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Lawmakers consider changes to state election laws
Lawmakers are looking to make big changes to state election laws after a judge ordered Bridgeport to redo its vote for mayor. Those changes include an oversight board that could, in some cases, run a municipality’s elections and require cities and towns to have cameras at all absentee ballot drop boxes. “We wouldn’t even have had that court case...
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Healthcare workers want more protections after visiting nurse's death
Healthcare workers say they’ve been facing more and more threats and violence since the COVID-19 pandemic. The death of visiting nurse Joyce Grayson last November just highlighted the problem that lawmakers are looking to address this session. AFT Connecticut Healthcare Vice President Sherri Dayton said every home healthcare worker has their story. Hers came years ago when, as...
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Healthcare workers want more protections after visiting nurse's death
Healthcare workers continue to demand more protections after a visiting nurse was killed last fall. Now, lawmakers are looking at several bills that could provide more safety.
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Remembering Dan Nolan
Former Hartford firefighter and Army veteran Dan Nolan helped countless people not only in Connecticut, but around the world. He passed away March 1 at the age of 61.
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Lawmakers look to crack down on drivers who illegally pass school buses
Lawmakers say they share parents’ outrage over video showing 10,000 drivers illegally passing Bridgeport buses. Now, they want to change state laws so it’s easier for cities and towns to crack down. “We want to make sure that no child’s life is lost,” Sen. Herron Gaston (D-Bridgeport) said. The bill would allow towns to pass their own rules against passing...
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Lawmakers look to crack down on drivers who illegally pass school buses
State lawmakers are considering a measure that would increase fines for drivers caught illegally passing stopped school buses.
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CT LIVE!: Add These Spots to Your CT Bucket List
Founder and content creator of Connecticut Bucket List Kathleen Roche shared what’s trending in the Nutmeg State right now.
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Lawmakers look to enact procedures regarding removal of controversial library books
School boards around Connecticut are having heated debates about which books belong in schools. Some lawmakers are looking to set rules on when and how to remove books from a library. “I think librarians see themselves as leaders and the ones who hold and guard knowledge and the opportunity to access that,” Rep. Jeff Currey, (D-East Hartford) said Monday. The…
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Lawmakers look to enact procedures regarding removal of controversial library books
School boards across Connecticut are having heated debates about which books belong in schools. Now, some lawmakers are looking to set rules on when and how to remove books from a library.
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‘I was intimate with a sibling': Half-sisters call attention to fertility fraud by CT doctor
Imagine finding out your biological father was your mother’s fertility doctor and that you unknowingly dated your half-brother in high school. This is an unfortunate reality for Victoria Hill, who lives in Wethersfield, but grew up in Wallingford.
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Women express gratitude for CT paid leave program
On a day that celebrates women everywhere, eight women, including Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz, came together to celebrate a program that gives people much-needed relief when they can’t go to work.
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Students lobby to dethrone CT's state insect, the voraciously predatory praying mantis
When it comes to state insects, most states honor beloved and benign bugs, like butterflies, honey bees and ladybugs. Connecticut has designated a voracious predator as its bug-to-be-most-proud-of for decades, but its reign could soon come to an end. The European “praying” mantis, recognized by its raptorial forelegs and known for catching and eating the occasional bumble bee and butterfly…
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Proposal aims to combat climate change in Connecticut
Climate change is a growing concern for voters, especially younger ones. On Friday, some lawmakers proposed a plan for Connecticut to do its part.
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UConn mascot ‘testifies' on why Siberian Husky should be the official state dog
State lawmakers are considering making the Siberian Husky the official state dog and UConn’s mascot, Jonathan XV, is all for it. He made an appearance – a virtual one – Friday as the Government Administration and Elections Committee discussed the bill that would also make the lollipop the official state candy. Jonathan XV, a purebred Siberian Husky, and his handlers…
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CT senators work to pass legislation to help veterans get public assistance
Senators Kevin Kelly and Martha Marx want to make sure veterans don’t feel penalized for getting the benefits they earned. They are putting their bipartisan support behind a bill that makes sure our military members aren’t excluded from state assistance because of their benefits.
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State audit questions executive severance at now closed quasi-public agency
Four executives who oversaw the now closed trash-to-energy plant in Hartford received three times the maximum severance pay and health benefits they were supposed to, according to a new state audit.
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CT lawmakers look to help police crack down on street takeovers
Cities and towns say they’re struggling to crack down on street takeovers, so lawmakers are working on a plan. “We know that it has posed a significant safety hazard and safety threat for those on the road,” Sen. Herron Gaston (D-Bridgeport), co-chairman of the Public Safety and Security Committee, said Thursday. The committee is considering legislation that would allow to...
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Several officers and legislators show support for Broko's bill
A group of Republican legislators are introducing a new bill to ensure restitution goes to police forces and not the courts when a K9 officer is killed in the line of duty.
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CT police departments warn of recent phone scams
Connecticut State Police are warning residents to look out for recent phone scams in which scammers pose as police officers asking for personal information. Troopers said they received two unrelated phone calls from people with the same last name, saying that a person called them asking for information and claiming to be a police officer. In the first instance, the…
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Lawmakers look to help police crack down on street takeovers
Lawmakers are looking at proposed measures to give police more tools to put an end to street takeovers.