The Connecticut Hate Crimes Advisory Council was formed in response to a recently adopted state law.
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Q-poll: Voters want feds to take action on climate change, guns
The national poll found that 67% of voters believe the U.S. isn’t doing enough to address climate change, a new high since the question was first asked by Quinnipiac pollsters in 2015.
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Bills on hate crimes, opioids win unanimous final approval
Updated at 6:50 p.m.
The Senate has passed several non-controversial House bills awaiting final action since gaveling in Tuesday afternoon, including bills on hate crimes, opioids, eye care in the digital age and pregnant women in the workplace.
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With Trump as inspiration, anti-bigotry bills are partisan
Farhan Memon, state chairman of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, stood with U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal to denounce President Trump’s travel ban Thursday as evidence of anti-Muslim bigotry. Then he hurried across the Legislative Office Building atrium to join state legislators in their call for an expanded hate crime law in Connecticut.