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State Senate Pauses So Harp Can Campaign

by Christine Stuart | May 23, 2013 8:02 am | Comments (14)

The State Senate was prepared to vote on a bill, then decided to wait—until Toni Harp could take care of mayoral campaign business back in New Haven.

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Problem-Bar Law WIns Extension

by Staff | Apr 22, 2013 4:27 pm | Comments (1)

Thanks to state Sen. Martin Looney, the city can continue to tell the state liquor commission about problem bars that shouldn’t have their booze-vending permits re-upped.

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On The Chopping Block, Afro-Am Commission Visits

by Thomas MacMillan | Apr 4, 2013 8:38 am | Comments (6)

With its very existence threatened by proposed state budget cuts, the African-American Affairs Commission journeyed to New Haven to try to drum up support—and found a couple of dozen interested people.

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Despite Mishaps, NRA Instructor Blasts Bills

by Paul Bass | Apr 3, 2013 4:57 pm | Comments (31)

NRA instructor Eugene Kenny would have joined his fellow gun-rights supporters at the state Capitol Wednesday—if he hadn’t accidentally shot himself in the foot.

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They’re Green

by Staff | Mar 14, 2013 4:00 pm

Two New Haven schools with environmental themes won green recognition Thursday from the state.

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Smoky Joe’s Due

by Staff | Mar 8, 2013 1:12 pm | Comments (2)

He spent his sunset years on New Haven’s Marvel Road—after besting the Yankees in a Red Sox uniform. Now it’s time that “Smoky Joe” Wood (pictured) get his deserved ultimate resting place: the Hall of Fame.

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Governor Eats Cookie

by Allan Appel | Mar 5, 2013 9:21 am | Comments (1)

The treat of the day at Kathy Riegelmann’s bakery was a basil confection with strawberry frosting, along with a pledge from Gov. Dannel P. Malloy to continue helping small businesses like hers.

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2,000 Jam Cross To Back Immigrant Licenses

by Melissa Bailey | Mar 5, 2013 9:10 am | Comments (32)

Maria Cuatepotzo, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, wants a driver’s license so badly that she waited an hour in the cold, then squeezed into an overflow room in a cafeteria, to listen in on a packed hearing with state lawmakers.

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3K “Sequester” Furloughs

by Staff | Feb 25, 2013 9:40 am | Comments (3)

Five hundred kids would lose Head Start spots. Eighty people who work with kids with disabilities would lose their jobs. Three thousand civilian defense workers would be furloughed.

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You Call This “Harmless”?

by Staff | Feb 22, 2013 12:31 pm | Comments (3)

“The governor’s proposed budget,” in the words of New Haven’s mayor, “leaves communities like New Haven with more bad choices.”

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