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Two days after the deadly mass shooting north of Chicago, the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services was in Connecticut to talk about new gun reform legislation. The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act includes $12 billion to support community mental health.
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A maritime company will pay a $10,000 fine for providing gifts to employees and a board member of the quasi-public Connecticut Port Authority.
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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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An officer driving a Connecticut man to a detention facility braked to avoid a crash, seriously injuring and potentially paralyzing the man, officials said.
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — An argument between neighbors over a dog led to a shooting that killed two people in Hartford, police said Monday. A third person was shot and critically injured.
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