| News Tipoffs - Connecticut Editors Newsletter for Wednesday December 04, 2024 ( 3 items ) |
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Conn. Gov. Lamont, Comptroller Scanlon, Treasurer Russell Announce Connecticut Pension Funds Achieve Highest Funded Ratios in Nearly 20 Years
HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 4 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2024:
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Newly Released Reports Highlight Strengthened Health of State's Pension Funds
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Governor Ned Lamont, Comptroller Sean Scanlon, and Treasurer Erick Russell today are highlighting the release of two reports detailing the significant improvements made in recent years to strengthen the long-term health of Connecticut's pension funds for retired state workers.
The annual
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Unemployment rates lowest in Sioux Falls, Rapid City, and Burlington-South Burlington, October 2024
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily:
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In October 2024, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, had the lowest unemployment rate, 1.5 percent. The next lowest rates were in Rapid City, South Dakota, 1.6 percent, and Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont, 1.7 percent. El Centro, California, had the highest rate, 19.6 percent.
A total of 224 areas had October jobless rates below the U.S. rate of 3.9 p
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VA Funds First Study on Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy for Veterans
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs issued the following news release on Dec. 3, 2024:
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New research would assess the potential benefit of psychedelics for treating PTSD and alcohol use disorder in Veterans
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Today, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it will fund a study on Methylenedioxymethamphetamine-assisted, or MDMA-assisted, therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder and alcohol use disorder among Veterans. This is the fir
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