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After losing House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz’s district after he retired in 2020, Berlin and Southington Democrats are looking to a well-known former town manager to get them back in power in November. - With the only Democratic member of Bristol’s state legislative delegation retiring, Republicans and Democrats are expecting a heated race for the 79th House District this fall.
- The final debate for the campaign season is set for November 1 - one week before the election
- The state Capitol will be closed for Good Friday - an official holiday for state employees.
- Longtime legislator Craig Miner, one of the more colorful lawmakers in Hartford, announced Thursday that he will not be seeking re-election to the state Senate.
- Mary Fay, a popular Republican councilwoman in heavily Democratic West Hartford, is running for comptroller saying Connecticut finances need more transparency and discipline.
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- Facing the first intra-party challenge in memory, long-time U.S. Rep. John Larson focused on the high-stakes challenge of the pandemic when he formally announced Friday that he’s running for a new term.
- As Republicans and Democrats remain as bitterly divided as ever, a new movement of bipartisanship is growing in states across the country.
- After several election cycles facing opponents with little name recognition, New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart this time is up against Rep. Bobby Sanchez, chairman of the General Assembly’s powerful Education Committee.
- The definition of “signature” caused weeks of uncertainty in the election process. Full marks go to Newington Town Clerk James Krupienski for spotting and reporting irregularities in absentee ballot requests arriving at his office.
- We have seen, up close and personal, how complex and interrelated the challenges are that these youth face, and how they are a direct result of their reliance on the systems that have often failed them.
- TCI, in reality, is nothing more than a money-raising scheme that forever jettisons legislative oversight on the price and availability of gasoline and diesel.
- The situation calls to mind the early days of the HIV epidemic in Connecticut, when an HIV diagnosis seemed a death sentence.
- State sending the wrong message by legalizing pot
- Women have a different vantage point than men. Our experiences and the lens through which we view life are different, meaning whatever decisions are being made in any arena can be more inclusive when women are present.
- Connecticut’s new bill legalizing sports betting and online gaming, set to take affect July 1, requires online fantasy sports platforms to apply for licenses through the state Department of Consumer Protection and bars them from operating in the interim.
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- UConn men’s basketball head coach Dan Hurley will join his father, Bob Hurley Sr., at the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. on Friday, Aug. 12 as part of the “Hoop Hall Hangout” series.
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- Home heating oil dealers are calling on New England’s governors to halt utility-funded conversions to natural gas and electric heating systems, saying the practice will strain the region’s electric grid.
Local politics
- Born in Cuba in the late 1950s, Leora Levy and her family escaped from Fidel Castro’s regime and arrived in the United States with little money but lots of hopes. Now, she has been named as the winner of the highest award of the Connecticut Republican Party.
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- Hartford Public Schools welcomed teachers from Puerto Rico Wednesday as part of the district’s effort to fill vacancies and enhance cultural enrichment through Hartford’s new Paso a Paso Puerto Rico Recruitment Program.
- West Hartford's GastroPark, which has been serving breakfasts and lunches for two years, now is doing weekend brunch.
