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New Haven is considering whether to revoke food and beverage licenses from businesses that commit labor violations — like wage theft.
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More than 1,000 trees will be planted in New Haven in the coming months — and the first one was put in the ground on Monday at Kimberly Field. The city is increasing tree canopy coverage to reduce heat.
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New Haven could become the first city in Connecticut to install red light and speed cameras, following a state law passed in 2023 that allows municipalities to do so.
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The Yale Peabody Museum in New Haven underwent the largest renovation since it was founded in 1866. All 19 of its galleries feature new or reworked exhibits and artifacts.
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Housing advocacy organizations in Connecticut have been awarded more than $80 million by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Continuum of Care Program.
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Office of Vital Statistics employee Patricia Clarke was put on administrative leave for flagging marriage licenses for New Haven residents she believed to be immigrants in December.
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David Jon Walker is the eye behind the fabrics, printings and typography of the New Haven Museum’s newest exhibit on slavery in New Haven and Yale. He shares how his experience as a Yale student and his long African-American history lineage informed his work.
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The exhibit, which is free to all visitors and hosted by Yale University at the New Haven Museum, explores how slavery and resistance to it have shaped both Yale and New Haven.
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New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker supports the Lenox Street Tenant Union in their efforts against their landlord, Ocean Management, to achieve safer and more suitable living conditions.
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U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced the Kids Online Safety Act in 2023. It would force companies to disclose their algorithmic practices, stop advertising things like tobacco and gambling to kids, and introduce measures to protect the data of minors, among other things.