AG Says
'A Rip-Off': Defunct CT Nursing School To Pay $5M For Defrauding Students, AG Says A multimillion-dollar settlement has been approved in the case against a defunct for-profit nursing school accused of misleading students and failing to provide promised training, officials said. Stone Academy and its owners will pay $5 million to settle claims of unfair and deceptive conduct, Attorney General William Tong said in a news release on Thursday, Feb. 27. The settlement resolves lawsuits brought by the State of Connecticut and former students. The school had campuses in East Hartford, Waterbury, and West Haven before permanently closing in February 2023. "Stone Academ…

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by Chris Spiker
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CT's Second Female Governor Jodi Rell Dies At 78 CT's Second Female Governor Jodi Rell Dies At 78
CT's Second Female Governor Jodi Rell Dies At 78 Connecticut is mourning the loss of its second female governor, Jodi Rell, who died following a brief illness.  Rell, who served as the state's 87th governor from 2004 to 2011, died on Wednesday, Nov. 20 at the age of 78 at a hospital in Florida following a short illness, CBS News reported.  Rell took office following the resignation of her predecessor, John G. Rowland, who pleaded guilty to corruption charges in 2004. She is the most recent Republican to serve as Connecticut's governor and spent her two terms expanding healthcare and childcare, strengthening ethics laws, and brin…

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by Ben Crnic