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Scotland Town Clerk Sharon George enters the Scotland, Connecticut, post office. A federal bill sponsored by Democratic Congressman Joe Courtney would consolidate Scotland’s has six zip codes, an uncommonly high number for a town of less than 1600 residents and only 600 addresses. “If you live in Scotland and your address is Hampton, and you're a woman in labor,” said George, “The last thing you're thinking about is, wait, that's my mailing address. So a lot of times we have our birth certificates, and until mom and dad come in looking for it, I don't even realize it's missing.” January 20, 2026.
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A small Connecticut town’s federal push to consolidate its 6 ZIP codes
Abigail Brone
Imagine, six ZIP codes, in a town where there are no more than 16-hundred residents. That’s the reality for one small Eastern Connecticut town. But a proposed federal bill might simplify things.
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro meets with local faith leaders at Congregation Mishkan Israel in Hamden to discuss her proposals for reforming ICE on February 6, 2026. DeLauro’s refusal to support abolishing ICE was a point of contention through much of the meeting.
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DeLauro to pressing clergy: 'I will not vote to abolish ICE'
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Connecticut State Representative Eleni Kavros DeGraw, speaks during a press conference about the CT CAN End Homelessness 2026 Legislative Agenda. “homelessness looks very different depending on what community you're in. We have had the very cynical conversations about, well, we gave this much money last year and we still have homeless people,” said Kavros DeGraw, “We’ve had the cynical conversations about, well, you know, they're just a bunch of drug addicts. The cynical conversations about, well, they're just undocumented. Why is it that we think that once the roof comes off of someone's head, that they are suddenly subhuman and are no longer valuable to us as a society? Why?”
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CT lawmakers outline goals to address rise in homelessness
Abigail Brone
A horse eating shrubs on the side of the main road of the Mariana sector of the town of Humacao in eastern Puerto Rico.
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This Puerto Rican author writes for those stuck between two worlds
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