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The real growth in overnight trains is happening on the continent with some of the world's fastest trains — and offers a glimpse of what could work here.

What you need to know about train on-time status and parking, plus the impact of a possible snow plow driver shortage on Connecticut's roads.

Connecticut residents can buy electricity from competitors of their local companies. But if the plan was to save folks money, then this policy has failed.

Policing without community in Hamden; a Connecticut crisis What is community policing if not trusting the police to communicate about issues of public safety in a transparent and open dialogue with the community? As a councilman representing Hamden’s Fifth District, anything less than that is unacceptable, especially now. Justin Farmer Over the past three weeks, we’ve had at least three shootings in the Fifth and one person killed. Last week, there was also a fatality in the Third District....

Former UConn Presidents Herbst and Katsouleas deserve praise, not criticism As a proud graduate of the University of Connecticut, I am sick and tired of reading denigrating discussions in the press regarding the last two university presidents — items based on the clause in their contracts concerning returning to the faculty. These discussions repeatedly refer to teaching and research jobs as “cushy,” and the money paid to them as a waste. These discussions reflect, in my opinion, blatant ...

The cannabis bill does not offer the promise of equity its framers claim There are mornings when I choose to take a longer route to work just to take in the sights and greet some fellow constituents. For over a decade now I make a conscious decision each day to work, live, and prosper in Bridgeport. I practice law at my office located at the intersection of Fairfield Avenue and Iranistan Avenue. Many in the city know the area to be one of many neglected regions in Bridgeport. Senate Democrats S...

Preventing cyberattacks can no longer be a laissez-faire mission Out-of-service gas pumps in Oak Hill, Virginia, due to panic buying after the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack. In early May the nation felt a most feared crisis. A part of America was being held hostage by enemies of the United States and mercenaries who were seeking over $5 million in order for the United States to be made whole again from an all too critical energy perspective. It has been followed recently by cyberattacks again...

Colorado lawyer: Connecticut should not make our marijuana mistake Yehyun Kim :: ctmirror.org A person of Meriden, who didnt want to be named, smokes a joint. The person supported legalization of marijuana. We started with good intentions. Colorado Amendment 64 –which I helped draft– passed in 2012 and promised to end marijuana prohibition and create a free enterprise system similar to alcohol. I helped write Amendment 64, litigated cases to make it a reality, and helped design implementing...

The pedestrian safety bill does little without a road design rethink Wikimedia Commons The recent pedestrian safety bill, HB 5429, is an important — if small — first step toward making Connecticut safer for walking and biking. But unless the bill is paired with changes to our road design and zoning, our streets will continue to be dangerous places for pedestrians and cyclists. The bill’s two key provisions allow localities greater flexibility in setting speed limits and remove a requireme...

Connecticut should restore voting rights to the formerly incarcerated James Jeter, left Perfecting American democracy demands ending voting bans for persons with felony convictions. Denying people on parole – denying me – the right to vote and have a say, is the denial of my citizenship. I was born on this soil, but this ban says I am a noncitizen. I dwell in a space of civic death, a space void of voice, and full of suppressed inherent rights. Regardless of every stride that I take: a coll...