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State scorns addiction business while operating two of its own

By CHRIS POWELL Every individual and business in the news and entertainment media tries to entice an audience to return — to addict it, more or less. Meta Platforms, operator of the Facebook and Instagram social media outlets, last week agreed to pay nearly $17 billion to settle multi-state federal lawsuits charging that the companyContinue reading “State scorns addiction business while operating two of its own”

Many TV and radio ads make Connecticut look terrible

By CHRIS POWELL Trends in television and radio advertising in Connecticut give a distressing impression of the state. No one can watch TV or listen to radio for an hour without hearing from one tax delinquency resolution agency or another. Their clients claim to have evaded huge amounts of federal taxes only to have hadContinue reading “Many TV and radio ads make Connecticut look terrible”