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Mark Mirko/Connecticut PublicOne organizer says joy will take center stage at the rallies, which are about “community and solidarity and unity.” -
Joe Amon/Connecticut PublicExperience Camps, a free, week-long sleepaway camp for kids who’ve experienced the death of a parent or sibling, expanded to Connecticut this summer.
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Earmarks let state lawmakers funnel money to favored groups in their districts. But they’re subject to little oversight. Now, Republicans want to change that. -
Lorelai and Rory Gilmore's fictional hometown of Stars Hollow was born after Gilmore Girls creator, Amy Sherman-Palladino, stayed in northwestern Connecticut. The show premiered in the fall of 2000. -
Gov. Lamont did not commit to a special session, after demonstrators demanded one aimed at strengthening protections for immigrant communities. -
More than 140,000 people covered through Access Health CT, the state’s health insurance exchange, are in for a sticker shock if Congress does not extend a federal tax credit for working families. -
Connecticut home and business owners can now better determine whether their property may be impacted by climate-related damage using a first-of-its-kind tool. -
Horseshoe crab populations in Long Island Sound are falling -
For Hispanic Heritage Month, the Yale Peabody Museum hosts a full day of events centered around Latino culture and scientific research. -
Dolphin sightings off the Fairfield coast signal restoration progress, changing climate, experts sayExperts and environmentalists from Fairfield University, Stony Brook University, UConn and Save the Sound, an environmental conservation group, confirmed the animals Taylor’s family recently saw were dolphins. The experts point to a number of factors explaining why dolphins are appearing off the coast in greater numbers. -
Protestors have been cited – and in one case, arrested – this year while speaking out against the Trump administration, prompting a federal lawsuit. -
The dozens of new changes to Connecticut law include updates to the Trust Act, new classifications for electric bikes, and barring residents from (knowingly) marrying a first cousin.
