Ruth Fortune delivered dozens of pages of petition signatures to registrars of voters Tuesday to qualify for the 1st District primary.
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Posted inPolitics
New Britain revokes Erin Stewart’s pension, demands money back
New Britain is demanding $241,560 from its former mayor, Erin Stewart, for severance payments and legal costs related to her investigation.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Former Bridgeport munitions testing site redeveloped as urban forest
During the cleanup effort, workers removed of nearly 5,000 pieces of bullet shells and other munitions from Lake Success.
Posted inHealth
Kids Count conveys mixed picture of how children fare in CT
Connecticut moved up in a national ranking that rates how well children are doing state-to-state, despite lower scores in some categories.
Posted inCT Mirror Explains
CT’s new training rules for homemaker companion workers: What to know
Gov. Ned Lamont signed a law requiring new training for workers at homemaker companion agencies in CT. Here’s what to know.
Posted inCrossing Connecticut
Amid manufacturing workforce woes, CT bets on youth robotics
Since 2024, the state has invested more than $6M into robotics initiatives in the hopes of creating a new generation of STEM workers.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
DEEP Commissioner Katie Dykes to step down after eight years
CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Katie Dykes will step down after nearly eight years leading the agency.
Posted inJustice
Joseph Magnano, former Hartford police officer, arraigned
Joseph Magnano, who shot a Black man suffering a mental health crisis, made his first court appearance Friday on a manslaughter charge.
Posted inHealth
CT community health workers still waiting for Medicaid support
A 2023 law requiring CT’s Medicaid program to pay for services provided by community health workers has yet to be implemented.
Posted inCharting Connecticut
More same-sex couples are getting married in CT
Between 2023 and 2024, the number of same-sex marriages in Connecticut increased by 32% — four times more than the national average.
