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State Senator Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox (D-Bridgeport), a constitutional law professor at Quinnipiac University, said the administration’s actions — like deporting people without a hearing — are illegal. However, state Republican Chairman Ben Proto told WSHU on Friday that he thought the rule of law was “wholly intact.”
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Republicans have been the minority party in Connecticut’s legislature for nearly 30 years. GOP leaders said this tour will allow them to speak with local business owners and residents about why their plan is better than what Democrats have offered in the past.
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Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont (D) is no longer interested in an electric vehicle mandate for his state. Lamont’s comments came just after President-elect Donald Trump (R) nominated former U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin from New York to serve as commissioner of the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Connecticut Republicans are again urging Gov. Ned Lamont to call the legislature into a special session to deal with rising electric rates.
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Connecticut Republicans are urging Governor Ned Lamont to call a special session to address the high cost of electric rates.
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Connecticut Senate Democrats want state election officials to restrict how Republicans use $161,000 in stolen funds returned to a GOP political action committee.
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Over the past eight months, Republicans, and some Democrats, have tried to back the state out of California’s standards for clean air, which would have banned the sale of new gas-powered vehicles after 2035. WSHU’s Molly Ingram spoke with Republican Senate Leader Stephen Harding about what he thinks Connecticut should do to curb greenhouse gas emissions instead.
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Connecticut Republicans have nominated Gerry Smith, the first selectman of Beacon Falls, to challenge U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) this November.
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Instead of amending Connecticut's biennium budget passed last year, Democrats passed a budget stabilization plan as a bill. Republicans have asked Attorney General William Tong to assess whether the bill violates the state constitution.
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Electric vehicles have been a hot topic in Connecticut over the last year. The legislature will soon vote on a bill that would create a roadmap to an electric future. WSHU’s Sabrina Garone and Molly Ingram discussed Connecticut’s long history with EVs.