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Should companies be required to subsidize expenses for employees working at home? Connecticut lawmakers debate issue that’s gained traction in pandemic Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant With thousands of employees now working from home for the first time due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, they are suddenly facing additional expenses that they never have before. These include internet service, ink, toner, supplies, telephone charges, electricity and equipment like a n...

CT Senate votes to ban hair discrimination By Christopher Keating Prompted by testimony about discrimination, the Connecticut state Senate granted final legislative approval Monday night for a bill that prohibits discrimination based on hairstyles historically associated with race. In response to concerns raised by Black women, Connecticut is headed toward becoming the eighth state to adopt a new law on the issue. The bipartisan measure passed by 33 - 0 with two Republicans absent. The state Ho...

Body Brokers Review: Drug Abuse Is Big Business for More Than Just the Dealers Body Brokers Review: Drug Abuse Is Big Business for More Than Just the Dealers Director John Swab survived drug addiction to share this shocking exposé of how opportunists are exploiting a loophole in recovery programs. Peter Debruge, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Running time: Running time: 113 MIN. Courtesy of Vertical Entertainment Of all the dramas made about substance abuse, “Body Brokers” is the first ...

As more bottles have ended up in the trash, Gov. Ned Lamont and House Speaker Matt Ritter of Hartford are now supporting doubling the redemption to 10 cents.

Connecticut could see 5 to 8 inches of snow on Super Bowl Sunday Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant © Photo by Brad Horrigan | bhorrigan@courant.com\r\r\r\r \r\r\r/Hartford Courant/TNS West Hartford, CT - 2/1/21 - Phil Isner and his daughter Sophia Isner, 6, both of West Hartford, sled in the snow at Beachland Park Monday Super Bowl fans in Connecticut may look out their windows Sunday and see 5 to 8 inches of snow from a fast-moving storm, forecasters said Saturday morni...

Women praise the inauguration of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris as an important milestone during a turbulent time

In a stunning turnaround, state budget officials predicted Friday that Connecticut will end the fiscal year with a small surplus — despite financial problems related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The numbers are sharply different from only months ago when the same officials were predicting a large deficit of $2 billion due to shutdowns and high unemployment from the pandemic. The most ...

After delivering a keynote speech and answering questions from local leaders Wednesday on a Zoom call, Gov. Ned Lamont ended his appearance with a cryptic remark. “I gotta go get a new hip,’' Lamont said to more than 100 first selectmen and town managers on a call organized by the Connecticut Council of Small Towns. Lamont did not provide any other context or further explanation, but he was, ...

Lawsuit says NH has ‘warehoused’ foster teens in group care The Associated Press Modified: 1/5/2021 10:26:20 PM CONCORD — New Hampshire has “unnecessarily warehoused” foster care teens in institutional and group care facilities instead of with families and has not acted in their best interests, according to a federal class-action lawsuit filed by several legal groups on Tuesday. In the lawsuit against the state, plaintiffs allege that older youth under the custody of the Division for ...

iverson of san francisco reports on international relief groups, following the lead of haitians to feed the countrys hungry. >> we firmly believe that this project is something that is serving the people of ham haiti, and it needs to be in haitian hands to operate the way we believe it can and should. >> we focus on another 2010 senate race, this time in connecticut where questions have been raised about the democrat candidates military records. >> cartier bresson pictures the magic of...