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CT's Clean Slate Law to erase low-level convictions from records of more than 80k people
Connecticut will soon wipe more than 173,000 convictions from the records of more than 80,000 people through the Clean Slate Law.
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Law looking into abandoned land passes after NBC CT Responds investigation
This week, Governor Lamont signed a bill into law born from an NBC CT Responds investigation. Last year, Dana Markie of Coventry reached out to us after not one, but two trees destroyed his home in two years’ time. “Never thought in my wildest dreams I’d be in this situation,” he explained to us when we went to visit...
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New law makes to-go alcohol sales at restaurants permanent
A temporary law spawned during the pandemic that allows restaurants to serve alcohol to-go along with food purchases is now permanent in Connecticut.
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Wine Sales in Grocery Stores Still Up for Debate
When you’re grocery shopping, you won’t find wine on the shelves. That’s because Connecticut is one of few states to prohibit the sale of wine in grocery stores. “We don’t feel that it is necessary. We feel that there is a great deal of convenience already,” said Jean Cronin, executive director of Connecticut Package Stores Association. There are more...
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Discussion of Wine Sales at CT Grocery Stores Up for Debate
There has been a decades-old debate about the sale of wine in Connecticut grocery stores and that debate continued Thursday in Hartford.
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US Deportation Law Based on Anti-Latino Racism Fuels Immigration Fight
A Nevada case shined a light on a U.S. immigration law and its little-known history after a federal judge called the rule racist and struck it down.
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Biily's Law Passes US Senate
Billy’s Law, also known as the Help Find the Missing Act, passed the U.S. Senate last week.