Patricia Billie Miller is the first woman and first person of color elected to the Connecticut Senate from Stamford.
Patricia Billie Miller
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Rep. Patricia Billie Miller wins vacant Senate seat
Rep. Patricia Billie Miller, D-Stamford, won a special election to the state Senate.
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Connecticut House joins national civil rights campaign over Black hair styles
The Connecticut House voted for a bill intended to protect Black women from discrimination over their hair.
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This legislature will run on Zoom. But still dress warmly on opening day.
The General Assembly begins its session Wednesday outside a Capitol closed due to COVID-19. Protests are in the forecast.
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Ritter’s first move: Scanlon to become finance co-chair
Rep. Sean Scanlon will be co-chair of the legislature’s finance committee, the first personnel move by a new speaker.
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The charter debate: More schools, transparency and oversight?
Legislators are grappling with whether to fund new charter schools in Bridgeport and Stamford, put a moratorium on new charters while existing schools are assessed, or demand more transparency and oversight in the wake of financial and management failures at a charter school in Hartford.