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CT reached a settlement with Prospect Medical Holdings, clearing path for bankrupt hospital owner to end most services at Rockville General. ... Read full Story
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A round-up of news briefs from CT Mirror reporters about this week's happenings at the Connecticut General Assembly. ... Read full Story
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The SEIU 1199 president said a deal reached with the Lamont administration involved ‘meaningful progress on a pathway to $30’ per hour. ... Read full Story
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Current law makes parole available to certain individuals — but only for sentences rendered before October 2005. A bill would change that. ... Read full Story
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A report found CT schools fail to recognize the learning difficulties and traumatic experiences of young people who became incarcerated. ... Read full Story
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The order says the Trump administration must reinstate dozens of grants to cities nationwide, including New Haven's environmental grants. ... Read full Story
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The CT native and former U.S. Education Secretary told SCSU graduate students to treat every day like a job interview and to value testimony over titles. ... Read full Story
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CT has the second-highest rate of registrations in the National Do Not Call Registry and has filed the second-most complaints per capita. ... Read full Story
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Even if in-the-works transmission projects get built, headwinds from the Trump administration could be strong enough to derail them entirely. ... Read full Story
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To say Connecticut's government is better prepared to handle a spending cap exception now than it was in 2007 is an understatement. ... Read full Story
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In reality, Trump’s “art” of making deals amounts to bullying, intimidating, suing, extorting, bribing and lying to get what he wants, ... Read full Story
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Let the CT's dormant aviation fuel user fee go back into effect. ... Read full Story
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The bill would make it harder to tow vehicles from private property in CT and easier for drivers to retrieve their vehicles after a tow. ... Read full Story
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The bill is an attempt to tackle zoning, transit-oriented development, parking policy and homelessness. A vote is now planned for Tuesday. ... Read full Story
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The bill would allow the CT legislature to approve the appointment of the State Elections Enforcement Commission’s executive director. ... Read full Story
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The bill, designed to carry out Trump’s agenda on taxes, immigration and energy, could have several implications for Connecticut. ... Read full Story
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A federal judge blocked Trump’s executive order to dismantle the Education Department and ordered it to reinstate employees who were fired. ... Read full Story
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The sweeping bill is designed to address industry practices that critics say limit patients’ access to care, including mental health care. ... Read full Story
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An infamous CT bill that would have required movie theaters to publish more accurate start times now calls only for a study of the issue. ... Read full Story
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 24, 2025 is:
limn • \LIM\ • verb
Limn is a formal verb most often used especially in literary contexts to mean "to describe or portray," as in "a novel that limns the life of 1930s coastal Louisiana." It can also mean "to outline in clear sharp detail," as in "a tree limned by moonlight," and "to draw or paint on a surface," as in "limning a portrait."
// The documentary limns the community's decades-long transformation.
// We admired every detail of the portrait, gracefully limned by the artist's brush.
Examples:
"... the story of Ronald Reagan's jelly beans is not simply about his love of a cute candy. It speaks to how he weaned himself from tobacco, judged people's character, and deflected scrutiny. It limns the role of the sugar industry and food marketing. And it demonstrates how food can be a powerful communications tool. Reagan's jelly beans sent a message to voters: 'I like the same food you do, so vote for me.'" — Alex Prud’homme, Dinner with the President: Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House, 2023
Did you know?
Limn is a word with lustrous origins, tracing ultimately to the Latin verb illuminare, meaning "to illuminate." Its use in English dates back to the Middle Ages, when it was used for the action of illuminating (that is, decorating) medieval manuscripts with gold, silver, or brilliant colors. William Shakespeare extended the term to painting in his poem "Venus and Adonis": "Look when a painter would surpass the life / In limning out a well-proportioned steed …" Over time, limn gained a sense synonymous with delineate meaning "to outline in clear sharp detail" before broadening further to mean "to describe or portray." Such limning is often accomplished by words, but not always: actors are often said to limn their characters through their portrayals, while musicians (or their instruments) may limn emotions with the sounds they make.
