WASHINGTON — Despite President Donald Trump’s willingness to support modest tweaks to the nation’s gun laws, Congress may not approve much change as lawmakers remain entrenched in a mostly partisan split over the issue, despite the national debate touched off over the Parkland, Fla., massacre.
Clarice Silber
Clarice Silber was a General Assignment Reporter at CT Mirror. She formerly worked for The Associated Press in Phoenix as a legislative and general assignment reporter. In 2016, she conducted extensive interviews and research in Portuguese and Spanish for the Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative team at McClatchy, which was the only U.S. newspaper to gain initial access to the Panama Papers. She is a Rio de Janeiro native and graduated from the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism.
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Student movement against gun violence reverberates in Newtown
The shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., has galvanized teenagers around the country to organize protests and marches to push lawmakers to address gun violence and pass stricter gun laws.
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New-crime recidivism rates continue to show modest improvement
Inmates released in 2014 were arrested, convicted and sentenced for new crimes at lower rates than past groups, continuing a positive trend in those post-prison outcomes, but returns to prison are not declining at the same rate.
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Wadleigh to step down as Access Health CEO
James Wadleigh, CEO of Connecticut’s health insurance exchange, Access Health CT, will step down from his post in April. He has worked at Access Health CT since 2012 and became the organization’s chief executive in 2015.
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After Florida shooting, renewed calls for Congress to act on gun control
After at least 17 people were killed Wednesday in a high school shooting in Parkland, Fla., Connecticut Democrats and Sandy Hook activists renewed calls for Congress to act on gun control.
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PHOTO GALLERY: Snapshots of opening day at the Capitol
The opening day of the 2018 legislative session combined ceremony, personal moments and a foreshadowing of the session to come.
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Malloy offers strategies to counter federal tax changes
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy recommended two measures Monday aimed at protecting Connecticut households and businesses that may face higher federal taxes under the plan passed recently by Congress. One would allow municipalities to create charitable organizations to support local services, offering property tax credits in exchange.
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Malloy pushes legislature for election-year budget cuts, tax hikes
Unveiling his final budget proposal two days early, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy challenged legislators Monday to take politically difficult steps to close modest deficits in the current, two-year budget and mitigate larger shortfalls looming after the November elections.
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Abuse case at juvenile detention center prompts vow to improve
Judge Patrick L. Carroll III, chief court administrator, calling the abuse incident an embarrassment, said the Judicial Branch would make necessary modifications to “prevent anything like this ever happening again.”
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Despite shutdown deal’s promise, CT immigrant youth still in limbo
WASHINGTON — A deal that ended the brief government shutdown included a promise to hasten a debate in Congress over immigration, but good intentions have run into political realities that are putting the fate of thousands of young, undocumented immigrants in Connecticut in doubt.
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Female lawmakers will champion bills aimed at women’s health
As Connecticut legislators gear up for the start of the 2018 session, female lawmakers on Monday outlined plans to introduce several bills targeted at protecting women’s health services. They stressed a need to address health disparities among women and protect benefits currently provided under the Affordable Care Act.
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Rally to empower women draws thousands to the Capitol
A year after thousands of Connecticut marchers took to the streets wearing pink hats and carrying homemade signs of resistance in the first Women’s March in Hartford, residents returned Saturday to again issue calls for action — this time to empower women at the ballot box.
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Panel urges removing custody of offenders under 18 from DOC
A state panel that oversees juvenile justice has recommended transferring supervision of youths prosecuted for serious crimes in adult court from the prison system to the Judicial Branch. Advocates say the change would provide the youths with better mental health treatment, education and other services.
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Months after Maria, relief center helps more than 1,000 arrivals
More than three months after Hurricane Maria left widespread devastation and wiped out power across Puerto Rico, Connecticut is still seeing displaced evacuees arriving from the island in search of aid and stability. MaryAnne Pascone is managing director and the director of community education at Capitol Region Education Councils Relief Center. In this Sunday Conversation she spoke about the challenges and conditions facing the islanders seeking the center’s help.
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State and local officials urge further aid for Puerto Rican arrivals
As Puerto Ricans continue to migrate to Connecticut in the wake of Hurricane Maria, state lawmakers and local officials Wednesday called for further aid to help Puerto Rican evacuees and announced a new multi-agency task force to tackle issues facing them.