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For the first time, a Black woman has been appointed as Connecticut’s chief public defender.
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Lawyers of color should work to defend access to safe and legal abortions, Connecticut Comptroller Natalie Braswell urged at the 10th anniversary of the Attorneys of Color Symposium organized by Quinnipiac University Law School.
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Middletown Area Transit and 9-Town Transit will become one unified service, doubling the number of buses available to riders in the area to 40.
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