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Ed Gomes, a Bridgeport icon, is laid to rest; plans made to honor his memory Michael P. Mayko FacebookTwitterEmail 1of12 Draped in the American flag, the casket of State Senator Ed Gomes is carried from his funeral service at Blessed Sacrament RC Church on Union Avenue in Bridgeport, Conn. on Wednesday, December 30, 2020.Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 2of12 Jennifer Bush, neice of deceased State Senator Ed Gomes, wears a sweatshirt printed with his photo as she attends his funeral service at Blessed Sacrament RC Church on Union Avenue in Bridgeport, Conn. on Wedn...

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State Sen.-elect Crystal Diamond knows her name raises questions and suspicions. "My parents weren't hippies, and I'm not an exotic dancer," she said in a phone interview. Before introducing her first bill, Diamond has mastered the art of delivering a pithy quote. But let's get back to the origin of her name. At 41, Diamond is from the same generation as the late actor River Phoenix, whose younger siblings include Rain, Summer and Liberty. Unlike the Phoenixes, Diamond didn't receive a provocative name from her parents. The former Crystal Runyan kept her married name of Diamond after a div...

Considered suspicious. search warrants show each of the suspect centers has received several million dollars in child care assistance funds. >> how much confidence can you say it is likely some of this money is going towards terrorism? >> absolutely, absolutely. our sources tell us that. good sources from the community. leaders. my personal feeling is we need a nationwide task force to clampdown on this fraud. >> reporter: this is spreading. our sources tell us fraudsters in other states are using the minnesota playbook for millions of public dollars meant to help kids. shannon: candidates spa...

Backlash in 2011 and 2012. tens of thousands of union workers and their supporters protested against walker's policies and the signatures of over 900,000 wisconsin residents triggered a recall election against him. there were also recall elections for a handful of state sen, to most of them republicans. in walker's own recall he outspent his opponents by nearly 8 to 1. americans for prosperity, the super pac bankrolled by the koch brothers spent $10 million on walker's recall alone. and on june 5, 2012, scott walker kept his job as governor and captured 53% of the vote. that recall took place ...