Groups of Hartford area people focused on improving the lives of the less fortunate have been advocating for collaboration. As they have in a Hartford housing project, they want to show what can happen when advocacy leads to actual action.
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Op-Ed: To reduce gun deaths, focus on Connecticut’s drug trade, gang life
The killings at Sandy Hook Elementary School were horrible, but Connecticut is overlooking the dozens of individual gun deaths that take place with little notice in the state’s largest cities.
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To reduce gun deaths, focus on Connecticut’s drug trade, gang life
The killings at Sandy Hook Elementary School were horrible, but Connecticut is overlooking the dozens of individual gun deaths that take place with little notice in the state’s largest cities.
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State, local governments hire lobbyists for influence in D.C.
WASHINGTON – Despite tight budgets and Congressional gridlock, Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport, other Connecticut municipalities and the state continue to hire Washington lobbyists to seek federal dollars, keep them informed about national issues and help the state’s congressional delegation address their needs.
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Op-Ed: Hartford families need some Sheff course corrections
Connecticut and Hartford could be smarter about how we tackle our state’s biggest constitutional obligation – ending the effect of long-term segregation in its schools.
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Hartford families need some Sheff course corrections
Connecticut and Hartford could be smarter about how we tackle our state’s biggest constitutional obligation – ending the effect of long-term segregation in its schools.
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Once a talk-show punchline, busway almost ready to roll
It was a topic to avoid on the campaign trail, a $567 million punch line for much of his first term — “the busway to nowhere.” But now that he is re-elected and it’s nearing completion, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is embracing the rebranded “CT fastrak.”
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Judge orders two Hartford polls to stay open an extra half hour
Updated 5:53 p.m.
Two Hartford polling places will stay open an extra half hour tonight, until 8:30, a Hartford Superior Court judge has ruled. Judge Carl Schuman’s order came after a number of Hartford polling places reported delayed openings this morning, preventing some voters in the overwhelmingly Democratic capital city from casting ballots.
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Malloy offers plan to tackle CT’s urban unemployment
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced a series of initiatives Monday to expand job training and small business assistance, particularly in the state’s cities, a key part of the governor’s political base.
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Op-ed: Honoring Samuel Colt a misplaced effort and a waste of money
Is there anyone less deserving of the lavish honors underway this weekend in Hartford for Samuel Colt?
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Op-ed: Honoring Samuel Colt a misplaced effort and a waste of money
Is there anyone less deserving of the lavish honors underway this weekend in Hartford for Samuel Colt?
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CT’s contentious custody cases: Symptoms of flawed family courts, or outliers?
Some parents say the striking stories of custody cases gone bad are symptoms of a family court system in need of reform. But others involved in the system say wholesale change could undermine the system’s ability to protect the children caught in the middle.
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CT Mission of Mercy free dental clinic targets pregnant women
Hoping to correct myths and promote better care, the organizers of the Connecticut Mission of Mercy dental clinic are planning a special section for pregnant women at this year’s free clinic in Hartford.
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CT homicides at 12-year low
Connecticut has had a dramatic drop in homicides since 2011, leading to the lowest number of homicides since 2001, according to data recorded by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
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DSS system woes burden CT’s senior centers, aging agencies
People who work in senior centers, town social service offices and senior housing complexes say the state Department of Social Services’ new system has led to elderly residents losing benefits, low-income clients having to pay out-of-pocket for medication, and more of their own time devoted to trying to fix problems caused by the new system.