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The Connecticut House has passed a two-year, $51 billion state budget. The deal had bipartisan support according to legislative leaders.
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Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont marked the 30th anniversary of the state's assault weapons ban by urging lawmakers to strengthen the law.
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Connecticut House Democrats say a controversial bill aimed at dealing with the state’s affordable housing crisis is ready for a vote.
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The bill would require Connecticut’s Department of Correction to study the introduction of full-body scanners and make recommendations to lawmakers by the beginning of next year.
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The Connecticut Senate has advanced a voting rights bill that would codify into state law several provisions of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, which bans discrimination in voting and prohibits any city or town from engaging in intimidating, deceptive or obstructive acts that affect a person's right to vote.
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The Connecticut House has approved the state’s toughest gun restrictions since landmark gun laws were enacted following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting 10 years ago.
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Connecticut House Speaker Matt Ritter has assured striking group home workers that they’ll get a wage increase in the state’s next two-year budget.
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The Connecticut Senate has approved the creation of a Greater Hartford law enforcement task force to crack down on illegal street racing. It comes a day after state police arrested an alleged street racing ringleader in Connecticut.
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The City of Bridgeport broke ground on a controversial $129 million new high school building located in a Long Island Sound floodplain.
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The Default on America Act that was passed along party lines by the U.S. House Republicans last month slashed funding for programs the American people depend on in their everyday lives, said U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), the ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee.