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Bodycam/Hartford Police DepartmentSteven “Stevie” Jones was 55 years old. The Greater Hartford branch of the NAACP weighed in on Jones’ shooting, the second police shooting of a Black man in acute mental distress in less than two weeks in the capital city. -
Tyler Russell/Connecticut PublicThe CBIA calls the Stanley Black & Decker plant closure in New Britain “disappointing” and urges policy reforms to help Connecticut retain and grow manufacturing jobs.
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The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry is celebrating Mexican and Mexican American culture through an exhibition highlighting its puppetry scene from its indigenous roots to present day. -
Plow drivers will clear highways and roads across the state over the next several days. -
Travel is difficult across the state with blowing snow reducing visibility, the National Weather Service said. Thousands of customers are without power. -
Legislation is being introduced in Congress and in the Connecticut General Assembly. -
In Connecticut, where 8% of the population is Puerto Rican, Afro-Caribbean folk traditions found a home following the rise of the Loíza Festival in New Haven in the 1970s. -
The faith leaders said they had “heard God’s call.” -
The positive samples came from a test site that serves Stamford and Darien. -
The Hartford Parking Authority and ICE have contracted for parking since 2015. -
The rescission could derail the state’s plan to bring more EV chargers into urban and rural communities where they're already hard to find. -
After teen’s death, Hartford residents call on city council to meaningfully address traffic violenceIt comes after the hit-and-run death of a 14-year-old on Christmas.
