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'Nobody can do this alone': Daughters of those with Alzheimer's seek support FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 Holly Batti, of Ridgefield, spends time with her mother, Gwenn Fiorito, in memory care at Greens at Cannondale in Wilton, Conn. on Wednesday, May 5, 2021.Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 2of6 Holly Batti, of Ridgefield, spends time with her mother, Gwenn Fiorito, who enjoys a good shoulder rub, in memory care at Greens at Cannondale in Wilton, Conn. on Wednesday, May 5, 2021.Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 3of6 4of6 Holly Batti, left, ...

“A Muslim Corrections Officer was targeted by his co-workers for the second time,” a...

1:19 The Connecticut chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations has alerted state officials to an act of anti-Islamic hate speech at the Cheshire Correctional Institution. CAIR-CT sent a letter to Department of Correction Commissioner Angel Quiros Sunday and copied it to the Office of the Attorney General.  In its letter, CAIR-CT said that last month several copies of a fake incident report were found in a printer at the state prison in Cheshire. Hateful language in the report was directed at Shem Brijbilas, a Muslim correctional officer. Farhan Memon, chairman of CAIR CT, said the...

Connecticut Senate votes to eliminate religious exemption By Susan Haigh Connecticut is poised to end a long-standing religious exemption from immunization requirements for schools, a move that led to protests outside the state Capitol where people are trying to stop final legislative passage of one of the most contentious bills of the session. The bill cleared the Democratic-controlled Senate by a vote of 22-14, following roughly nine hours of debate. Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont has said he will sign it into law. Connecticut would then become the sixth state to end its religious exemption. Th...

Connecticut Senate votes to eliminate religious exemption Sign In SUSAN HAIGH, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail The Connecticut State Senate is voting on legislation to eliminate the religious exemption for required vaccinations for schoolchildren, Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in Hartford, Conn. A group is rallying led by the Health Choice 4 Action Connecticut lobbyist organization. (Mark Mirko/Hartford Courant via AP)Mark Mirko/AP Connecticut is poised to end a long-standing religious exemption from immunization requirements for schools, a move that led to protests outside the state Capito...