Susan Haigh

Associated Press

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Dairy Farms Need State's Help

They're facing low, federally set milk prices and expensive production costs.

In this Feb. 20, 2019 file photo, state Rep. Anne Dauphinais R-Killingly, takes a sip from a big gulp soda as Connecticut Democrat Gov. Ned Lamont delivers his budget address at the State Capitol in Hartford, Conn. Lamont proposed a tax on sugary drinks in his first budget. Connecticut is among several states likely to see debate this year over taxes that advocates endorse as way to reduce consumption of liquid calories. On March 25 the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Heart Association called for education campaigns and raising prices through taxes to reduce consumption of sugary drinks by young people.

States Renew Push to Tax Drinks

Taxes on soda have taken effect in several cities, but lobbying from the beverage industry has been credited with helping to block statewide proposals.

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State Offered to Buy GE Campus

Proposal reveals the lengths Connecticut officials were willing to go through to keep the cache of GE and hundreds of jobs in the state.

In this April 11, 2017 photo, numerous cracks run through a basement wall of Tim Heim's home in Willington, Conn. Home foundations in a part of the state are failing because of the presence of the mineral pyrrhotite in the concrete, and a growing number of homeowners are seeking financial relief from their town.

Faulty Foundations Impact Thousands of Homes

The problem has been traced to a Willington, CT quarry that provided material to a concrete maker whose product was used in thousands of houses.