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READER SUBMITTED: Public Can Honor Veterans With Engraved Pavers At New State Veterans Memorial
StatewideA walkway of granite engraved pavers will be an important element of the "Connecticut State Veterans Memorial (CSVM)" to be built in Hartford's Minuteman Park across from the William A. O'Neill State Armory and the Legislative Office Building. Individuals...Tags: Executive Branch, Politics, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Government, Human Interest
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READER SUBMITTED: Girl Scouts Of Connecticut Honors 70 Exemplary Girls With The Gold Award
StatewideThis year, 70 young women from around the state earned their Girl Scout Gold Award, an unprecedented number and the most awardees in Girl Scouts of Connecticut's history. The Gold Award is the highest achievement a girl can earn in Girl Scouting,...Tags: Executive Branch, Girl Scouts of the USA, Government, Politics, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut)
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Boy's Father: Keep Newtown Photos Sealed
The Hartford CourantI'm the father of Jack Pinto, a six-year-old boy who was murdered in his first grade classroom at Sandy Hook Elementary School. As you can imagine, I deal with unimaginable grief every day. What you might not know is that the families of the victims of...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Adam Lanza, Health and Safety at School
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LETTER: Shouldn't Change Status Of Animals As Property
House Bill 6690 allows an advocate to be appointed to represent the interests of an animal during a cruelty trial. I absolutely believe that no animal should be treated in a cruel manner, and that those who harm animals should be held accountable for...Tags: American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Humane Society of the United States
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Outlaw Inhumane Crates For Gestating Pigs
The Hartford CourantOurs is a country of animal lovers. It's not just Fido curled up at our feet we feel for, but as a society, we believe that all animals — including those raised for food — deserve humane treatment. Statistics prove the point — a poll...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Burger King, Politics, European Union, Elections
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Connecticut Lawmakers Debate Beer Pouches, Mattresses, For-Profit Schools and Tanning Beds
$1.5 billion budget fiasco? Fuhgeddaboudit. We got more important stuff to legi-ti-mize in our Connecticut General Assembly. Like beer pouches and mattresses and tanning beds and crapped-out-for-profit-school diplomas. Yep, those are the sorts of...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Environmental Issues, Politics, Justice System, Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure
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Minimum Wage Hike Would Give Women A Needed Boost
Recently, the Appropriations Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly took a strong step toward growing and strengthening the wages of Connecticut's lowest-wage earners by voting to increase the state's minimum wage. In doing so, the committee also...Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Killingly, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Politics
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Adolescent Offenders Shouldn't Be Tried As Adults
As most parents are acutely aware, and scientists have proved, the brains of adolescents are not fully developed. That's why youngsters are often impulsive, reckless and blissfully unaware of the consequences of their actions. It's also why...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, Justice System, Punishment, Juvenile Delinquency
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Legislative Proposals Dim The Lights On Freedom Of Information
The Hartford CourantEvery year the lights go out a little more on the public's right to know about its government, and they're growing dimmer again in 2013. Legislation pending in the Connecticut General Assembly could further erode the state's Freedom of Information Law...Tags: Government, Lawyers, Political Fundraising, Prisons, Justice and Rights
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Count Inmates In Hometowns, Not In Cells
The Hartford CourantIf a Hartford resident is in a Somers prison, should he be counted for census purposes as a resident of Somers or of Hartford? For ages, the U.S. Census Bureau's answer — and Connecticut's — has been Somers. But in 2010 the Census Bureau...Tags: Hartland, Suffield, Prisons, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Voting
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How would you grade legislature's performance?
The Connecticut General Assembly is scheduled to close out the legislative session Wednesday night. How did they do? Some would say it’s a remarkable session, with historic gun controls passed and such firsts as legislation to label genetically...
Tags: Genetic Engineering, Ned Lamont
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Higher Minimum Is No Threat To Businesses, Jobs
The Hartford CourantAlthough decades of research indicate that raising the minimum wage does not adversely affect employment, this untrue claim is recycled whenever the Connecticut General Assembly considers providing working people with a small wage increase. Businesses...Tags: Thomaston, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Executive Branch, Restaurants, Career and Workplace
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