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Legalization of recreational marijuana brings worries about risks of child poisoning 1 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 2 1727
Lawmakers extend Gov. Ned Lamont's emergency authority 2 NutmegYankee Jul 2021 Jul 2021 3 1327
Union Coalition Sues Lamont Over Back-to-Work Directive 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 0 1208
No children allowed. Are wealthy CT towns building elderly housing to keep out poor families? 3 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 2 2955
Connecticut's marijuana bill restricts where people can smoke tobacco. Smokers must stand 25 feet 3 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 3 1620
Denise Merrill not running for another term as Connecticut Secretary of the State 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 0 1122
Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system will require vaccination for all students this 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 2 1968
Report: 'Watch this,' state trooper charged with DUI told officer before driving off 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 5 2168
Connecticut governor signs recreational marijuana into law 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1448
Governor Signs 'Clean Slate' Bill 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1324
Crumbling Foundation Captive Insurance Company Saved 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 0 1588
Democratic lawmaker calls CT budget 'a knee on the neck of the Black community' 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 4 1391
State managers seek retroactive 5% raises, plus 3.5% hikes in next two years, claiming unfair 1 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 0 2436
Bridgeport Senator Charged With Violating Clean Election Laws, Pleads Not Guilty 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 1 1197
Help For Homeowners With Crumbling Foundations Gets Boost From House 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 0 1311
Strike threat could push hundreds out of group homes and into nursing homes 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 1 1837
Pandemic fuels continued rise in STDs among youngest sexually active adolescents 3 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 1 1902
State Announces Agreement to Avoid Nursing Home Strike 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 1 1494
Lamont: State Employees Are Headed Back To The Office 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 0 1692
Senate Democrats vote to strengthen hand of public unions 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 1 1323
UConn student painted swastika near Jewish campus center during Passover, charged with hate crime 2 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 1 2027
A fight over building apartments in mainly white Woodbridge has become a flashpoint in the debate 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 0 2085
Bill Preventing Background Checks For College Students Advances 2 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 1 1362
Senate votes to repeal CT's religious exemption to mandatory vaccinations 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 3 1767
Financial penalties ordered for Eversource, United Illuminating for storm Isaias response 3 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 2 1900
Aliera, Trinity HealthShare agree to stop marketing plans in Connecticut 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 1 1158
Connecticut to end all covid restrictions May 19 (except for indoor masks) 2 Tomconroy Apr 2021 Apr 2021 2 1950
Finance Debates Mystery Proposal To Cut State Parks Funding 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 1 1236
Without Vote, Aid-In-Dying Bill Expires 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 1 959
Ex-Greenwich, CT, police sergeant who was addicted to heroin pleads guilty to federal gun charge 0 left-of-center2012 Apr 2021 Apr 2021 1 1574

Connecticut Continued...

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Investigation on Naugatuck, CT, police chief ... finds no evidence of misconduct 0 left-of-center2012 Apr 2021 Apr 2021 2 1511
Unvaccinated Fairfield County, CT, child diagnosed with measles 4 left-of-center2012 Apr 2021 Apr 2021 1 1841
Wadsworth Atheneum to shed its stodgy image; connect with Black and Latinx communities in Hartford 0 left-of-center2012 Apr 2021 Apr 2021 2 1604
Connecticut OKs high school proms, graduations. 0 left-of-center2012 Apr 2021 Apr 2021 0 1091
(CT) Ex-children's museum leader pleads not guilty to child porn 0 left-of-center2012 Apr 2021 Apr 2021 0 1533
Hartford police sergeant under investigation after punching Black woman in face during fight ... 2 left-of-center2012 Apr 2021 Apr 2021 2 1657
Connecticut bottle deposit would rise to 10 cents and include miniature liquor bottles under bill OK 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 0 1637
Officials: Swastikas found at UConn on Passover 2 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 5 1647
Lunch at the "Gris" 0 Tomconroy Apr 2021 Apr 2021 4 1267
Effort to remove CT's religious exemption from childhood vaccinations heads to House - and Senate 5 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 12 2642
COVID hospitalizations rise at Yale; Younger people account for more cases 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 2 1434
Somers approves sale of land to Hillsdale College for $30,000 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 1 1283
More concrete aid may be on the way 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 2 1028
Labor Committee OKs Bills on COVID Workers' Comp Claims 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 1 934
Supreme Court Validates Lamont's Executive Powers 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 3 1129
Climate change, housing, vaccines: Democrats flex muscle on key bills 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 3 964
With a $900 million claim, battle begins over a coming wave of state retirements 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 0 1027
Wall Street agency gives Connecticut its first bond rating upgrade in 20 years 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2021 Apr 2021 0 909
This message was self-deleted by its author 1 left-of-center2012 Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 1169
Connecticut bill could raise $250M a year by taxing digital ads on Twitter, Facebook and Google 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 0 2108
Off-campus UConn party with 150-200 maskless revelers sparks fear of more coronavirus superspreader 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 2 1591
Workers Call For Increase In Mental Health Funding 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 3 985
Judiciary Committee Takes Steps Toward Modifying Police Accountability Law 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 1717
Judge: Executive Orders Require Legislative Approval 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 1289
Republicans on key committee oppose no-excuse absentee ballot voting 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 1 1361
Connecticut hasn't started collecting new payroll tax from state workers 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 0 1353
Lawsuit: Judge suing CT town, 72-year-old instructor after breaking neck during pickleball lesson 4 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 1 4288
Atlantic Standard Time? Bill would move CT into a new time zone 4 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 1 1994
Lamont plans to ease COVID restrictions by mid-March 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 0 1306
Democratic lawmakers say equity is missing from Lamont's new budget 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 0 1987

Connecticut Continued...

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Connecticut congressman facing a rare challenge from the left 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 0 1107
Fire destroys part of Paul Newman's camp for ill children 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 4 1532
Lamont Makes Marijuana Legalization Debate Real 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 0 1011
Home Care Workers Arrested Protesting Payroll Problems 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 1 1117
Stratford-based Sikorsky lands $1B contract for U.S. Air Force helicopter upgrades 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 1 1081
Lamont unveils plans to reduce cost of health care, cap price of prescription drugs 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 0 1146
Unions tell Lamont they won't forgo raises to spare the rich from a tax hike 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2021 Feb 2021 4 1076
Connecticut school districts warn parents of potential March closures as highly contagious 2 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 1 1952
Falling Infection Rates To Bring Opening of Religious Services 3 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 0 1327
Senate President Proposes 'Mansion Tax' 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 2 1218
Lamont to extend COVID emergency until April 20 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 0 1430
House Democratic leaders want to repeal CT's 'poverty tax' 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 5 1363
CT budget panel leaders pledge to reverse years of eroding funds for social service safety nets 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 2 1196
Police: Shots fired outside Shelton club where about 100 people gathered 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 1 1683
Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz quarantining after staff member tests positive for COVID-19 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 0 1112
For Connecticut teachers, Washington riot becomes a teaching tool 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2021 Jan 2021 0 1133
These 5 new Connecticut laws take effect on Jan. 1 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 1 1569
Teachers' Unions Call For Remote Learning 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 2 1432
Pub Owner's Attorney Says Gov. Lamont Is 'Playing God' 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 1 1211
Child advocacy group calls for major tax shift to close 'highly unjust' income, wealth gaps 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 4 1111
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