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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 of ballots at Fairfield Warde High School, the State Elections Enforcement Commission unanimously rej...
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 under his emergency authority since March 9, 2020, with the most visible and contentious exception ...
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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 one campus. Board of Education members joined in an effort to reassure parents that they would be sep...