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News Tipoffs - Connecticut Editors Newsletter for Saturday November 16, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Conn. A.G. Tong Statement on Eversource Winter Rate Increase
HARTFORD, Connecticut, Nov. 16 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement on Nov. 15, 2024: * * * Attorney General William Tong released the following statement today regarding the announcement from Eversource that standard services rates will rise by 24 percent in January, resulting in a total average bill increase of 7.2 percent. "More awful news from our out-of-touch public utilities. Let's get real--this is not a decrease. This is yet another increase on t  more

Hawaii A.G. Lopez Calls on the FCC to Strengthen Vetting Process to Block Robocallers
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Nov. 16 -- Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2024: Attorney General Anne Lopez and a bipartisan coalition of 46 attorneys general is calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to improve its Robocall Mitigation Database (RMD) and close what has effectively been an unmonitored loophole that bad actors exploit to access the U.S. telephone network. "While we work to identify and reduce the amount of illegal robocalls   more

INVESTING IN AMERICA: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $1.5 Billion in Additional Upgrades to America's Busiest Rail Corridor
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: Funding made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will go to 19 projects along the Northeast Corridor as President Biden continues to advance a vision for world-class passenger rail across America The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today continued its historic investment in passenger rail with nearly $1.5 billion for 19 projects along the Northea  more