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Rikers Island, which houses on average 4,800 inmates, has long been in the throes of what advocates have deemed a humanitarian crisis, which has ignited protests and calls to close it.

State commission clears Fairfield election officials of irregularities FacebookTwitterEmail State regulators cleared Fairfeld election officials over allegations of Election Day irregularities.Jessica Hill / Associated Press State election regulators on Wednesday dismissed a complaint against Fairfield voting officials over claims of fraud during last November’s presidential balloting. After briefly reviewing the allegations of jammed voting tabulators and the use of a “duffle bag” full o...

Rep. Lezlye Zupkus, R-Prospect, speaks about her daughter having chronic headaches after wearing a mask at school. She argued that parents should decide whether their children wear masks in school this fall. (Yehyun Kim, CTMirror.org) The General Assembly voted Wednesday for a 44-word resolution extending Gov. Ned Lamont’s emergency powers through Sept. 30, making Connecticut among the last in the northeast under a COVID-19 state of emergency. Lamont has lifted nearly all restrictions imposed...

Suddenly, the streets were crowded and there was bumper-to-bumper traffic and music...

Columbus Magnet School. NORWALK, Conn. — The City is going through a land acquisition process for a 12-acre plot in South Norwalk, a potential location for two new schools, Norwalk Superintendent of Schools Alexandra Estrella said Wednesday. A parcel is needed because the community rejected the idea of two schools on the existing Columbus Magnet School site, Estrella said at a public forum. She also explained, to Columbus Magnet School Principal Medard Thomas, that two schools could occupy o...

Legislation requiring the state to study the role of school police is facing backlash...

Written by Mark Seavy If there is a path to narrowing the wealth gap in Connecticut and addressing economic inequality it might as well start at birth. The so-called Baby Bonds bill, introduced by State Treasurer Shawn Wooden earlier this year, would set up a trust controlled by the Office of State Treasurer and establish a $5,000 savings account for children born into families enrolled in the state’s HUSKY Medicaid program. When the child turns 18, the money is unfrozen and can only be...

UpdatedThu, Apr 22, 2021 at 9:08 pm ET Reply Common Councilwoman Darlene Young speaks about the states $3 million infrastructure investment. Behind her, from left, are state Rep. Travis Simms, state Rep. Lucy Dathan, state Rep. Stephanie Thomas, state Sen. Bob Duff, and Mayor Harry Rilling. (Alfred Branch/Patch) NORWALK, CT — Touting it as a way to help improve the quality of life in the area, local and state political leaders, and local civic leaders, Thursday praised a state investment of $...

Common Council member Darlene Young (D-District B), left, speaks Thursday of the benefits a $3 million grant will bring to South Norwalk, funding ideas developed by the Martin Luther King Corridor Initiative. Ar right is State Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff (D-25), right, NORWALK, Conn. — South Norwalk is getting an upgrade, financed by a $3 million state grant aimed at honoring the late Martin Luther King Jr. by sprucing up the areas named after him. The Martin Luther King initiative has be...

Ralph Suarez Santos, mid-March in his Cedar Court apartment. NORWALK, Conn. — Ralph Suarez Santos and Robert Pascarelli are on the warpath about what they describe as intolerable conditions at Cedar Court Senior Housing – bedbugs, rats, water that’s brown, water that is too cool for a soothing bath or to wash dishes well. Other residents, who decline to be identified, downplayed the bedbug problem, blaming it on a resident who has too much stuff in her apartment and saying management has ...