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<url><loc>https://chrispowellcolumn.com/2026/07/18/why-so-much-special-education-and-minimum-wage-bunk/</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Chris Powell column</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-07-18T04:01:00+00:00</news:publication_date><news:title>Why so much special education? And minimum wage bunk</news:title><news:keywords>U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, Gov. Ned Lamont, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Hearst Connecticut newspapers, special education, child neglect and abuse</news:keywords></news:news></url></urlset>
