“There is an indifference” to child poverty in Congress, she says.
Paul Bass | New Haven Independent
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FBI probes New Haven city contract; Harp wiretapped, says fraudster tried to set her up
An accused money launderer handed Toni Harp an envelope filled with cash. A city contract followed. The rest is murky.
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Suit seeks to quash state and city emergency orders
“Between the edges of panic and reason is where corruption spawns,” the complainant’s attorney says.
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Burial in the age of COVID-19
Hugs are out. Hand sanitizer, in. Those are among the new realities of burying loved ones in the Age of COVID-19. I learned about those realities this week when we buried my brother.
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Elicker’s inauguration promises ‘low frills change’
Justin Elicker has taken the oath of office as New Haven’s 51st mayor with an inauguration — and with symbolic gestures — promising an era of change.
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Harp ‘un-suspends’ her mayoral reelection campaign
“I’m in it to win it,” New Haven Mayor Toni Harp has declared.
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DeLauro: Our democracy hangs in the balance
U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro would rather talk about e-cigarettes, women’s wages, and health care. But first there’s this impeachment business — a topic she now feels Congress can no longer ignore.
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Harp suspends campaign; stays on ballot
New Haven Mayor Toni Harp has made her long-awaited decision: You can still vote for her in November. But she’s not asking you to.
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Feds subpoena New Haven city hall records
New Haven Mayor Toni Harp’s administration has received a wide-ranging subpoena to produce records for a federal investigation.
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New Haven mayoral debate theme: Stay course or change?
Four candidates went head-to-head in their first debate of the race to be the next New Haven mayor.
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Rematch on: Elicker files for New Haven mayoral run
Surrounded by his wife and two young daughters, Justin Elicker filed papers Wednesday to challenge incumbent Toni Harp for New Haven mayor — and opened with a focus on cleaning up lead paint in children’s homes and money fueling election campaigns.
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Potential New Haven mayoral challengers emerging
Two 40-something New Haveners —a former alder who runs the Land Trust and an ex-federal prosecutor who targeted government corruption — are “seriously considering” challenging incumbent Toni Harp for mayor in 2019. The two, Justin Elicker and Liam Brennan, have been meeting with community leaders and activists to build support for Democratic mayoral primary challenges.
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The Kavanaugh fight pivots to the polls
Sally Grossman, a Planned Parenthood volunteer, recounted being sexually assaulted 20 years ago by a friend in college. As senators in D.C. moved toward confirming Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court justice on Friday, dozens of female elected officials and activists took to the steps of New Haven’s federal courthouse vowing to convert their anger into votes […]
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Marcia Chambers dies at 78, was founding member of Connecticut Mirror
Marcia Chambers, a barrier-breaking New York Times reporter who combined keen instinct with deep intellect and who went on to found and edit the online Branford Eagle, died Friday night at Smilow Cancer Hospital.
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Breast milk block inspires call to action
A day after Sten Vermund felt “kicked in the gut,” he found himself talking about a new opportunity to fight back against a U.S. government effort to water down and almost completely derail a resolution by the World Health Assembly calling on countries to recognize that breast milk is the healthiest beverage for children and to limit misleading marketing of substitutes like infant formula. The dean of the Yale School of Public Health talks about it in this interview.