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Connecticut has some of the most restrictive voting laws in the country. Here’s how our voting laws compare to those of other states.

David K. Leff is an award-winning poet and essayist, poet laureate of Canton. “Poetry has the power to convey messages of deep meaning and emotional weight in few words," Leff says.

But in Connecticut, vaccine passports are still largely theoretical.

A crowd of several hundred anti-vaccination activists rallied outside the state Capitol to protest two bills pending in the legislature that would eliminate the religious exemption for childhood immunizations and bar unvaccinated children from school.

The new locally sourced Seed 41 restaurant in Collinsville has been created by the former owners of the nearby Francesca's, which closed in the fall. Seed 41 has opened with a take-out only menu and will hold its grand opening in April.

For a year, two sisters and their five children have languished in a neglected, Hartford apartment despite numerous complaints about the cockroach infestation, heat and power outages, broken appliances and other issues. The poor conditions they've lived with are all too common.

PowerUp Manchester was founded following the killing of George Floyd to call for an end to systemic racism but its basic goal is to empower people. The organization is now offering case management services that include helping people get an ID, register to vote, see a doctor, get housing, furniture, bedding and basic necessities.

What does it mean when people feel their best shot at understanding the system comes from a Facebook group?

Four community leaders reflect on how the coronavirus pandemic has changed us -- and what comes next.

Mercado Popular is a pop-up market and neighborhood farm store in Hartford, located at 111 Allyn Street, in one of the empty, street-level retail spaces below the Hartford Carriage House apartments. The Hartford residents behind the concept, Jocelyn Cerda and Elijah Patterson, are sourcing produce, eggs, dairy products and grains from farmers in the region, as well as other homemade and hand-crafted goods from Hartford-based small businesses, like jewelry, body products, candles, coffee, and mac...