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A bite-sized look at what we are hearing: Connecticut legislators are debating changing the current minimum for people to be married to age 18 — right now, it’s 16 — and more New Yorkers are millionaires.
Michael DiMassa, a former state Democratic lawmaker, admitted to stealing more than $1.2 million from the city of West Haven on Tuesday, but taxpayers in Connecticut should not expect him to repay that money any time soon. During a hearing in federal court, DiMassa pleaded guilty to three separate conspiracy charges, which were filed against him and three other defendants earlier this year.