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A filmmaker sets out to investigate a poaching ring and discovers a tangle of environmental-justice issues in the New York City waterway.

More employees are seeking better wages and a better work/life balance, forcing companies to change the way they treat their workers.

Blumenthal joins fight, demands improvements to Seymour's Kinneytown Dam, inoperable fish ladder Michael P. Mayko FacebookTwitterEmail U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal speaks with others prior to a news conference next to the hydroelectric power station on the west side of Kinneytown Dam, in Seymour, Dec. 28. Blumenthal joined state and local officials to address concerns regarding the dam’s safety and its fish ladder.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media SEYMOUR — The fight to fix the deteriorating Kinneytown Dam and its inoperable fish ladder has been cranked up a notch. U.S. Sen. Richard B...

Property buyers in certain areas will have to wait nearly 200 times longer than others to have local authority searches done despite the rush to complete before the stamp duty holiday ends. Such local logjams have created a postcode lottery that risks landing buyers with a tax bill of up to £15,000. Councils have backed The Telegraph's campaign for the stamp duty holiday to be extended to work through the backlog. Buyers have also been forced to buy indemnity insurance in case councils cannot complete the work in time. Such polices can be used to appease banks who otherwise refuse to le...

Blumenthal joins fight, demands improvements to Seymour’s Kinneytown Dam, inoperable fish ladder By Michael P. Mayko FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedInRedditPinterest U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal speaks with others prior to a news conference next to the hydroelectric power station on the west side of Kinneytown Dam, in Seymour, Dec. 28. Blumenthal joined state and local officials to address concerns regarding the dam’s safety and its fish ladder. Photo: Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media SEYMOUR — The fight to fix the deteriorating Kinneytown Dam and its inoperable ...