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Democrats seek to avoid repeat of 2010 loss in Massachusetts
WASHINGTON — Desperate to avoid another Massachusetts special-election debacle, Democrats are pulling out all the stops for Rep. Edward J. Markey in the contest to keep the Senate seat formerly held by Secretary of State John F. Kerry in...
Tags: Political Candidates, Elizabeth Warren, Abortion, National Security Agency, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Rifle in Santa Monica shooting was pieced together, sources say
The semiautomatic weapon used in the Santa Monica shooting rampage appears to have been put together from various parts, possibly in an attempt to circumvent the state’s restrictions on such guns, law enforcement sources said Wednesday. Although...
Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Interior Policy, Crime, Law and Justice, Laws, Sandy Hook Elementary School
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For GOP, The Comeback Begins In Tolland
The Hartford CourantTo Republicans, this week's special election for a state House seat in rural northeastern Connecticut was a referendum on Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's budgetary policies. To gun rights advocates, the race turned on the politics of the 2nd...Tags: Windham (Windham, Connecticut), National Rifle Association of America, Democratic Party, Interior Policy, Metal and Mineral
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Lawsuit Seeks To End $50 State Police Fee For Gun Permits
The Hartford CourantA Torrington business owner who claims he was wrongly charged $50 by state police to apply for a pistol permit is the plaintiff in a lawsuit that seeks to become a class action suit for all pistol permit applicants charged the fee since Oct. 1, 2009....Tags: Freedom of Information Laws, Justice System, Torrington, Interior Policy, Local Government
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Newtown families push for gun control, go back to Congress
WASHINGTON — Although the drive for tougher gun controls has faded into the background, families of victims in the Newtown school shooting returned to the Capitol on Wednesday to show they are not giving up. Advocacy groups on both sides of the...
Tags: Jeff Flake, National Rifle Association of America, Chris Christie, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Crime, Law and Justice
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LETTER: The Price Of Living In Texas
Dan Haar's column on Texas Gov. Rick Perry's imminent trip to Connecticut to plunder our businesses [June 11, Page 1, "Perry's Texas Raiders"] reveals the facts behind the invitation to a seemingly robust state that punishes those who live on the...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Interior Policy, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion (2013), Crime, Law and Justice
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LETTER: Gun Control Ideas From High School
I recently conducted a survey on gun control in my school to see what some of the students in my school feel could be changed about gun laws. After reviewing the survey, I think that there are a large number of students who believe that there need to be...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Interior Policy, Crime, Law and Justice, Laws
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Tolland Election Should Worry State Democrats
Republican Samuel Belsito's victory over Democrat Anthony J. Horn Tuesday in a special election to fill a vacancy in the 53rd state House District seat is subject to wildly divergent interpretations, as one might expect. Democrats tend to pooh-pooh the...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Political Fundraising, Democratic Party, Interior Policy, Politics
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Donnelly a man in the middle of the Senate
WASHINGTON - Sen. Joe Donnelly says he's right where he wants to be, in the middle, shot at by both sides in the heated political warfare in Washington. After a congressional recess tour of Indiana, Donnelly concluded he also is where his Hoosier...
Tags: Wildlife, Interior Policy, Endangered Species, Conservation, Joe Donnelly
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We're surrendering our civil liberties
Leonard PittsIt will not be with guns. If ever tyranny overtakes this land of the sometimes free and home of the intermittently brave, it probably won't, contrary to the fever dreams of gun rights extremists, involve jack-booted government thugs rappelling down...Tags: Interior Policy, National Security Agency, Crime, Law and Justice, Verizon Communications, Justice and Rights
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What about the other local colleges?
Regarding the recent presentation by University of Notre Dame architecture students on the potential South Bend possess to be a college town, I must point out one glaring omission: Notre Dame is not the only institution of higher education in South Bend....Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Interior Policy, University of Notre Dame, Arts and Culture, Advertising
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Critics See Liabilities In Malloy's Session Victories
The Hartford CourantGov. Dannel P. Malloy scored some key victories during the just-completed legislative session, but critics said they came at a price. The state budget was passed, but Republicans charge that it is a porous, gimmick-filled document that will be...Tags: Windham (Windham, Connecticut), Public Finance, Crime, Law and Justice, Executive Branch, Laws
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