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Although I wasn’t asked, this is what I’d say if I delivered a commencement address this year:

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HARTFORD, CT — The Connecticut Police Chiefs Association is pushing back with its own academic research against the third annual report to the Connecticut Racial Profiling Prohibition Advisory Board.

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HARTFORD, CT — A group of local elected officials said Thursday that it is illegal for Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy to shift about a third of the state’s contributions to the Teacher’s Retirement System to cities and towns.

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Three statewide advocacy groups with a history of disagreement on many issues have agreed to sit down for an economic summit with the goal of finding common ground, and maybe, just maybe, doing something about it.

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He may not have won his party’s nomination for governor back in 2010, but Ridgefield First Selectman Rudy Marconi isn’t giving up on the idea of bringing back highway tolls.

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Behind the scenes Wednesday at the state Capitol, before the legislature voted on a deficit mitigation package, Rep. John Frey of Ridgefield, scrambled to get his idea into the legislation.

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