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Segarra's Campaign Gets Boost As Key Opponent Steps Aside
The Hartford CourantSaying that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy had urged him to put his "differences aside" with Mayor Pedro Segarra, Shawn Wooden withdrew from the mayor's race Thursday and said he would instead run for city council. Wooden, a city lawyer who was considered...Tags: Elections, Politics, Eddie A. Perez, Shawn Wooden, Executive Branch
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Developer's Family Sues Over Retroactive Estate Tax; Attorneys Told Brainard He Had No Chance
When wealthy developer Monty Blakeman died in April, his heirs knew they would inherit his multimillion-dollar estate. What they didn't know was that the state legislature on May 4 — only 11 days after Blakeman's death — would increase the...Tags: Elections, Prague (Czech Republic), Laws, Federal Income Tax, National Government
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State Ban On Chemical In Children's Products Starts Saturday
Environmental advocates are celebrating a new law that takes effect Saturday that bans a toxic chemical from use in certain children's products. The new law - the first in the nation - bans products containing bisphenol A, or BPA, which is used to harden...Tags: Justice System, Lobbying, Elections, Diseases and Illnesses, Politics
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In hard times, states still spend to protect farms
HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) - Despite tough financial times following the worst recession in decades, some states continue to spend millions of dollars to preserve American farmland and stem its rapid loss to development and suburban sprawl. Advocates say the...Tags: Farms, Homes, Real Estate, Economy, Business and Finance, Agriculture
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Changing Use Of Death Penalty Argues For Abolition
In 1786, citizens gathered in New London to watch the public hanging for homicide of Hannah Occuish, a 12-year-old girl of mixed race. She might have been the youngest person in the United States ever to meet such a fate. In 1905, 73-year-old Gershom...Tags: Cheshire, Politics, Laws, Wethersfield, New London (New London, Connecticut)
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Ex-Staff Chief For Rell Collects $55,200 Pension At 51
The Hartford CourantA big question at the end of Gov. M. Jodi Rell's term was what would become of her powerful chief of staff, M. Lisa Moody, who some observers said had more of a direct hand in running the government than Rell did during their 6½ years in the famous...Tags: Career and Workplace, Elections, Censorship, Unemployment, Politics
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Three more women are elected governor - Mary Fallin, Nikki Haley and Susana Martinez make history
Top of the TicketWhile Congress went backwards a step in diversity in regards to African American senators (there are now zero), the nation elected three more women as governors: Mary Fallin of Oklahoma, Nikki Haley of South Carolina, and Susana Martinez of New...... -
High risk pools for people with preexisting conditions off to slow start
Kaiser Health NewsThis summer, new health insurance programs aimed at people with preexisting medical conditions began accepting applications around the country. The plans target one of the key promises of the health-care overhaul: Everyone, even people with checkered...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Research, Hysterectomy, Crime, Law and Justice, Insurance
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Supreme Court Justice Writes To Rell On Furloughs
The Hartford CourantIt seemed that the flap over some judges' decision not to take unpaid furlough days had died down in the past week: The Judicial Branch's announced last Friday that all but a few of the 26 state jurists who didn't take furloughs in the past year had...Tags: Justice System, Career and Workplace, Freedom of the Press, Unemployment, Censorship
Jun 30, 2011
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Apr 23, 2011
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Feb 27, 2011
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May 15, 2011
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May 27, 2011
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May 26, 2011
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Nov 3, 2010
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Oct 26, 2010
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Oct 8, 2010
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