Susan Haigh
The Associated Press
Hartford, CT, United States
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Connecticut Considers Exonerating Accused Witches Centuries After Hangings
More than 375 years later, amateur historians, researchers and descendants of the accused witches and their accusers hope Connecticut lawmakers will finally offer posthumous exonerations. → Read More
Tax the rich? Liberals renew push for state wealth taxes
Supporters of taxes on the very rich contend that people are emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic with a bigger appetite for what they’re calling “tax justice.” Bills announced Thursday in Californi… → Read More
Democrat Ned Lamont wins 2nd term as Connecticut governor
Democrat Ned Lamont has won reelection as Connecticut governor, defeating Republican businessman Bob Stefanowski for the second time in four years. → Read More
No more 'nuance': Democrats slam GOP abortion-rights backers
The anxious-looking women talk directly to the camera, warning that the Colorado Republican running for the U.S. Senate opposes the state's reproductive rights law and supports the conservative Supreme Court justices who revoked the constitutional right to abortion this summer. → Read More
Trump-backed Levy wins GOP Senate primary in Connecticut
Primaries for secretary of state and state treasurer were also determined. → Read More
Abortion access finds a place even in down-ballot campaigns
Appearing bare-shouldered in a TV ad, Connecticut Democrat Dita Bhargava looks directly into the camera and promises, if elected, to “lead the crusade" for abortion rights. → Read More
Catholic hospitals' growth impacts reproductive health care
Even as numerous Republican-governed states push for sweeping bans on abortion, there is a coinciding surge of concern in some Democratic-led states that options for reproductive health care are dwindling due to expansion of Catholic hospital networks. → Read More
VP Harris tells Buffalo mourners: 'We will come together'
Mourners laid to rest the last of 10 Black people killed in a racist attack at a Buffalo supermarket with a service on Saturday that became a call to action and an emotional plea to end the hate and violence that has wracked the nation. → Read More
VP Harris tells Buffalo mourners: Stand up for what's right
Saturday marked the last funeral for victims of a racist attack on Black people at a Buffalo supermarket, with a service that became a call to action and an emotional plea to end the hate and violence that has wracked the nation. The funeral for 86-year-old Ruth Whitfield — the oldest of the 10 Black people who were killed — included a speech by Vice President Kamala Harris, who attended the… → Read More
GOP picks Stefanowski for gov.; Dems OK Blumenthal in senate
Bob Stefanowski, who lost to Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont in a three-way race for governor in 2018, overwhelmingly won the GOP’s backing on Friday. → Read More
Connecticut Senate OKs bill that protects abortion providers
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut Senate gave final legislative approval shortly before midnight Friday to a bill abortion rights advocates contend is needed to protect in-state medical providers from legal action stemming from out-of-state laws, as well as the patients who travel to Connecticut to terminate a pregnancy and those who help them. → Read More
Connecticut looks to bar out-of-state marijuana advertising
The bill also bars Connecticut licensees from using images of the cannabis plant as well as from advertising within 1,500 yards of a school or church. → Read More
No salary? No problem. CT governor earns $26M over 3 years
CT Gov. Ned Lamont’s earnings came mostly from interest, dividend income and capital gains. Lamont does not take the governor's $150,000 salary. → Read More
Some CT state lawmakers calling it quits, can’t afford to serve
Bills increasing legislator pay were proposed in several states this year, including Connecticut, Georgia, Oregon, and New Mexico. → Read More
Some state lawmakers calling it quits, can't afford to serve
When trying to decide whether to seek a fourth term in the Connecticut House of Representatives, Rep. Joe de la Cruz ran the question by his wife, who he jokingly refers to as his lawyer and financial advisor. → Read More
Some state lawmakers calling it quits, can't afford to serve
When trying to decide whether to seek a fourth term in the Connecticut House of Representatives, Rep. Joe de la Cruz ran the question by his wife, who he jokingly refers to as his lawyer and financial advisor. While Tammy de la Cruz didn't want to discourage her 51-year-old husband from stepping away from the part-time job he has grown to love, she acknowledged it didn't make financial sense for… → Read More
CT committee defeats end-of-life bill in parliamentary tactic
Rep. Craig Fishbein, a Republican from Wallingford, made a motion to “divide the committee," meaning only senators on the panel could vote. → Read More
GOP sees opportunity in 2022 election to defeat Blumenthal
CT Republicans are touting Themis Klarides, former GOP leader in the state House of Representatives, as a challenger to U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal. → Read More
Gas, sales tax holidays clear Connecticut’s legislature
CT will suspend its 25-cent-per-gallon tax on gasoline after a bipartisan vote by state lawmakers in an effort to ease pain at the pump for motorists. → Read More
'Ghost fishery' in Long Island Sound to get funding, long after CT lobstering ended. Why?
Two decades after CT's lobster industry collapsed, some of the thousands of derelict traps left on the floor of the Long Island Sound will be removed. → Read More