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Which State Is A Basket Case Financially But Still Paying Overtime To Surveyors for Long-Term Projects?

Matthew McDonald

That's Connecticut, which is in the midst of a fiscal crisis but has surveyors taking measurements on a Saturday for a highway project on Route I-95 that won't begin until 2021. The surveyors are earning time-and-a-half pay for the Saturday work.

Around New England

Historians: Rhode Island Revolutionary War Hero Deserves More Press

Matthew McDonald

Nathaniel Greene of Coventry, Rhode Island served as general and quartermaster of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and was one of the most important figures in the independence effort. But admirers say he doesn't get nearly the attention he deserves; they hope to change that starting with this, his 275th birthday.

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