From Mark Pazniokas, CT Mirror The Connecticut General Assembly will begin its 2021 session Wednesday outside a state Capitol still closed to the public due
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Forum Examines Connecticut’s “Racist And Classist” Education Funding Formula–Property Tax Reform A Solution
Forget the studies and task forces about equitable public school funding. We don’t need them to tell us what we already know, says Iona Smith Nze,
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Examining Connecticut’s Housing Inequality–The Racial Gulf Between Cities And Suburbs
The health pandemic has created a hot housing market in Connecticut, fleeing New Yorkers embracing the open spaces of Fairfield County where exclusionary zoning creates
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Pinocchio Prez–State Election Officials Battle Disinformation Campaign About Voting
Sample ballot 126th State House District Five weeks from the general election the state’s chief elections division is engaged in correcting disinformation about the voting
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A Preview Of In-School Learning At Central During Covid
Parent leaders from FaithActs for Education on Monday joined Superintendent of Schools Michael Testani for a walk-through of Central High School to test the district’s
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A New Tool For Prosecutors Probing Police Misconduct: Subpoena Power
For decades it’s been debated in the Connecticut General Assembly, how to strike a balance with law enforcement investigative tools that tames abuse of power.
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Why Won’t State Leaders Tackle Connecticut’s Housing Segregation?
When Larry Merly served as city attorney under Mayor Tom Bucci 1985-89 he was well ahead of his time. He’d assert that large-acre discriminatory zoning
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CT Legislative Session Vetoed By Virus
From Mark Pazniokas, CT Mirror: In a nearly empty State Capitol, a tiny band of legislators wearing surgical masks formally ended the 2020 session Wednesday,
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