Kay Perkins
ReporterKay Perkins
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While sports teams are often touted as economic boons for the cities that host them, Zimbalist said the reality is less optimistic.
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Cameron Celotto, 16, said that his mother was determined to educate herself about LGBTQ+ issues, and took him to several pride events last summer, which made her realize that Guilford didn’t have any pride events of its own.
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New Haven mayor Justin Elicker and Chief of Police Karl Jacobson announced several new measures the city is imposing to crack down on drag racing, including drone and GPS surveillance of racers and devices that deflate tires.
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Members of Congress, including U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, began discussing regulations on artificial intelligence at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday.
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Gov. Ned Lamont announced that he'll add an overhaul of the state’s waste management system to the legislative package he will propose in February. His proposals would tackle the 40% of Connecticut’s waste that is shipped to other states as well as food waste and recycling.
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Connecticut lawmakers announced Wednesday that they plan to reintroduce federal legislation aimed at parents who leave firearms unsecured in their homes.
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Many school districts ran out of federal pandemic funding that allowed them to offer free school lunches to all students. Some lawmakers now want to change that.
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Seven medical marijuana operators will expand their businesses to include the new market for adults 21 and over, and they opened for adult-use customers Tuesday.
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Middletown residents gathered Friday, Jan. 6, on Middletown’s South Green to honor the life of Quentin Williams, a 39-year-old state representative known as “Q.”
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited the Gold Star Memorial Bridge in New London Wednesday. The Gold Star is one of four bridge projects across the country receiving funding from the first round of a highly competitive grant program in President Joe Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.