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  • In February 2020, thousands of people gathered in the State Capitol complex to protest a bill that would repeal the religious exemption from mandatory childhood vaccinations. The bill was abandoned when the General Assembly ended its session in the pandemic, but this year the bill is heading for a vote in the House of Representatives.
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    Bill on mandatory school vaccinations advances
    After a multi-hour argument on the number of children who might be forced to leave school if a mandatory vaccination bill becomes law, Democrats on the General Assembly’s budget-writing...
    By Ken Dixon
  • Frozen dessert vendors would need a variety of new safety equipment to protect patrons from passing motorists, under legislation that unanimously passed the state Senate on Wednesday.
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  • A man lights candles at a vigil for Randell Jones on Monday, April 12, 2021 in Hartford. Police said Randell Jones, 3, was riding in a car with his mother, other relatives and a man when another vehicle pulled along side them and someone opened fire on Saturday. Randell died in the shooting, which appeared to have targeted the man in the car, police said. (Brad Horrigan /Hartford Courant via AP)
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  • A northbound Metro-North train passes across the railroad bridge spanning Cos Cob Harbor in the Cos Cob section of Greenwich, Conn. Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016. The state Department of Transportation said replacing the bridge is a priority project for federal funding from President Joe Biden's proposed infrastructure bill.
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  • Carly Plymel, RN, preps a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the Stamford Health Vaccination Super Site in Stamford, Conn. Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Beginning April 1st , all individuals 16 and older who live, work, or attend school in Connecticut became eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
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  • U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on gun violence prevention in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 8, 2021. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/TNS)
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    ‘Get on it Joe!’: Strengthening gun coalition pushed Biden to act
  • Janelle Berry performs a COVID-19 test at Broadview Middle School on Monday. The City of Danbury and the Community Health Center, Inc, sponsored free testing in the school's parking lot. Danbury, Conn, Monday, August 24, 2020.
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    CT spends nearly $300M in federal aid on COVID testing
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  • FILE - In this March 24, 2018, file photo, Isabel White of Parkland, Fla., holds a sign that reads "Americans for Gun Safety Now!" during the "March for Our Lives" rally in support of gun control in Washington, that was spearheaded by teens from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School after the 2018 mass shooting in Parkland, Fla. President Biden faces an uphill battle as he tries to push for more state laws that would allow authorities to temporarily disarm people who are considered a danger to themselves or others. State lawmakers, governors of both parties and former President Donald Trump embraced the so-called red flag laws after the 2018 mass shooting in Florida.
    Biden faces long odds in push for more state 'red flag' laws
    IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — President Joe Biden faces an uphill battle as he tries to revive a push for more state laws that would allow authorities to temporarily disarm people who are considered...
    By RYAN J. FOLEY
  • This Dec. 13, 2018, photo provided by Errich Petersen shows Robert Santos. On Tuesday, April 13, 2021, President Joe Biden said he would pick Santos, the president of the American Statistical Association, to lead the U.S. Census Bureau as it works toward releasing data from the 2020 census that will be used for redrawing congressional and legislative districts. (Errich Petersen via AP)
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    President Joe Biden participates virtually in the CEO Summit on Semiconductor and Supply Chain Resilience in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Monday, April 12, 2021, in Washington.
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    Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley speaks with reporters after a tour of the campus of South Carolina State University on Monday, April 12, 2021, in Orangeburg, S.C. Haley, often mentioned as a possible 2024 GOP presidential contender, said Monday that she would not seek her party's nomination if former President Donald Trump opts to run a second time.
    Haley says she'll back Trump, stand down if he runs in 2024
    By MEG KINNARD
    FILE - In this April 7, 2021, file photo Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington. Raimondo estimates she has talked to more than 50 business leaders about the $2.3 trillion infrastructure package that includes corporate tax increases, She is encouraging companies to focus on the entire package instead of the tax increases.
    Business faces tricky path navigating post-Trump politics
    By BRIAN SLODYSKO and JOSH BOAK
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    Officials expect state parks to build on 2020’s record year
    Gov. Ned Lamont, shown here in a 2020 file photo, announced Friday that after a record number of visitors to state parks and forests last year, capacity limits will rise, picnic tables will be allowed and freshwater swimming will resume in places such as Indian Well State Park in Shelton and Squantz Pond in New Fairfield. With newly relaxed regulations on capacity, picnicking and freshwater swimming, Gov. Lamont, state parks officials, expect to break 2020’s record attendance. By Ken Dixon
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    COVID-related lawsuit bills die in legislature
    Legislation that would have made it easier for plaintiffs to sue hospitals and nursing homes for failing to follow COVID protocols died Friday in the General Assembly's Judiciary Committee. This is a 2020 file photo from Stamford Hospital. On the Judiciary Committee’s deadline day, the clock ran out on proposals to protect hospitals and nursing homes from COVID-related lawsuits; shield other businesses, non-profits from liability. By Ken Dixon
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    Colin McEnroe (opinion): GOP’s rainbow vision of future
    Sue Hatfield is the new chair of the Connecticut Republican Party. New Connecticut Republican Party Chair Sue Hatfield reveals her playbook for moving the party forward. Columnist Colin McEnroe plays defense. By Colin McEnroe
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    State to make COVID vaccines more accessible
    Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at Hartford Hospital in Hartford. On Thursday, the state reported a 2.41% positivity rate on new COVID-19 tests. Hospitalizations increased by a net of one patient to 515 statewide. By Julia Bergman
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    Sandy Hook parents join Biden for announcement on gun actions
    President Joe Biden gestures as he speaks about gun violence prevention in the Rose Garden at the White House, Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Washington. Sen. Richard Blumenthal called President Joe Biden’s efforts “the most significant executive action on gun violence in a generation.” By Emilie Munson
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    CT businesses ask state to pay owed unemployment taxes
    Chris DiPentima speaks at the 2019 annual meeting of the Connecticut Business & Industry Association, with CBIA naming DiPentima CEO with the August 2020 retirement of Joe Brennan. (Photo courtesy CBIA Connecticut, like nearly all states, has run up hundreds of millions of dollars in debt to maintain unemployment benefits since the pandemic began. By Keith M. Phaneuf
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    Acting Navy Secretary tours Sikorsky, Electric Boat
    A view of Sikorsky Aircraft in Stratford on Jan. 3, 2020. U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal said after the visit he will be pushing for the Biden administration to increase military helicopter purchases. By Emilie Munson
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    CT takes a step closer to legalizing recreational marijuana
    The Connecticut State Capitol building in Hartford. The Judiciary Committee sent the bill to create a recreational cannabis market to the full General Assembly, though the proposal, by their own admission, is still half baked. By Julia Bergman
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    CT pushes for prescription drug price control
    Gov. Ned Lamont speaks at a news conference at Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo, in Bridgeport, Conn. March 29, 2021. Lamont joined others to announce the deployment of FEMA's new COVID-19 mobile vaccination unit, which is set up and running this week in the zoo's parking lot. Drug manufacturers that exceed that amount would be fined, and that money would in turn be used to support subsidies for health coverage. By Julia Bergman
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    State Capitol will honor Black women who campaigned for voter...
    The historic 1878 State Capitol building, with its dozens of statues and displays of historic artifacts, will soon become more-inclusive, when a bronze plaque honoring 29 Black women suffragists of the early 20th century is cast and installed in what advocates hope to be a public celebration. State historians are eager to find out more about Black women who campaigned for voter rights in the early 20th century. By Ken Dixon
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    CT moves to make voting easier
    Voters line up to cast their ballots on Election Day at Shelton Intermediate School, in Shelton, Conn. Nov. 3, 2020. ‘I want to expand access, but I want to do so responsibly.’ Sen. Rob Sampson. By Julia Bergman
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    Some left behind with pandemic’s effect on housing market
    A real estate sign is seen in front of a house for sale in West Los Angeles on November 19, 2020. (Chris Delmas/AFP/Getty Images/TNS) The brunt of the housing insecurity that was brought on by the pandemic is primarily falling on certain families and neighborhoods. By Jacqueline Rabe Thomas and Kasturi Pananjady
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    Can the places where COVID infections happen be held liable?
    The Connecticut State Capitol building in Hartford, Conn. Monday, June 3, 2013. The debate over whether places like nursing homes, hospitals and companies should face liability for COVID cases is playing out in the state legislature. By Ken Dixon
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    Colin McEnroe (opinion): The senator from another planet
    U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal speaks to the Retired Men's Association of Greenwich over Zoom on Wednesday. Columnist Colin McEnroe has some followup questions for Richard Blumenthal after the senator expressed his views on UFOs. By Colin McEnroe
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    Amtrak says it would enhance service in CT
    Then-Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden spoke to supporters before boarding his train at Amtrak's Cleveland Lakefront train station, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, in Cleveland, Biden was on a train tour through Ohio and Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) The plan would enhance service along its north-south routes between New Haven. and St. Albans, Vt. and New York City up to Montreal. By Emilie Munson
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    Lamont: A few giant infrastructure projects beat lots of small...
    President Joe Biden delivers a speech on infrastructure spending at Carpenters Pittsburgh Training Center, Wednesday, March 31, 2021, in Pittsburgh. "I don’t want this money to be spread around like peanut butter, the governor said. By Julia Bergman
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    Proposed child tax credit reveals political balancing act
    State Rep. Sean Scanlon, D-Guilford A proposal to deliver state tax relief to Connecticut’s working lower and middle class is testing state officials as they balance issues of fairness, longstanding racial inequities and political reality. By Keith M. Phaneuf
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    On deadline, Democrats flex muscle on key bills
    State Rep. Jonathan Steinberg, D-Westport, co-chairman of the Public Health Committee Democrats on key legislative committees advanced hot-button bills on school vaccinations, climate change, affordable housing and bottle deposits. By Ken Dixon
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    Pizza moves closer to CT’s ‘state food’
    A tomato, mozzarella, and pepperoni pizza from Sally's Apizza on New Haven's Wooster Street During a humorous six-minute debate, a legislative panel agrees to designate pizza with the appellation of ‘state food.’ By Ken Dixon
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    After American Jobs plan, DeLauro pushes Biden for major ‘social safety net’ upgrade
    U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro DeLauro said she expects Biden’s American Families Plan will make community college free, implement universal pre-K and federal paid family and medical leave and raise wages for child care workers. By Emilie Munson
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