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Pandemic · ConnecticutConnecticut could face close to $180 million in annual extra costs to its supplementary nutrition and food stamps program within the next five years, according to a very preliminary analysis of recent federal budget cuts by Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration. But the memorandum Lamont’s budget office issued Friday did not project added costs tied to the biggest area that President Donald Trump and Congress targeted for cutbacks: the Medicaid progr…See the Story
Federal Cutbacks Could Cost CT Food Stamp Program $180M
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Hamtramck · HamtramckBy Charles Sercombe
A city council meeting was scheduled for July 22, but not enough council members showed up for a quorum to allow a meeting to be held.
Among those absent were Mayor Amer Ghalib, and Councilmembers Mohammed Hassan, Abu Musa, and Muhtasin Sadman.
Mayor Pro Tem Khalil Refai said that there had been one member of council present before the meeting started, but that member left.
“We had a quorum for a couple of minutes, and then a…Read Article
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Opinion · HamtramckIt took a sub-committee of city councilmembers months to decide not to renew the city’s contract with a company that operated Hamtramck’s parking meter system.
Months, just think about that.
While that was a popular decision, what wasn’t yet taken into consideration during all those months is how the city will replace the $200,000 a year the meters produced in revenue.
Since the council made this decision several weeks ago, there has been some t…Read Article
