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Officials outlined plans to provide faster service by 2035 on the New Haven line, one of the oldest, busiest and pokiest stretches of commuter rail in the U.S.

Gov. Ned Lamont and his top public safety official acknowledged the presence of federal ICE agents at Bradley International Airport without being able to say if it signaled a new emphasis on immigration enforcement by the Trump administration in Connecticut.

An undocumented immigrant in Connecticut had been registered to vote through the DMV system in 2018. But he never voted.

Josh Elliott labored to exploit his only televised debate with Gov. Ned Lamont, twice tagging the two-term governor as “dangerously naive,” incapable of meeting a pivotal moment in American politics. Lamont casually dismissed Elliott as a state lawmaker of sound bites and no accomplishments.

New Britain Mayor Bobby Sanchez said he has directed the city’s corporation counsel to sue his predecessor, Erin Stewart, over more than $100,000 in legal costs incurred documenting how she improperly boosted her income over 12 years running city hall. Stewart did not respond to a request for comment.

Gov. Ned Lamont and his democratic challenger, Josh Elliott, will each speak with the AFL-CIO Thursday seeking the union's endorsement.

A federal grand jury issued a subpoena demanding New Britain produce documents related to former Mayor Erin Stewart’s alleged misuse of a city credit card, her challenged tuition reimbursements, a social club membership and the Mayor’s Trophy Charitable Fund.

The city is demanding $241,560 from its former mayor to recover tuition reimbursements, severance payments and the legal costs related to investigating how the city says she improperly boosted her income over 12 years running city hall.

In the end, Stewart received nearly $122,000 in separation payments before they were cut off in February. The appropriate amount, the city calculated, would have been $14,275.

Connecticut’s attorney general and commissioner of consumer protection opened an investigation into former New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart’s handling of charitable assets for the Mayor’s Trophy Charitable Fund, the latest blow to a politician whose career imploded last month.