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Fairfield County
Coverage of issues affecting residents in Connecticut’s southwestern-most county.
Posted inMoney
Himes: Coronavirus brings ‘the start of a very, very difficult economic period’
Himes says the government must rush money to Americans on the “suffering frontier” of the coronavirus pandemic.
Posted inHealth
Wilton resident is state’s first confirmed coronavirus patient
A Wilton resident who travelled recently to California is the first Connecticut resident to be diagnosed with coronavirus.
Posted inEducation
Unaccompanied minors are moving to Connecticut in record numbers
The number of young migrants joining relatives or sponsors in the state tripled in the past year, and the largest portion of that group settled in Fairfield County.
Posted inPolitics
GOP’s Harry Arora wins special election in Greenwich
The win by Republican Harry Arora keeps the seat of former Rep. Fred Camillo in the hands of a party trying to regain dominance in Greenwich.
Posted inMoney
CT Voices proposes major state tax shift to reverse inequality
A leading child advocacy group challenged state leaders Wednesday to reverse escalating income and wealth inequality and provide tax relief for poor and middle-income households by shifting tax burdens onto the state’s millionaires.
Posted inTransportation
Lamont’s CT2030 has VIP support — and political challenges
The governor needs to overcome a reluctance among lawmakers to embrace an unpopular governor and his insistence that limited highway tolling is necessary in Connecticut.
Posted inTransportation
This is Lamont’s vision for transportation — and how he’ll sell it
The ambitious new plan has a political deftness missing in the original. Can the governor sell it?
Posted inTransportation
Lamont commutes to the Senate GOP to pitch CT 2030
Gov. Ned Lamont pitched to the GOP sweet spot, highlighting what his transportation proposal would mean for Metro-North commuters.
Posted inTransportation
ETA on Lamont transportation plan is TBD
A detail at a time, Gov. Ned Lamont is teasing out his transportation plan.
Posted inPolitics
Labor applauds the Greenwich governor it helped elect
Connecticut’s millionaire governor delivered a populist message Friday in his first appearance before the AFL-CIO since taking office.
Posted inHousing
Separated by Design: This lawyer fought housing segregation. Now wealthy suburbanites want to fire his firm
Westport is the second Connecticut town this year to pressure one of the state’s leading law firms to abandon its affordable housing work — or risk losing the local school system as a client.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
CT’s small solutions to climate change: Making Bridgeport more resilient
After the south end of Bridgeport was walloped by Irene and Sandy, city officials decided to do something about it.
Posted inPolitics
Kamala Harris’ fundraising tour lands in Greenwich
Dita Bhargava is hosting Kamala Harris today at her home in Cos Cob.
Posted inPolitics
Moore not conceding to Ganim without reviewing options
The loser of a close mayoral primary in Bridgeport, Marilyn Moore explored Wednesday whether a case can be made for overturning the results, obtaining a line on the November ballot or continuing as a write-in candidate.