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Secretly Drafted Bill Would Leave Release of Some Newtown Investigative Records Up To Families
The Hartford CourantA secretly drafted bill to block release of photos, tapes of 911 calls and death certificates related to the Dec. 14 Newtown elementary school massacre could be acted on in the General Assembly as early as the end of the week, officials said Wednesday....Tags: Politics, Newtown, Newspapers, Freedom of Information Laws, Lawyers
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Senate Backs Bill To Label Genetically Modified Foods
The Hartford CourantA bill that would require food made with genetically modified organisms to carry labels cleared the state Senate late Tuesday night. The Senate's approval, on a 35-1 vote, gives new energy to a measure that had strong grassroots backing but appeared...Tags: Executive Branch, Science and Technology, Robin Williams, Politics, Consumers
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Commission Seeks Change In State Law On Public Notices
The Hartford CourantA commission created by the House Speaker is calling for elimination of the state law requiring public notices to be printed in daily newspapers. The newspaper issue has become one of the more controversial matters at the state Capitol as the General...Tags: Justice System, Dannel P. Malloy , Judges, Lebanon, U.S. Senate
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Malloy Claims Middle Ground With Support For 75-Cent Minimum Wage Hike
The Hartford CourantGov. Dannel P. Malloy on Friday pushed to raise the state minimum wage by 75 cents over the next two years, backing a measure that steps back from a proposal in the legislature but still lacks the support of the business lobby. "I believe that we can...Tags: Executive Branch, L. Scott Frantz, Politics, Consumer Confidence, Parties and Movements
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Malloy Signs Gun Control Bill, One Of Strictest In Nation
The Hartford CourantHARTFORD — Flanked by family members of Newtown massacre victims and the legislative leaders who spent months trying to respond to their tragedy, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed a sweeping gun-control bill Thursday whose big provisions — such...Tags: Politics, U.S. Congress, Laws, Human Interest, Adam Lanza
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Connecticut lawmakers approve sweeping new gun law
Lawmakers in Connecticut, the site of the Dec. 14 massacre that renewed a national debate over gun control, passed a bipartisan measure that increases background checks for buyers and bans the sale of semiautomatic rifles like the one used in Newtown&...Tags: Gun Control, Interior Policy, Justice System, National Rifle Association of America, Politics
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Short-Term Judges Win Pension Lottery
The Hartford CourantYou are right to wonder why a hefty tax increase and claims to have gotten spending under control have not brought stable finances to state government. Sometimes a jarring example will help explain something as complex as Connecticut's troubled, growing...Tags: Interior Policy, Justice System, Lifestyle and Leisure, Politics, Pension and Welfare
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Impatience Showing On Gun Legislation
The Hartford CourantThe louder the public pledges of bipartisan cooperation and resolve, the deeper the undercurrents of private distrust and resentment — or at least, that often seems to be the rule in legislative politics. And it seems to be taking hold as the...Tags: Gun Control, Interior Policy, Executive Branch, Politics, Sandy Hook Elementary School
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Lawmaker's Comment Is Bad From Every Angle
There's a certain ambiguity in state Rep. Ernest Hewett's crude response to a teenage intern's testimony at a Feb. 20 budget hearing. But that ambiguity doesn't excuse what the New London Democrat said. The teenager, speaking on behalf of the...
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Newtown Police Commissioners Ask For Changes In Workers' Compensation Law
The Hartford CourantThe board of police commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to ask the legislature to expand Connecticut's workers' compensation law to provide benefits for those who might have "sustained physical or emotional injury" as the result of the Sandy Hook...Tags: Justice System, Labor Legislation, Sandy Hook Elementary School, West Haven, Social Security
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State Legislature Has Too Many Chiefs
As former state Rep. Astrid T. Hanzalek noted in a recent op-ed piece in The Courant, the number and expense of leaders in the General Assembly has increased to the point that "you'd think the state was awash in extra money." Connecticut is not swimming... -
Post-Newtown Legislative Task Force Begins Work; Malloy Talks Gun Control In White House Visit
The Hartford CourantLegislative leaders pledged bipartisan cooperation and quick action Friday at the first meeting of their new task force on changing state laws and policies on gun control, school security and mental health in response to the Dec. 14 school massacre in...Tags: White House, National Rifle Association of America, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Politics, Newtown
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